Alem Brook

Alem Brook, a legal expert with the IOM's counter-trafficking unit in Addis Ababa, said the level of internal trafficking of children in Ethiopia was one of the highest in the world.

"The parents are often deceived with promises of money or that the child will be educated," Alem told journalists last week."Traffickers pay around 10 to 20 Ethiopian birr [US$1.20 to US$2.40] for each child.We are talking about thousands of children each year."

According to the IOM, trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world; it is believed to net those involved around US$10 billion a year.

Alem said the majority of boys and girls ended up as domestic laborers, commercial sex workers, weavers, or professional beggars.

Traffickers in Ethiopia expect to earn around 7,000 birr (around US$800) for each victim they send overseas, she added.

Alem Brook, a legal expert with the IOM's counter-trafficking unit in Addis Ababa, said the level of internal trafficking of children in Ethiopia was one of the highest in the world.

"The parents are often deceived with promises of money or that the child will be educated," Alem told journalists last week."Traffickers pay around 10 to 20 Ethiopian birr (US$1.20 to US$2.40) for each child.We are talking about thousands of children each year."

According to the IOM, trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world; it is believed to net those involved around US$10 billion a year.

Alem said the majority of boys and girls ended up as domestic laborers, commercial sex workers, weavers, or professional beggars.

Traffickers in Ethiopia expect to earn around 7,000 birr (around US$800) for each victim they send overseas, she added.

and family, said Alem Brook, a legal expert with the group's counter-trafficking unit in Ethiopia.

"The parents are often deceived with promises of money or that the child will be educated," said Alem.

There have been numerous reports of traffickers taking advantage of these migrants, according to Alem Brook, national program coordinator of the counter-trafficking program for IOM in Addis Ababa: "The most recurrent forms of abuse are overwork, confinement, denial of wages, emotional abuse, beatings, sexual harassment, and rape.

About two-thirds are trafficked by brokers who earn a part of the child's earnings, while a third are trafficked by friends and family, said Alem Brook, a legal expert with the group's counter-trafficking unit in Ethiopia.
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"The parents are often deceived with promises of money or that the child will be educated," said Alem.

Alem Brook, a legal expert with the IOM's counter-trafficking unit in Addis Ababa, said the level of internal trafficking of children in Ethiopia was one of the highest in the world.

"The parents are often deceived with promises of money or that the child will be educated," Alem told journalists last week."Traffickers pay around 10 to 20 Ethiopian birr [US$1.20 to US$2.40] for each child.We are talking about thousands of children each year."

According to the IOM, trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world; it is believed to net those involved around US$10 billion a year.

Alem said the majority of boys and girls ended up as domestic laborers, commercial sex workers, weavers, or professional beggars.

Traffickers in Ethiopia expect to earn around 7,000 birr (around US$800) for each victim they send overseas, she added.
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A legal expert with the IOM's counter-trafficking unit in Addis Ababa, Alem Brook, said internal trafficking of children in Ethiopia was one of the highest in the world.

"The parents are often deceived with promises of money or that the child will be educated," Alem told journalists.
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Alem said the majority of boys and girls ended up as domestic labourers, commercial sex workers, weavers or professional beggars.

The IOM warned that thousands of Ethiopian women were also trafficked abroad.At least 10,000 have been sent to the Gulf States to work as prostitutes, the agency said.

"There are increasing numbers of young women being recruited from here for sexual purposes," Alem said.

Traffickers in Ethiopia expect to earn around 7,000 birr (around $800) for each victim they send overseas, she added.