Trafficking of women warning

Hungary - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Mary Robinson, said yesterday that trafficking in women was a growing…

Hungary - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Mary Robinson, said yesterday that trafficking in women was a growing global problem with deep economic roots. "I want the world to realise how serious the problem is," she said at a Budapest conference aimed at addressing the trade in people.

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