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### Viewing cable 05ANKARA2782, TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15,

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05ANKARA2782 | 2005-05-16 14:44 | 2011-08-24 01:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Ankara

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 11 ANKARA 002782

    SIPDIS

    DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, EUR/PGI, EUR/SE

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
    SUBJECT: TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15,
    2005

    ¶1. (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and
      international media sources published the following news
      articles about TIP in Turkey.  Text of articles
      originally published in Turkish is provided through
      unofficial local FSN translation.

    ¶2. (U) Published in Hurriyet on Tuesday, May 3:

         TITLE: SHE CAME TO SERVE AS A NANNY, BECAME A SEX
         SLAVE

         BEGIN TEXT:  Twenty-two years were demanded for the
         six members of a gang that forced Kyrgyz women, who
         were brought as nannies, into prostitution.  The women,
         who complained about the gang, which involved policemen
         as well, told what they experienced.

         The prosecution of a 6-person gang, including two
         policemen, that allegedly forced into prostitution
         Kyrgyz women who were brought to Turkey to serve as
         nannies, began.  The Istanbul Heavy Penal Court Number

         4 began the trial.  Suspects Ali Toprak (policeman),
         Kyrgyz citizens Gulanda Sasykbaeva and Dina Joroeva,
         who are under arrest, attended the court session.
         Suspects Ali Satirli (policeman), Burhan Topuz and
         Fahriye Bilice are at large but there is an arrest
         warrant on them.  The Court demanded heavy imprisonment
         terms from two to 22 years for the suspects.

         In his testimony suspect Ali Toprak said, "My
         colleague Ali Satirli called me and requested help for
         obtaining visa for his girl friend Yelda's friend.  I
         took them to the Foreigners Department.  I'm
         innocent."

         Dinara Amankulova, who filed a complained against the
         suspects, said that she came to Turkey to serve as a
         nanny.  She noted that the suspects beat her and
         forced her into prostitution.  She said that they
         turned her into a sex slave.

         Nazgul Tokonbaeva said that Dina Joroeva first sold
         her to a woman called Yelda who sold her along with
         four people to men.

         Victim Zinagul Taichieva, too, testified at the court.

         After studying the evidence, the court released Ali
         Toprak.

         The court was adjourned in order to listen to victim
         Roza Raeva. END TEXT.

    ¶3.  (U) Published in Cumhuriyet on Tuesday, May 3:

         TITLE:  Prostitution Operation in Istanbul

         BEGIN TEXT:  Necdet D., and Zekeriya K. in Istanbul
         and Okan G., in Sanliurfa were detained for allegedly
         forcing foreign women into prostitution.

         Necdet D., and Zekeriya K., were arrested by the
         court.

         Works are underway for capturing three other suspects
         who are believed to be in Sanliurfa. END TEXT.

    ¶4.  (U) Published in Cumhuriyet on Sunday, May 1:
         TITLE:   Is there Child Pornography?

         BEGIN TEXT:  There is no data in Turkey on children who
         were subject to commercial exploitation.  But it is
         known that their number is not small.  In recent years
         the fastest growing exploitation is pornography
         because its production, duplicating and distribution
         is very easy.

         Harika Yucel is a psychologist.  She also is the
         coordinator of a study by ECPAT on children who were
         subject to commercial exploitation in Turkey.  The
         research in Diyarbakir and Istanbul looks for answers
         to questions such as, "What is the status of
         commercial exploitation involving children?" "What
         types are more widespread?" "What is the policy of the
         media on this issue?" and "What are the protective
         measures?"  We spoke to Yucel on child pornography in
         Turkey.
         Would you talk about yourself first?
         I've been working for six years with groups that are
         under risk.  At the Association for Renewed Health and
         Education, I dealt with children who lived on the
         streets and especially girls who were subject to
         commercial exploitation.  For the last six months I
         have been working with adolescents who are at intensive
         risk and their families at the Community Center in
         Umraniye.  We provide education and psychological
         support to these kids and their families.
         What is the status of child pornography in Turkey?
         Although one may not hear a lot about child pornography
         in Turkey, it is an existing problem.  Globalization
         and the developments in digital technology turned this
         issue into a problem that crosses the borders.  It is
         very, very simple to produce, duplicate, exchange them.
         One can reach a photograph issued anywhere around the
         world on the Internet or you can produce and market
         something else.  Pornography is one of the fastest
         growing types of sexual exploitation right now around
         the world.

