The Netherlands welcomes the decision to expedite and broaden the international mission in Afghanistan. This was foreign minister Maxime Verhagen’s response today to President Obama’s speech on the new strategy and timetable for the campaign. Mr Verhagen had already been informed of the President’s decision by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
‘The United States is showing its confidence in the mission in Afghanistan,’ Mr Verhagen said. ‘It is vital that Afghanistan does not revert to a safe haven for terrorists. Stepping up and broadening support for Afghanistan will enable its people to provide for the security and reconstruction of their country.’
This strategy is in line with the integrated approach adopted by the Netherlands in the province of Uruzgan. The emphasis is not purely on military efforts, but also on fostering good governance and development.
‘It is important that we safeguard the outstanding results achieved by our troops, development workers and diplomats in Uruzgan, so we can continue to build on them,’ the minister said.
In the future international support for Afghanistan will be increasingly dependent on the results achieved by President Karzai’s government. The Netherlands also favours this approach.
Source: isria.com/
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Police crack gang trafficking women to Netherlands
The Eastern European women were aware they were going to work as prostitutes but did not expect to receive a fraction of their earnings.
Warsaw – Polish police said Thursday they had cracked a gang trafficking women from Eastern Europe to the Netherlands for prostitution.
"These women, recruited via press ads, were aware of the nature of the work in the Netherlands. But they fell victim to a swindle when they arrived there," Joanna Kacka, police spokeswoman in Lodz, central Poland, told AFP.
Five suspects were detained in the case, including a 40-year-old woman from Lodz who is also the co-owner of a night club in the Dutch city of Rotterdam where prostitutes from Poland are known to work, Kacka said.
The women were required to pay EUR 1,000 each up front but when they began working in the Netherlands they received only a fraction of their earnings, according to Kacka.
Suspects in the case including three men and two women aged 32 to 66 face prison terms of three to 15 years for trafficking in human beings and profiting from the prostitution.
AFP / Expatica
Source: expatica.com/
Warsaw – Polish police said Thursday they had cracked a gang trafficking women from Eastern Europe to the Netherlands for prostitution.
"These women, recruited via press ads, were aware of the nature of the work in the Netherlands. But they fell victim to a swindle when they arrived there," Joanna Kacka, police spokeswoman in Lodz, central Poland, told AFP.
Five suspects were detained in the case, including a 40-year-old woman from Lodz who is also the co-owner of a night club in the Dutch city of Rotterdam where prostitutes from Poland are known to work, Kacka said.
The women were required to pay EUR 1,000 each up front but when they began working in the Netherlands they received only a fraction of their earnings, according to Kacka.
Suspects in the case including three men and two women aged 32 to 66 face prison terms of three to 15 years for trafficking in human beings and profiting from the prostitution.
AFP / Expatica
Source: expatica.com/
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