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Articles 1(1), 2(1) and 25 of the Convention. Trafficking in persons. The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government in its 2006 report. It notes in particular that the Trafficking Fund has been set up by the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs and the National Task Force on Human Trafficking has been set up to help in public sensitization and training. The Government indicates that the Task Force equips stakeholders with the skills for appropriate handling of human trafficking issues. It also states that the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs has set up a secretariat to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the Human Trafficking Act and drafted a national plan of action to combat human trafficking.

The Committee requests the Government to describe in more detail, in its next report, the activities of the Trafficking Fund and the National Task Force on Human Trafficking, supplying copies of any relevant reports, studies and inquiries, including available statistics concerning human trafficking, as well as a copy of the national plan of action referred to above. Please also provide information on the application in practice of the Human Trafficking Act, 2005, including, in particular, the information on any legal proceedings which have been instituted as a consequence of the application of its provisions and indicating the penalties imposed on perpetrators.