Europe Russian Pop Star Battles Human Trafficking

14 Aug 2008 |

‘Voice of America’ reports that Russian Pop diva Valeriya was named by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as its goodwill envoy for the Russian Federation. Valeriya wants to use her popularity and position to try to prevent migrants from becoming victims of human trafficking. IOM’s chief of mission in the Russian Federation, Enrico Ponziani is quoted saying that trafficking “touches men, women, children, everybody”. Some 260 victims of trafficking have been helped at an IOM rehabilitation center opened in 2006. Most victims are from Russia, Uzbekistan, Moldova and Ukraine.

Source : Voice of America