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Tajikistan

Tajikistan Opens Center To Investigate Human Trafficking

(RFE/RL)

DUSHANBE, 6 February 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The United States today praised Tajikistan's efforts to combat human anti-trafficking efforts on a day that a U.S.-funded facility to investigate trafficking cases was opened in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe.

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February 06, 2006

U.S. Ambassador Richard Hoagland, who opened the center together with Tajik Interior Minister Humdin Sharipov, highlighted the passing of a new law to combat people smuggling and the establishment of a specialized anti-trafficking police units and a high-level anti-trafficking commission as evidence of Tajikistan's efforts.

The new Interior Ministry center, which is equipped with state-of-the-art computers, is part of a part of a $250,000 project. The United States also donated 12 vehicles for use by anti-trafficking investigators.

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