KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said all should move ahead actively to make the campaign against human trafficking successful.

In a message today on the occasion of the 18th National Anti-Human Trafficking Day, Prime Minister Oli extended best wishes, saying this Day could give more inspiration to all to end human trafficking. The Day is being observed today under the slogan, "Commitment of Three-Tier Governments: Solidarity of All against Human Trafficking".

"Human trafficking and smuggling are heinous crimes. The nature, form and destination of human trafficking and smuggling have been found continuously changing with the passage of time," reads the message.  

"Most women are trafficked while going as domestic workers to the countries where the government has banned foreign employment for Nepalis. As well as teenage girls working in the entertainment sector are also at a high risk from the point of view of human trafficking," reads the message. 

Prime Minister Oli said that the government has been launching different awareness programs to reduce the growing trafficking for children and teenage girls.

The government has been strictly implementing laws formulated to end human trafficking, he said.

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