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Belize government committed to deal severely with trafficking in persons

The Belize government said it is committed to deal severely with those who engage in trafficking in persons.

The government on Wednesday afternoon issued a press release stating that it is committed to introduce and pass anti-trafficking in persons legislation, and to this end the Solicitor General's Chambers, the Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Committee have acknowledged the broadening and deepening of co-operation between the governments of Belize and the United States.

The country's Solicitor General, Oscar Ramjeet, Ambassador Nestor Mendez and other officials of Belize's Embassy in Washington met with Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador-at-large, Office to Monitor and Combat trafficking in Persons of the US Department of State last Wednesday to discuss concrete ways in which CdeBaca's office could collaborate with Belize in its legal reform efforts in the area of human trafficking.

Belize is currently in the process of amending its Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Act as part of the government's ongoing efforts to combat this form of modern day slavery.

The proposed amendments seek to more clearly define and increase the offences that can be prosecuted under the Act and to provide for stiffer penalties for existing offences.

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BELIZE WORKS TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Belize is looking to get assistance from the United States government to improve its human trafficking legislation. Last week, a delegation, including Solicitor General Oscar Ramjeet and Belize's Ambassador to the United Sates Nestor Mendez held meetings with the U.S. State Department's point man on combating trafficking in persons, Ambassador Luis DeBaca. According to a government press release, the March twenty third meeting discussed concrete ways in which deBaca's office could collaborate with Belize in its legal reform efforts in the area of human trafficking. Belize is currently in the process of amending its trafficking in persons prohibition act as part of government's ongoing efforts to combat this form of modern day slavery. The government release says that the propose amendment seek to more clearly define and increase the offenses that can be prosecuted under the Act and to provide for stiffer penalties for existing offences.

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