EU aid contributing to the fight against human trafficking in South and South-East Asia was “partially effective”, says the European Court of Auditors in a report published on Tuesday 20 June.
Eradicating human trafficking is necessarily a long-term process. A number of root causes (e.g. gender inequality, poverty, minority rights, education and health) have to be addressed and the activities of criminal networks disrupted. In view of the complexity of the situation, numerous widespread...