"Human trafficking and similar
forms of exploitation affect every country on earth," writes Bishop
Vincent Long OFM Conv, Chairman of the Australian Catholic Social
Justice Council (ACSJC), in a new report on human trafficking and
slavery.
The paper, the latest in the ACSJC’s Catholic Social Justice Series, is written by Christine Carolan, Executive Officer of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH), and Sister Noelene Simmons SM, ACRATH’s Project Officer for NSW.
The paper looks at slavery and related crimes in the modern world, at the Church’s teaching, and at the international and Australian laws that deal with this abuse.
The paper then discusses ACRATH’s work advocating on behalf of victims of human trafficking, educating Australians, and working alongside organisations here and overseas to shut down human trafficking.