WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED SO FAR
Human trafficking has long been a major problem in the
United Arab Emirates
Despite improvements in the law recently, there are still hundreds of women being
trafficked to the Emirates and exploited in forced prostitution.
BUSINESS TRAVELLERS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING campaigned with the European Parliament to get the UAE government to take action.
In the middle of this campaign a businessman contacted the campaign with information that he had encountered a woman in the lobby of a hotel in Dubai, who was
obviously distressed and being exploited. She had been trafficked and the man helped her escape. When they went to the authorities, however, they put her in prison
and then deported her back to Moldova.
BUSINESS TRAVELLERS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING was able to help her find an organisation to aid her when she returned home.
The campaign also used the information to create more pressure for change in the UAE, with a journalist recently continuing to investigate the problems of trafficking
in the UAE, and publishing an article in a major publication in Belgium. The journalist found that there were still hundreds of women being exploited and that well
known hotel chains were not only involved, but the staff of the hotels were profiting from this exploitation.
The campaign continues, helping victims, informing the police and putting pressure on countries such as the UAE so that they can no longer turn a blind eye to the
suffering of the victims of human trafficking.