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Caritas: human trafficking on the rise

As governments and world leaders struggle to contain COVID-19, they must also work harder to protect victims of human trafficking, said the Vatican-based network of Catholic charities, adding that insufficient attention “was paid on the collateral damage of the ongoing pandemic, especially on migrants and informal workers, who are now more exposed to trafficking and [1]exploitation.” [1]