The Netherlands' approach to criminal exploitation - in which victims are forced to do something illegal, like kids forced to deliver drugs or people with intellectual disabilities forced to cut cannabis plants - is failing, according to the Center for Child- and Human Trafficking. “Police officers are unable to recognize victims of criminal exploitation. This way, the real perpetrator remains …
Around 13% of the people involved in drug and substance abuse in India are below 20 years, which calls for further stepping up community intervention and preventive mechanism targeting adolescents, according to Billy Batware, Programme Officer of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Speaking at the International Forum on ‘Children Matter-Right to a Drug-Free Childhood’, Mr. Batware said children …