         What kind of results did you obtain in the ECPAT study?
         It won't be right for me to say anything about the
         results because the study is not yet over.  Sexual
         exploitation is kept as a secret and it is hard to find
         data on it.  It is the same around the world.  With
         this study we will take the picture of the status of
         children who are exposed to commercial exploitation in
         Turkey.  The study will be completed in a month or two.
         But this is only the beginning.  Later we will prepare
         a campaign for convening a national consultation and an
         action plan meeting with the participation of all
         experts on the issue and necessary measures to be taken
         will be determined.  For this study we met with those
         who sell pornographic products.  If we can obtain
         permission, we will also meet with children who were
         exploited commercially and who are under protection.
         When we asked whether there was child pornography to
         those who sell pornographic material, they say "No."
         But if we ask for "minor pornography" they say that
         they have it.  As is the case around the world in
         Turkey, too, people don't think that until the age 18
         all are considered a child.  It is thought that if a
         person's body is developed, he/she no longer is a
         child.  Another defense mechanism is that in the child
         pornography they sell, it is foreign kids playing.

         What is the scope of child pornography?
         There is a dispute in the world on this issue.   In
         general it is defined as showing a child in actual
         action or pretension of being involved in a sexual act
         or to expose the genitals of the child.  There is a
         debate that "artistic" activities with pictures and
         graphics should be evaluated as part of expression of
         freedom and democratic rights.  But all these indicate
         that there can be sexuality between a child and an
         adult.  All children from babyhood on can be used as a
         sexual material.  But the real risk is for the
         adolescents because they are considered as adults.
         There are many websites that use the rhetoric like high
         school students and virgins.  Mostly adolescents enter
         the Internet.  There are many traps in particular in
         the chat sites.  Photographs and chats there can be
         used for very different purposes.

         If there a profile for those who view child
         pornography?
         There is not a particular profile. But particularly it
         is the men.  Reaching a certain social or cultural
         status is not a determining factor.  In the past it was
         said that people who watch such things had suppressed
         sexuality.  But the research now shows that there is no
         longer such a difference.

         What is the satisfaction lying beneath?
         Many people think that if a child shows sexual
         development there would not be a problem in entering a
         relation with him/her.  This also has something to do
         with gratifying youth and beauty.  On the other hand,
         it also has something to do with power and authority.
         In relationship with a youngster, the person feels more
         powerful.  I believe there has been sexual exploitation
         aiming at youngsters for centuries.  But when you look
         at the issue from pornography, you see a serious
         change.
         Is it the Internet that played a key role?
         Yes there are many websites on the Internet that
         include child pornography.  They constantly change
         their names and addresses.  By creating a virtual
         credit card and without identifying yourself, you can
         "shop" from these sites.  Indeed some websites require
         depositing serious fees to admit members. Some others
         demand pictures or photographs never aired before to be
         presented for new memberships.  Interpol is trying to
         detect those who enter child pornography sites.  But it
         could reach a few.  Very few of the kids whose pictures
         and photographs were aired could be reached. END TEXT.

    ¶5.  (U) Reported by Anadolu Ajansi on Tuesday, May 3:

         BEGIN TEXT:  A panel discussion was held on child
         pornography at the Gazi University on May 3, 2005.

         Prof. Oguz Polat, Head of the Forensic Medicine
         Department at the Marmara University, argued that
         children end up on the streets in Turkey basically
         because of child exploitation.  He stressed the
         importance of children living through the role that
         his/her age requires.  He added that economic, as well
         as physical exploitation of children affect children
         badly.  Polat noted that child exploitation includes
         all types, such as physical, sexual, emotional
         exploitation and negligence.  He argued that the
         percentage of children in secondary education who are
         beaten in Istanbul was 87.  He added that 91 percent of
         women who leave their houses because of domestic
         violence and take refugee in shelters were beating
         their children.

