Children make up almost a third of all human trafficking victims worldwide, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Global Report on Trafficking in Persons.” © Alessandro Scotti. This year the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has chosen ‘Act to Protect and Assist Trafficked Persons’ as the focus of […]

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  ”The cry of the earth is intimately connected to the cry of the poor.’’ Pope Francis. Ever increasing numbers of people displaced worldwide due to poverty, strife, war, harsh economic downturns and the impacts of climate change, render the most vulnerable to human trafficking and exploitation, as well as facing situations critical to life […]

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On Thursday, 2nd August 2018, Dr. Mary McAleese will launch Donal Dorr’s latest publication, The Pope Francis Agenda- His Teaching on Family, Protection of Life, Justice, Ecology, Women and the Church.” The launch sponsored by Veritas Publications takes place at the Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education (MDCCE), DCU, St. Patrick’s College Campus, Drumcondra, Dublin […]

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Kevin Hyland OBE, Santa Marta initiative and former head of the Metropolitan Police Service’s Human Trafficking Unit will headline Session 1 of the Morning Programme, Thursday 25 August in a workshop co-presented by APT Ireland and MECPATHS (Mercy Efforts for Child Protection against Trafficking with the Hospitality Sector). The session takes place in Hall 7, the […]

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