Portugal The Body Shop fights child trafficking in Portugal

15 Oct 2011 | child trafficking sexual exploitation

‘The Portugal News Online’ reports that International cosmetics brand The Body Shop has donated €44,300 to the Portuguese Victim Support Association (APAV) as part of the company’s worldwide campaign against the sexual trafficking of children and young people. The Body Shop’s latest donation will be used for the same project and also to raise awareness about trafficking, which, according to the cosmetics company, affects approximately 1.8 million children each year around the world. The Body Shop’s campaign further organised a petition entitled ‘Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People’, which was promoted on an international level and gathered seven million signatures.

Source : The Portugal News Online