UK ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK MEETING: 30 MAY 2002

F A C T F I L E:

Every year 2 million girls aged between 5 and 15 are coerced, abducted, sold or trafficked into the illegal sex market.

UN figures suggest that between 200-300,000 women are trafficked to Europe every year.

Well over $7 billion a year is generated from sex trade trafficking.

UK ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK MEETING: 30 MAY 2002

Dr. Helga Konrad, OSCE Regional Coordinator and Chair of the Stability Pact Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings for South Eastern Europe has agreed to find time during a brief visit to the UK to provide an update of the work of the Stability Pact Task Force.

This UK Anti-Trafficking (UKAT) Network meeting will be held in London

30 May 2002 at

3 Whitehall Court, Whitehall, London SW1A 2EL

The meeting is scheduled to commence at 17.00 hrs and conclude at 18.00 hrs

Prior registration of attendance is necessary.

Please email UKAT@womenaid.org

Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7839 2929

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7839 1790