4. Cooperation to protect victims (Partnership)
4.1 Policy proposal to the Korean Government
The most urgent task of the Korean government is the analysis and self-reflection on the
Korean society as to what led to import of foreign women into the local sex industry. The
same goes for the issue of international marriages which are prevalent in the country. We
call for the government to carry out another round of policy analysis to make sure the
current policy is optimal. With that as a backdrop, we would like to make some suggestions
under the current system.
As human trafficking is a most representative form of an organized crime both
domestically and globally, therefore is requires a comprehensive and long-term policy on the
national level especially initiated by the Ministry of Justice. And the precondition for victim
protection is that the crime of human trafficking could be punishable by the law.
① Passing the law within this year and allocation of required budget. Human trafficking
monitoring team and special investigative team established reporting to the President,
Ministry of Justice or Ministry of Gender Equality.
② Identification of human trafficking victims: classification at the immigration office
whether the person concerned is illegal immigrant or legal laborer. Before executing
forced eviction order, treat the victims of human trafficking based on the situation
they were put into in Korea, especially the type of working condition and whether
they were put to continuous exploitative state.
③ Cooperation with law enforcement agencies of other countries
④ Cooperation between support groups and government agencies in charge of human
trafficking issues
- Legal aid: choice of the victim and the consequences
- Physical and legal protection of the victim
- Witness protection, safety of the support group
- Training: training for victim identification, victim support, and social integration
4.2 Cooperation with civil organizations
Civil organizations concerning sex trafficking are small in sizes and because of that
reasons civil organizations have worked together for 4~5 years now. They have waited for
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