Criminals' $7bn profit from women

Monday 22 June 1998 23:02 BST

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Criminals' $7bn profit from women

UN HIGH COMMISSIONER for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, said yesterday that trafficking in women was a growing global problem. She was speaking during a Budapest conference aimed at addressing the trade.

UN figures showed that as many as four million people are smuggled into foreign countries each year, generating up to $7bn in profits for criminal syndicates.

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