Brussels, 20/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - A conference on "Trafficking in persons: Towards a common legal framework in the EU?" is to be held in Trier, Germany, on 21 and 22 October, by the Academy of European Law (ERA). An ERA press release states that each year, up to 500,000 men, women and children are victims of trafficking in Europe, and that many of them are "forced into prostitution, or modern forms of slavery". The press release notes that at the conference, Patsy Sörensen, president...