         Polat stated that sexual exploitation of children in
         general occurs when a child is between 8-11.  He added
         that it was one of the exploitations hardest to detect.
         Polat noted that when one studies the court cases of
         those exploited sexually by their relatives, you see
         that 57 percent are exploited by their own fathers.
         Four percent by their own older brothers, three percent
         by their close relatives, and 26 percent by a second
         degree relative.

         Prof. Ayse Yalin, president of the Turkish Psychologist
         Association, said that mostly kids between 9-11 were
         subject to sexual exploitation.  She noted that ten
         percent of such kids were under the age of six.  She
         noted that sexual exploitation affects the health and
         development of a child in a bad manner. END TEXT.

    ¶6.  (U) Published by Kosovareport, Tuesday, May 10,
    www.kosovareport.blogspot.com:

         TITLE:  Gul:  "We support the realization of the
         standards of international community prior to a final
         status on Kosovo"

         BEGIN TEXT:  Bucharest (A.A.) - 10.05.2005 - Turkish
         Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul
         has indicated today (Tuesday) that Turkey supports the
         realization of the standards of international community
         prior to a final status of Kosovo.

         Participating in a meeting of the ministers of foreign
         affairs within the framework of Southeast European
         Countries Cooperation Process, Gul remarked that the
         status quo in Kosovo is a matter of concern for the
         whole region.  "There are problems that have not been
         resolved.  High levels of unemployment and the
         instability in the economy continue to be threats to
         stability in Kosovo," mentioned Gul.

         Gul stressed that Kosovo must be supported with
         economic packages.  "The solution in Kosovo would be
         possible with the participation of all groups involved.
         Dialog between the main groups is essential for the
         resolution of all disputes in Kosovo," told Gul.

         Gul commented that the maintenance of peace and
         stability in the Balkans would be beneficial for every
         one.  "The international organizations can play a vital
         role in the region," expressed Gul.

         Gul noted that Turkey supports NATO's "open door"
         policy and added that NATO is open to all countries
         that meet the basic criteria.

         Gul said that countries must cooperate full in order to
         deal with immigration, organized crime and human
         trafficking.  Gul stated that Turkey is ready to do all
         it can to fight against international terror.
         "International terror is a threat to the region and the
         whole world itself," declared Gul.  END TEXT.

    ¶7.  (U)  Published by Chisinau Infotag on Tuesday, May 10:

         TITLE:  Moldovan-Turkish Sex Trafficking Ring
         Eradicated

         BEGIN FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT:  Chisinau, 10 May:  The
         [Moldovan] law-enforcement agencies have exposed and
         eradicated a ring of Moldovan-Turkish traffickers, who
         earned more than 1m dollars by sexually exploiting a
         large number of Moldovan girls.

         The Interior Ministry's press service told Infotag that
         the network consisted of three Moldovan criminal rings
         headed by a 38-year-old Turkish national,(?Mustafa
         Estimez).  These groups, called the Central group, the
         Gypsy group and the Gagauz group, were active in
         central and southern parts of Moldova in 2001-04.

         About 20 victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation
         were found in brothels in Turkey owned by the Turkish
         citizen.  The traffickers had promised girls that upon
         their arrival to Turkey they would work as dancers in
         night clubs.

         The law-enforcement agencies have identified all
         members of the trafficking ring and detained seven of
         them, including their leader (?Mustafa Estimez).  Ten
         criminal cases have been filed against them.  Some of
         the detainees face life imprisonment.
         Infotag note.  Since the beginning of this year, 87
         cases of women trafficking, 25 cases of child
         trafficking and 31 cases of prostitution have been
         discovered. END TEXT.

    ¶8.  (U) Published by Islamic Republic News Agency on
    Wednesday, May 11, www.irna.ir:

         TITLE:  Pakistan, Greece to cooperate in anti-terror
         war

         BEGIN TEXT:  Pakistan and Greece have agreed to enhance
         cooperation to curb the menace of human trafficking,
         narcotics and drugs and war on terrorism.

