Organizations Call for Help to Combat Human Trafficking in Madre de Dios

“The Madre de Dios region is going through a grave situation of sexual and labor exploitation,” said Alberto Arenas, the director of the CHS Alternativo organization.  Arenas added that decision-makers in the justice system and business and professional guilds need to be provided with training, ”to know more about the reality in which thousands of victims live in the mining corridor” because of impunity and the lack of legal steps and convictions.
Illegal gold mining has exploded in Madre de Dios, causing widespread social problems and serious environmental damage. While often thought to be small-scale informal miners, and thousands of these have caused immeasurable damage, much of the illegal mining done in the region is in fact carried out with large, imported machinery requiring technical expertise and millions of dollars in investment.
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