The programs have been effective over the years. For example, a four-year partnership between the USA and the Philippines, which began on the first Trump government and ended in 2021 350 children were saved and supported and almost 100 potential criminals were arrested. The new cuts also come as Record levels The online image of sexual abuse images are discovered.
“Victims and perpetrators come from different regions and countries that underline the need for further international engagement and have coordinated the efforts to extend these crimes comprehensively,” says an employee of a South American child protection group who for the fight against trade and sexual online -Seuse works. The organization, as others in this story, granted anonymity in view of the sensitive nature of work and uncertainty about future financing. “The interruption of this fund inevitably limits the scope and range of these critical services,” it says.
A person who works for an organization who carries out several child protection projects says that operations in a southeastern European country have been disturbed. Within the country, the organization projects have 147 victims of the trade in their care, says the person. “The current break and possibly the cessation of the financing would have significant services to provide significant and negative effects on our capacity and ability to provide these victims that are in fragile stages of their recovery. Some of them are ongoing programs for psychosocial advice related to their trauma, ”says the person.
Several members of LWOB say that children are further at risk in the projects carried out in East Africa. “These children may not be identified, the practices to reduce their trauma are currently not supported,” says Ryckman. “Even if they are identified, they can be placed in a pipeline in which they have to put ongoing interviews about their trauma or human dealers.”
Lwob, together with partner organizations, identified around 200 victims of human trafficking in Tanzania. “Most of the financing for the safe houses was held, which means that the services and needs of the victim are also stopped,” says Makwal. She says that the organization has so far been connected to the investigators. “The victims may not be well connected to the law enforcement agencies now,” says Makwale.
Many of the efforts not only offer the victims directly, but also offer police forces training or technical support, so that they can better examine crimes. A program that is listed on which List of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs In financing, training to combat the sexual exploitation of online children for 10,000 police officers, prosecutors and judges in 100 countries is offered.
The person with connections to work in a European country says that their organization conducts 74 investigations into ongoing human retailers and 66 law enforcement measures. They say that changes in the financing will have a “significant and negative impact on these criminal proceedings” and the security of people who can provide evidence in cases.
Ryckman of lawyers without borders said that the organization recently completed work in an online database for the identification of victims and the persecution of online children’s floating in Kenya. While the database is functional, Ryckman is, according to Ryckman, that future work has been pausing to bend people, and there will be a slower absorption of the system. “I think it is used and it will be extremely useful,” says Ryckman. “But these victims are there now. You shouldn’t have to wait. “