         This was agreed between a meeting of the Interior
         Minister Mr. Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao and Greek
         Minister for Public Order Mr. George Voulgarakis in
         Islamabad on Wednesday.

         Both the sides also signed an agreement to curb the
         menace of human trafficking, production and trafficking
         of narcotics and drugs, war on terrorism and organized
         crime.

         Both the countries have also agreed to launch a
         campaign among the people to create awareness about the
         negative impacts "of illicit human trafficking,"
         Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao and Mr. Voulgarakis
         told a joint news conference.

         Pakistan and Greece have also agreed to contact Iran
         and Turkey which are used as a land route for human
         trafficking to "Greece from Pakistan for taking
         measures to control this menace," Sherpao said.

         He said Pakistan had proposed a meeting of the four
         countries to discuss the issue in Athens.  "Both the
         countries will convince Iran and Turkey to extend
         cooperation in other fields also including forensic
         technology, methods of criminology research and prevent
         illegal entry in the both countries.

         He appreciated Pakistan's role in the war against
         terrorism and said his country looks more important
         role of Pakistan in this war in future also.

         He said that strengthening relations with Greece will
         also help Pakistan to further cement its ties with the
         European Union.

         About seventy thousand Pakistanis are working in
         Greece, who proved themselves as a peaceful community
         and the "government is working to legalize their stay,"
         the Greek official added.  END TEXT.

    ¶9.  (U) Reported by Kiev Kanal 5 TV in Ukrainian on
    Saturday, May 7:

         BEGIN FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT:  Ukraine and Turkey will
         ease visa procedures for the nationals-businessmen and
         international haulage drivers.  Agreement was reached
         to prepare an appropriate document, the Ukrainian
         Foreign Ministry's press service has said.

         The two parties also decided to sign an agreement on
         extradition of criminals and cooperation in human
         trafficking very soon.  END TEXT.

    ¶10. (U) Published by Bucharest Observatorul Militar on
    Thursday, April 28:

         TITLE:  Romania Organizes International Conference on
         Black Sea Security, Cooperation

         BEGIN FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT:  The international
         conference considering the "Black Sea Area and Euro-
         Atlantic Security:  Strategic Opportunities" took place
         last week at the Cotoceni Presidential Palace.  The
         conference was organized by the Romanian Presidency,
         with the assistance of the American, British and German
         Embassies to Bucharest, and of the "George C. Marshall"
         European Center for Strategic Studies and of the
         Association "George C. Marshall" Romania.  Its goal
         was, as President Traian Basescu pointed out in his
         opening speech, the debate of the Black Sea-related
         problems, as well as the search for "solutions apt to
         best meet both the legitimate national interests, and
         the need for security of the Euro-Atlantic community."
         Considered in a wider context, the Black Sea area
         includes both the countries located along the sea
         coast, and the Caucasus states, whose geographic
         proximity is doubled by their identify of economic and
         cultural interests with the countries in the Black Sea
         area.  Moreover, the present and future interests of
         the European Union and of the North-Atlantic Alliance
         lead to the need to set up good relations between
         Romania and Bulgaria, which are both NATO members and
         future EU members, on the one hand, and among the
         countries interested in setting up partnerships with
         those organizations, on the other hand.  In that
         context, Romania's initiative of starting such debates
         and cooperation actions helps achieve a higher level of
         understanding of the situation in the Black Sea area,
         and, at the same time, promotes our country as an
         important actor in the region.

         Many speakers expressed their opinions in the debates:
         ambassadors, professors, or representatives of several
         institutions that cooperate in the field of security.

         Mihai Stanisoara, president of the Defense Commission
         of the Chamber of Deputies, Dr. John Rose, president of
         the "George C. Marshall" European Center for Strategic
         Studies, and Dr. Roger Kangas, professor at the same
         prestigious institution, made exclusive declarations
         for the military press.

