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| Tuesday, 22 July 2008 | |
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LA PAZ, BOLIVIA - International Justice Mission Bolivia is hosting training programs for Bolivia’s Special Anti-Crime Forces (Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Crimen) on strategies to combat sex trafficking. The courses will provide vital training on strategies for combating human trafficking to the police force, with emphases on increasing understanding of Bolivia’s anti-trafficking laws, establishing best practices to ensure sensitive and effective aftercare for minors, and strengthening the investigation process. IJM Bolivia Director Jaime Farrant helped initiate the training programs as part of an agreement between IJM Bolivia and the government to partner together to improve police training.The courses will provide vital training on strategies for combating human trafficking to the police force.In Bolivia, less than one percent of cases of sexual violence result in convictions against the perpetrators, because “of a lack of resources to continue the case to completion, a lack of information, or because the victims or their families are prevailed upon by perpetrators to give up,” explains IJM Bolivia Director Farrant. Building on the training IJM provided to 1300 Bolivian police officers in 2003 and 2004, these police trainings will combat this structural weakness by building capacity in the police forces to respond to trafficking, bringing perpetrators to justice and providing protection to those vulnerable to the crime. Read Bolivian newspaper El Diario’s recent article on the trainings here (Spanish) or an English translation here. |
