DOHA: The Qatar Foundation for Combating Human Trafficking (QFCHT) will establish an electronic database that will be used to deter cyber crimes that victimised millions of young people in the Arab world.
Maryam Maliki, QFCHT Director-General, said the move is part of the study being prepared on electronic crimes and its impact to trafficking on the young people.
Studies showed that there is an estimated 12 million minors in the Middle East who fall prey to sexual abuse over the Internet.
The Foundation could not come out with exact figures since many families fear for disclosure believing that this might expose children into scandals.
The project will be funded by the Social, Sports and Cultural Activities Fund to set up the electronic database as an innovative approach to protect children and young people from cyber crimes.
Questionnaires will be distributed to the several agencies involve in the anti-human trafficking drive that will help in the study to provide statistical studies on the impact of cyber crimes to children who are more vulnerable since they are more prone to the modern trends of technology.
Maliki said the Foundation will conduct legal clinics to selected five law students who passed the interview and received certificates from the Foundation and John Hopkins University in Washington.
The students who will undergo the training for two days every week at the QFCHT compound under the supervision of Qatar University would learn laws on international convention, Qatari laws and penal code which will be provided by the Ministry of Justice.
Maliki has also announced that QFCHT will open a hotline 108 which will be ready to receive calls starting next month. Government officials, heads of different diplomatic missions in Qatar will attend the launch where pamphlets has already been distributed.
The Peninsula