         [Observatorul Militar] Will there also be cooperation
         at the level of the parliaments in the countries in the
         region, on the subject of the strategic opportunities
         offered by the Black Sea area?

         [Stanisoara] Certainly, as the parliamentarians are
         authorized by the people's vote, who work alongside
         with the experts in the ministries in the field.  By
         their activity and by a dialogue with the citizens,
         they can inform the people regarding plans for the
         future, and can assure a consultation, capable of
         placing the citizens at the center of the political
         decision making process.

         [Observatorul Militar] What is the importance of the
         Black Sea area?

         [Stanisoara] Its importance is given by the increasing
         interest of both the EU and the United States, as well
         as of other actors in the region.  Beside the fact that
         it is an area of a strategic military importance, it is
         also a crossing point of several goods transportation
         routes, power conveyance networks, and of cultural
         cooperation.

         Dr. John Rose

         [Observatorul Militar] What was the goal of this
         conference?

         [Rose] Its goal was that to give the possibility to
         important leaders o the international and Romanian
         community to meet, have the possibility to discuss,
         find political solutions, and set up new connections.

         [Observatorul Militar] Which are the countries in the
         Black Sea area that have been the main targets of this
         conference?

         [Rose] We can see which they are by just looking at the
         black Sea map:  Bulgaria, Romania, the Republic of
         Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, the countries in the
         Caucasus region.  In other words, all the countries
         located by the Black Sea coast, plus a few other
         countries that are located in its vicinity, and had to
         participate in the conference.

         [Observatorul Militar] Why did the countries in the
         Caucasus region have to also participate?

         [Rose] Because the security subjects discussed here
         will influence the political developments in the whole
         Black Sea region.

         [Observatorul Militar] How do you see the development
         of the region in the following five years?

         [Rose] There are two variants, which are equally
         possible.  One of them is that we will solve some of
         the most difficult problems-drug and personnel
         trafficking, terrorism, border security-and thus will
         create the pre-requisites for a generation of peace,
         stability, and economic growth.  If we are not able to
         solve those problems, we will have a generation that
         will be confronted with conflicts, war, and
         instability, and this is something that nobody wants.

         [Observatorul Militar] What is the role that Romania
         plays in assuring the achievement of the first variant?

         [Rose] First of all, Romania has already assumed a
         leading role.  Nobody needs to tell the people who live
         in the Black Sea region what their problems are,
         because they know them very well.  The only thing that
         they have to do is find the will to start solving those
         problems, and this is what Romania is doing.  It
         invites the other countries in the region to discuss
         those problems, to develop a mutual trust, and I hope
         that this will lead to the carrying out of more stable
         actions, and to finding variable solutions.

         Dr. Roger Kangas

         [Observatorul Militar] What this the identity of the
         Caucasus and of the Black Sea?

         [Kangas] The countries in the Caucasus region are in a
         special position.  Their identity has been tied to the
         one of the Soviet Union for many years, as they were
         its members.  What can we say about their position now?
         Are they located in the Middle East, in Asia, in
         Europe?  Our colleagues in Georgia consider themselves
         as Europeans.  Georgia is a Christian state; it has
         commercial relations with Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria,
         Ukraine, and this is why it wants to follow the same
         course as the others do.  Their goal can be fulfilled
         if they create their Black Sea identity.

         [Observatorul Militar] What will happen if this
         identity is not created?  What if the European variant
         is refused to them?

         [Kangas] This possibility also exists.  Nothing we can
         say about the future can be 100% certain.  They will
         probably reconsider their position if conflicts
         continue in the region, for example, or if the states
         decide to change their orientation, or if the European
         organizations and the security structures, such as
         NATO, for instance, decide to no longer get involved in
         the Caucasus region.  They will probably remain a part
         of the former Soviet space, or will choose to orient
         themselves toward the south, toward Turkey, Iran, or
         other countries in West Asia.  I myself believe that
         NATO and the EU consider this region as an important
         one, and that they will certainly play an important
         part in the region.

         [Observatorul Militar] Could a rift from the EU and
         NATO become a security risk?

