{"id":142,"date":"2009-09-14T08:41:42","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T12:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=142"},"modified":"2009-09-14T08:41:42","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T12:41:42","slug":"exit-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/exit-program\/","title":{"rendered":"EXIT-program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the global trend, <strong>menneskehandel<\/strong> (human trafficking)\u00a0and <strong>sexkj\u00f8p<\/strong> (purchase of sex) are increasing in volume in Norway.\u00a0 Several years ago, the Norwegian government created a plan of action called &#8216;Stop Human Trafficking&#8217; aimed to combat all forms of human trafficking, domestically and internationally.\u00a0 The measures included granting victims 6-month residence permits, allowing free legal counsel to victims, and assisting in the effort to return victims to their home countries safely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year the focus is on <strong>menneskehandel <\/strong>in Bergen and <strong>politiet<\/strong> (the police) are getting creative.\u00a0 The title of the article in Aftenposten online says it clearly:\u00a0 <strong>Politiet p\u00e5 h\u00f8ye h\u00e6ler <\/strong>(The police in high heels).\u00a0 In addition to continuing to try to obtain information from citizens in general, as well as <strong>kunder <\/strong>(customers) of <strong>halliker <\/strong>(pimps), <strong>politiet <\/strong>are sending some of their own out dressed as <strong>prostituerte <\/strong>(prostitutes).\u00a0 The sub-headline reads &#8216;<strong>Politet i Bergen vurderer \u00e5 kle ut sine egne som prostituerte i jakten p\u00e5 halliker i Bergen.&#8217;\u00a0 <\/strong>The police in Bergen consider dressing their own as prostitutes in the hunt for pimps in Bergen.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UN, 2.5 million people are victims of <strong>menneskehandel <\/strong>every year, 40% of whom are children.\u00a0 There is speculation that Norway is a good transit country for human traffickers because it is relatively easy to smuggle people into the country and the asylum centers are very open.\u00a0 In fact, just last week, four Chinese children were stolen from an asylum reception center and brought to Stockholm, where they were found in a Chinese couple&#8217;s apartment.\u00a0 The couple is being charged with human trafficking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even in a small and relatvely (geographically) isolated country like Norway<strong>, menneskehandelen<\/strong> is still a very real and growing trend.\u00a0 It&#8217;s nice to hear about different methods the Norwegian <strong>regjering <\/strong>(government) and\u00a0<strong>politiet<\/strong> are employing to combat this appalling activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the global trend, menneskehandel (human trafficking)\u00a0and sexkj\u00f8p (purchase of sex) are increasing in volume in Norway.\u00a0 Several years ago, the Norwegian government created a plan of action called &#8216;Stop Human Trafficking&#8217; aimed to combat all forms of human trafficking, domestically and internationally.\u00a0 The measures included granting victims 6-month residence permits, allowing free legal counsel&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/exit-program\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3668],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-norway-and-the-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}