Bosnia Traffic in Women: No Evidence of UN Police Collusion 

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[Interesting that it becomes a big story in the Washington Post only
when the UN police are accused of failing to stop kidnapping and
trafficking, but it's not a big story when NATO's allies in the
former socialist world actually do the kidnapping and trafficking.
Also note the misleading headline -- the UN police were never accused
of "trafficking," but of ignoring it or failing to stop it.]


UN denies trafficking in women by its police

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 28--The United Nations has denied reports
charging its police officers with involvement in trafficking in women
in Bosnia.

The charges, reported by the Washington Post newspaper, has been
thoroughly investigated and found to have "no evidence," a statement
by the world body on Thursday said. No international police officer
had been found to be trafficking in women, it added.

Charges of trafficking in women have surfaced often as prostitution
is rampant in Bosnia where criminal gangs are said to allure women
and then force them into this trade. Reports have said that the some
UN police look the other way, inform brothels of possible raids and
in some cases are actively involved in it.

In the report, the Post said that the UN had quashed an investigation
earlier this year into whether UN police was directly involved in the
enslavement of Eastern European women in Bosnian brothels.

The report said the decision to halt the investigation came when the
UN mission was "reeling from disclosures that several of its police
officers had been dismissed for sexual misconduct."

Under the UN procedure, in case of any misconduct, the power of trial
generally rests with the person's home government and the world body
can only ask for a recall.

David Lamb, a former Philadelphia police officer who served as a UN
human rights investigator, said, within weeks, his preliminary
inquiry found more than enough evidence to justify a full-scale
criminal investigation. (PTI)

 
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