         [Kangas] Possibly, but the major challenge is for the
         countries in the region to cooperate.  The southern
         Caucasus has unfortunately never been a stable region,
         but if economic relations improve, we will probably be
         able to also work on the political relations, and solve
         the security problems, one by one.

         [Observatorul Militar] Do you believe in the
         possibility that those countries come to work together?

         [Kangas] The Marshall Center has a course on security
         in the southern Caucasus that is attended by people
         from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, and Russia, who are
         dealing with security issues for four weeks.  We can
         see the tensions that are being created, but
         cooperation is possible if all interested parties make
         compromises, to a certain extent.  It is true that
         there are animosities and tensions among them, but
         organizations such as NATO or OSCE can intervene, and
         solve those conflicts. END TEXT.

    ¶11.  (U)  Published by Southeast European Times
    (www.setimes.com) on Wednesday, May 11:

         TITLE:  Greece Takes Over SEECP Chairmanship from
         Romania

         BEGIN TEXT:  The eighth summit of the South-East
         European Co-operation Process (SEECP) began in
         Bucharest on Tuesday (10 May), marking the end of
         Romania's one-year term as the organization's chairman-
         in-office and the beginning of Greece's mandate.  The
         two day event began with a  meeting of the heads of
         government of the nine member states-Albania, Bosnia
         and Herzegovina (BiH), Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece,
         Macedonia, Romania, Serbia-Montenegro and Turkey.
         Representatives of a number of international
         organizations are also attending, including the EU, the
         OSCE, the UN, NATO, the Council of Europe and the
         Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.  According to
         a Romanian Foreign Ministry statement, the main topic
         on the agenda is SEECP's role in democratic stability
         processes and as a platform for regional co-operation.

         Co-operation was the theme of Romanian President Traian
         Basescu's opening address.  Noting that countries in
         the region face common challenges, "from terrorism to
         trafficking in human beings and organized crime," he
         urged them to work together to find solutions.
         The summit took place less than a month after Romania
         and Bulgaria signed their accession treaty with the EU.
         Greece is the only SEECP country that is already an EU
         member.

         "I am convinced that Bulgarian President Georgi
         Parvanov and Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis
         will agree with me that we should share our countries'
         experience in order to speed up the processes in the
         Western Balkan countries," Bulgaria's Focus agency
         quoted Basescu as saying.  Membership in the Euro-
         Atlantic structures is the only option for achieving
         security and stability in the region, he added.
         Addressing the foreign ministers of Tuesday, Romanian
         Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said SEECP
         countries have a common goal of joining the EU and
         should thus overcome the legacies of the past.
         Stressing the importance of partnership, and sharing of
         experience on the road to Europe, the prime minister
         said that economic co-operation, joint efforts in
         fighting organized crime and corruption, and
         harmonization of the judicial system with EU standards
         were some of the major challenges in confronting the
         countries.  Tariceanu called for strengthened security
         in the Balkans and for working in partnership with the
         EU and NATO.  He added that Kosovo is one of the
         important issues today, not only for the UN but for the
         entire region.

         Regional media reports on Tuesday also cited Kosovo as
         one of the key issues the SEECP country leaders were
         expected to discuss during the summit.  Other topics
         mentioned included the development of infrastructure in
         the region and the co-ordination of co-operation
         processes.

         Describing the issue of Kosovo's future status as a
         very delicate matter, with a potentially enormous
         impact on regional stability and security, BiH Foreign
         Minister Mladen Ivanic said it could only be resolved
         through dialogue and in the best interests of all
         sides.

         On Tuesday, Serbia-Montenegro Foreign Minister Vuk
         Draskovic sought support from the SEECP member states
         for his country's bid to join NATO's Partnership for
         Peace programme.  Serbia-Montenegro does not deserve
         isolation, Draskovic told the summit, voicing hope that
         NATO membership was a viable target for 2007, to be
         followed by EU accession.  END TEXT.

    ¶12.  (U)  Published by VOA News on Saturday, May 14:

         TITLE:  Kenya Investigates 69 Bangladeshis for Alleged
         Terrorism, Drug Trafficking

         BEGIN TEXT:  Police in Kenya say they have arrested 69
         Bangladeshis and are investing them for possible links
         to terrorism, drugs and human trafficking.

