44. The table hereunder shows the number of cases reported, prosecuted and convicted under
these laws (Child Protection Act 1994, Criminal Code, Criminal Code Supplementary, Human
Tissue (Removal, Preservation and Transplantation) Act, The Combating of Trafficking in Persons
Act 2009).
45. From 2015 to 2019, the number of cases of trafficking in persons or having bearing on human
trafficking that have been reported to the Police is as follows –
Table 20: Cases of trafficking in persons or having bearing on human trafficking
Trafficking in persons
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Nil
Nil
2 illegal
stay
1
1
Child Trafficking under
the Child Protection Act
5
4
2
2
Cases having a bearing on human
trafficking
9
8
3
4
1
14
Total
Source: Ministry of Defence and Rodrigues
12
5
6
2
Under the Combating of
Trafficking in Persons Act
SENSITIZATION AND AWARENESS RAISING ON TIPS
46. Several sensitization campaigns on TIPs and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
(CSEC) are carried out by different institutions namely: Ministry of Gender Equality, Family
Welfare and Child Development, National Human Rights Commission, Police Department, Child
Development Unit. Campaigns are being carried out in schools, colleges, universities and social
welfare centres and community centres.
Table 21: Sensitisation Campaign on CSEC
Year
Number of campaigns
18
2018
3
2019(as at April 2019)
Source: Ministry of Defence and Rodrigues
Number of children reached
770
113
47. The Brigade des Mineurs (Police Department) in collaboration with NGOs, Ministry of
Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare and the National Children’s Council,
conduct crackdown operations island wise at regular intervals to ensure that young persons and
students are attending schools during normal school hours and to prevent young persons from
engaging in truancy and loitering and getting involved in illicit activities.
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