Wednesday 30 July 2003 Child trafficking  | The United Nations children's organisation, UNICEF, has warned that thousands of children are being brought into Britain against their will to work in the sex trade or as cheap domestic helpers. This report from Neil Bennett: |
 Listen to the story UNICEF defines child trafficking as the transportation and exploitation of unwilling or unknowing victims. The organisation believes that thousands of children are being brought into the UK every year from Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia.
They are forced to work as prostitutes, domestic servants or in various forms of criminal activity. In recent months cases have emerged in Newcastle and Nottingham, suggesting that traffickers are targeting places where the authorities may be less aware of such activities.
The UN says that the government should make it a criminal offence to traffic a child for any purpose and should provide money from central funds to help the victims. Listen to the words trafficking illegal trade or movement of people, animals, weapons or drugs exploitation unfair use of someone’s work giving little in return unwilling not wanting to do something unknowing not realising that something is happening emerged become known after an investigation traffickers people who trade or move people, animals, weapons or drugs illegally targeting aiming to affect the authorities official organizations or government departments that have power to make decisions criminal offence a crime central funds government sources of money  Read more about this story | |  | | | SEARCH IN LEARNING ENGLISH | | | |
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