Children and adolescents, the aims of the crime: CNDH

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Children and adolescents are attracted by organized crime to commit crimes and this is included in the law as a form of human trafficking, said María Yuriria Álvarez Madrid, Director General of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Program people. The National Commission on Human Rights (CNDH)

In an interview with EL UNIVERSAL, Álvarez Madrid, on the occasion of the World Day Against Trafficking, pointed out that this crime had a more high visibility than a few years ago.

The challenge, he said, is that there is an accurate diagnosis of who the victims are, because the information was not approved

"We We told the authorities: "You have obligations in this matter." 19659002] "To date, we have made three recommendations. Much progress has also been made to make other forms of trafficking visible, for example our National Campaign for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons, we have talked about children and adolescents who are captured. organized criminal networks to commit crimes. "

Álvarez Madrid pointed out that" a major challenge is to have diagnoses in the country of who the victims are, from where they come, because human trafficking in the center of the country is not the same as north or south

"We do not know what the situation is because, to this day, it is not There is still no clear information available, especially about the actual number of victims. "

Regarding minors victims of organized crime, he explained that there are also no clear figures and what we know is the information disseminated by the media.

"There is a report that has drawn the National Human Rights Commission that talks about children and teens who are used by crime to commit crimes.

The problem is that the law considers it a form of human trafficking.It is something that should be revised, ie how the Mexican state will start working on this issue, because that is Is a fact, "he explained.

In this situation, young people are one of the biggest risk areas because now traffickers are looking for their targets on the internet, where they use tactics such as falling in love to capture them.

"We detect the forms of contact that adults make with young people, especially the question of" hooking "What we are trying to do, is to tell them [a los jóvenes] that the networks [sociales] are something positive in themselves, but that they can be used by people who do not have good intentions.

project with a civil society organization, which is in www.detrasdeloqueves.com, which is especially for children, what we work a lot is the theme of romantic love, recruitment through social networks, but through the falling in love, "he This is why it is necessary to generate information about the problem, he said, all about the different modalities, how the victims are captured and who they are. anti-trafficking program of the CNDH recalled that Mexico is a country of origin the transit and destination of the victims, for most women.

The main causes of human trafficking are structural. like discrimination, poverty, corruption, impunity and lack of access to opportunities, it is therefore necessary to fight these problems to eradicate crime.

Álvarez Madrid mentioned that traffickers are looking for people who are in a situation of vulnerability, that is, they go to places where it is easier to find victims, so that everyone can be in view

"The trafficker is looking for spaces that allow him to do his job better., impunity, tolerance, are the best.If communities are created alert and without discrimination, they will not go there.

"That's why it's important that authorities and civil society work to reduce opportunities for criminals to detect and approach potential victims."

He stressed that the CNDH has a position on the three P's, which are prevention, law enforcement and the protection of victims.

Traffickers "have a great possibility, because there has a lot of people the vulnerable goods are pos sibles, and as they are disposable and the violence is so excessive, you do not know if it is gone, if it is a feminicide, it is about people. He begins to mingle with other crimes, "he warned.