Lt.-Gen. Khamis Mattar Al Mazeinah honours a graduate of diploma in human trafficking prevention. He said 22 graduates gained theoretical and practical skills and knowledge on mechanisms to detect and prevent crimes in human trafficking.
Dubai - Over the last two years, an awareness campaign targeting domestic workers and recruitment agencies was also held.
Published: Sat 12 Nov 2016, 7:16 PM
Last updated: Sun 13 Nov 2016, 9:32 AM
Crimes related to human trafficking have decreased in Dubai to six this year from 35 in 2010, said Lt.-Gen. Khamis Mattar Al Mazeinah, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony for the first batch of 22 students of the diploma in human trafficking prevention, the Dubai police chief attributed the decrease to extensive campaigns organised by the Dubai Police to increase the community's awareness about such crimes.
"The Dubai Police pay significant attention to the issue of combating human trafficking crimes and they are teaming up with other partners and stakeholders to update training and qualification programmes within its strategy to deliver security and stability," he said in his address.
"The degree, the first of its kind in the Arab World, aims to qualify an elite group of government employees to handle such crimes with high professionalism and competence," he said. They gained theoretical and practical skills and knowledge on mechanisms to detect and prevent crimes in human trafficking, help and protect victims, offer psychological support for them and fight all forms and manifestations of the crime.
Dubai Police's Human Trafficking Crime Control Centre (HTCCC) has conducted 40 workshops attended by 1,635 trainees on combating human trafficking crimes and 16,647 people had benefited from 56 awareness lectures organised by the centre.
He said the Dubai Police, in partnership, with the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT) launched two campaigns from 2013 to 2015 at the arrival section of the Dubai International Airport to educate people about the dangers of human trafficking. Over the last two years, an awareness campaign targeting domestic workers and recruitment agencies was also held.
Dr Abdul Rahim Al Awadi, Under-secretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Legal Affairs, said the launch of the programme was a creative idea and supported the government's effort to fight the human trafficking crime.
"In 2015, 17 cases of human trafficking were registered under Federal Law No. 51 of 2006 on Combating Human Trafficking Crimes, and the drop in the number of crimes is an indicator of the success of the campaign," he said in his address on behalf of Dr Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and Chairman of NCCHT.
"The UAE's anti-human trafficking experiment has become a leading model globally," he added.
- amira@khaleejtimes.com
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