GUINEA-BISSAU-SENEGAL: Child trafficking on the decline say local authorities

BISSAU Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (IRIN) - Child trafficking from Guinea-Bissau to Senegal is on the decline, partly due to better collaboration among local residents, civil society groups and government, local authorities said. Government officials and aid workers say more and more sectors are on the watch for suspicious movement of children. “Now a whole new set of actors are involved who weren’t in the past – border police, governors, even truck-drivers unions, and we receive information...