measures are hindered by a number of obstacles, like the case of Tramadol, also known
as Tramol, which remains a major concern as populations in the northern part of the
country and especially youths are fond of consuming it, with resulting negative
consequences, especially road accidents.
Measures earmarked to overcome these difficulties include:
- the National Campaign for the Fight against Tobacco and Drug Consumption, with the
slogan “Tobacco and Drug-free Holidays”, which would lead to the adoption of an antitobacco law;
- the involvement of the media with professionalism, perseverance, accountability and
vigilance in the fight against drug abuse, in order to educate youths who are most
exposed to this scourge;
- providing care to drug-addicts;
- the organization, by the Sub-Committee on International Cooperation, of the National
Drug Control Committee (NDCC), of educative talks with students in Yaounde on the
adverse effects of tobacco and drug consumption on health as well as related criminal
sanctions.
e) Sale, Trafficking, Abduction and Begging (Art. 29)
The implementation of recommendations made on this point culminated in the following
actions:
At the Legal Level:
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the adoption of Law No. 2011/024 of 14 December 2011 pertaining to the fight against
trafficking and smuggling in persons, to abrogate Law No. 2005/015 of 29 December
2005, that extends the scope of application of the fight against smuggling in all
categories of victims;
At the Institutional Level:
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the development, by the Inter-ministerial Committee on the Fight against Trafficking in
Persons, set up by Order No. 136/CAB/PM of 2 November 2010 and chaired by the
Secretary-General of the Prime Minister’s Office, of a Governmental action plan for the
fight against trafficking in persons covering five major strategic areas:
- stepping up efforts in order to pursue and punish perpetrators of the trafficking
in persons;
- building the capacities of law enforcement staff as well as those of social
workers;
- adopting a law on the trafficking in adults;
- training law enforcement personnel in the use of electronic databases as a tool
to fight against the phenomenon;
- carrying out investigations on allegations of abuse in hereditary serfdom
practices in the northern regions;
At the Operational Level:
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training of social workers, magistrates and law enforcement forces on the fight against
the trafficking in persons;
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