         Police say they picked up the men late Friday from two
         houses in an upscale area of the coastal city of
         Mombassa after an anonymous tip.

         They say officers found very little in the houses, only
         mattresses, small amounts of food and computers.

         A Kenyan caretaker of the houses also was arrested.
         The Kenyan told police that all the Bangladeshis were
         crew members of two vessels, sailing from Turkey.
         However, police say the men did not have seafarers'
         identification documents.

         Bangladesh's foreign ministry says it is trying to get
         details about the arrests through its embassy in
         Nairobi.  It says the suspects may be migrant workers
         who went to Kenya in search of jobs.  END TEXT.

    ¶13.  (U)  Published at Turks.US (www.turks.us) on Saturday,
    May 14:

         TITLE:  A Turkish man has been detained by Greek police

         BEGIN TEXT:  A Turkish man has been detained by Greek
         police for human trafficking on the eastern Aegean
         Greek Island of Lesbos.  The man who has been
         identified as 26-year-old Deniz Atisi was arrested
         Friday and is due to appear before Magistrates on
         Saturday.

         The smuggler was in the act of trafficking 13
         immigrants at the time of arrest.  It is believed that
         the Turkish people-trafficker was ferrying the illegal
         immigrants from Turkey to Europe.

         The immigrants from Algeria, Palestine, Lebanon, and
         Pakistan were forced into the sea by Deniz as he saw
         the Greek coast-guard approaching.  Deniz was aboard
         the seven-meter speed boat, which was believed to have
         ferried the illegal immigrants to the Greek island.

         Later on an immigrant from India was found dead.  END
         TEXT.

    ¶14.  (U) Published by The Peninsula, Qatar's Leading English
    Daily, on Sunday, May 15:

         TITLE:  Bangladeshis held in Kenya could be job
         seekers:  FM

         BEGIN TEXT:  Dhaka: Bangladesh's foreign minister said
         yesterday 69 Bangladeshis arrested in Kenya "may be job
         seekers" looking for better futures abroad through
         unauthorized travel agents.

         The Bangladeshis were arrested by police in the Kenyan
         port city of Mombassa late on Friday.  Kenyan police
         said they were investigating the men for possible links
         to terrorism, drugs and human trafficking.

         "They may be job seekers.  We've asked our embassy in
         Kenya to send us a report," Bangladesh's Foreign
         Minister M Morshed Khan said in Dhaka.

         "These things are happening every now and then.  We are
         taking steps to control these incidents," the minister
         said, referring to recent arrests of Bangladeshis in
         Algeria, Mauritania and Italy.

         Police in Kenya said they found mattresses but no beds
         and a few bags of rice in the houses where the men were
         staying in Mombassa's upmarket estate of Nyali.

         Kenyan police said none of the men who were arrested
         could speak English and that they had been forced to
         communicate using sign language.

         Many Bangladeshis travel each year through legal and
         illegal channels to seek jobs in Western Europe in a
         bid to flee the poverty of their homeland.

         Their journey can take years with migrants spending
         months in transit countries in northern and eastern
         Africa before reaching western Europe.

         The country has more than 2,000 illegal travel
         agencies, according to the Bangladesh Travel Agents
         Society, which describes outlets as fronts for "people
         traffickers" that prey on the desperation of the poor.

         Meanwhile, Kenyan police said yesterday they were
         investigating 69 Bangladeshi nationals arrested in the
         country's port city of Mombassa for possible links to
         terrorism, drugs and human trafficking.

         The suspects, who were seized in the Friday night
         operation, were living in two houses in a plush area of
         Mombassa, heavily guarded by private security.

         "We have confirmed that they are all Bangladesh
         nationals and there is no single Pakistanis as earlier
         thought," local deputy police chief John Mbijjiwe said
         by phone.  "We are now pursuing three lines in our
         investigations:  whether they are linked to terrorism
         activities, drugs or human trafficking," he said.

         Mbijjiwe refused to disclose where the men were
         detained, but witnesses said they were in the city's
         Port Police Station.  Officials said most of the seized
         passports - some which had Ethiopian immigration seals
         - appeared fake, but would still be screened by
         immigration experts to ascertain their veracity.

         A Kenyan caretaker of the houses, Ali Masudi, was also
         arrested, Mbijjiwe said.  On Friday, Masudi told police
         that the Bangladeshis were crew members of two vessels,
         sailing from Turkey, which were to dock and pick them
         up at Mombassa harbour on May 25 and 27, but they did
         not have seafarers' certificates.

         Mbijjiwe refused to comment on the claims, saying
         everything would also be investigated.  Kenyan
         authorities have voiced concerns that traffickers in
         drugs and people are increasingly looking toward Kenya
         - notably the coastal region, a poor country suffering
         from endemic corruption, as a safe way-station for
         illicit drugs and human beings.

         In December last year, anti-narcotics officers seized a
         massive quantity of cocaine-the biggest haul in the
         east African nation since its independence from Britain
         in 1963-in two separate raids in Nairobi and Malindi
         town, near Mombassa.  END TEXT.

    ¶15.  (U)  Published by China View (www.chinaview.cn) on
    Sunday, May 15:

         TITLE:  Kenyan police probe 63 Bangladeshis for alleged
         terrorism, drug trafficking

         BEGIN TEXT:  Nairobi, May 15 (Xinhuanet)-Kenyan police
         confirmed here on Sunday that they have arrested 63
         Bangladeshis and are probing them for possible links to
         terrorism, drugs and human trafficking.

         Police said the suspects, believed to be Asian of
         Bangladeshi origin, were arrested in the port city of
         Mombassa on Friday night.

         Mombassa deputy police boss John Mbijjiwe confirmed
         that all those detained are men from Bangladesh who are
         suspected of holding false passports.

         "We are now investigating alleged criminal activity
         involving terrorism, drug and human trafficking,"
         Mbijjiwe told Xinhua by telephone.

         But he added that the suspects could also be linked to
         money laundering, drugs trafficking or being in the
         country illegally.  Police have recovered 24 fake
         passports.

         Mbijjiwe declined to disclose how the suspects entered
         the country, saying none of the suspects could speak
         English.

         "The search revealed even more.  We found gemstones,
         electronic equipment, air tickets, rubber stamps and
         even pornographic material," the deputy police boss
         said.

         Mbijjiwe said that a Kenyan caretaker of the houses was
         also arrested.

         Sources said that all the Bangladeshis were crew
         members of two vessels, sailing from Turkey.  However,
         police said the men did not have seafarers'
         identification documents.

         The Bangladeshi authorities said they may be job
         seekers seeking a better future, not criminals.

         Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Morshed Khan said in Dhaka
         that some such incidents had taken place in recent
         times and the government is taking necessary steps,
         including actions against so-called unauthorized travel
         agents to put a brake on undocumented migration.  END
         TEXT.

    ¶16.  (U) Published by Baku Olaylar on Friday, May 13:
         TITLE:  Human Rights Defender says 248 Women Trafficked
         from Azerbaijan in 2004

         BEGIN FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT:  A total of 520 women were
         subjected to violence in 2004, 248 of them were victims
         of human trafficking, the Clean World public union for
         civil rights has said.

         The union's chairwoman, Mehriban Zeynalova, said that
         there were women in all regions of Azerbaijan who fall
         victims to human trafficking.

         "Human traffickers were formerly taking women to
         Turkey, the UAE, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iran and
         Russia.  This network is expanded now.  They are now
         taking women to the United States, Israel, South Korea,
         Malaysia, Indonesia, Oman and Canada.  All this allows
         us to say that the network is controlled by fairly
         influential agencies, otherwise it would not be so easy
         to run this business.

         "We have provided 14 women with legal and psychiatric
         assistance since last August.  Five of them were Uzbek,
         one Moldovan and the rest our citizens," Zeynalova
         said.  END TEXT.

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