After last January earthquake, 25 Haitian children were moved to Bolivia, accompanied by people who could not prove their parenthood. Police suspicion prevented them to be taken to Brazil or Argentina. Up to 13 of them have been returned to their families, after their genetic identification implemented by the Bolivian Attorney General’s Office use of [...]
The Meeting “Children at risk. Fight against human trafficking in the world” will take place from 21st to 23rd July during the Summer Courses of the Complutense University of Madrid. The meeting will bring together United Nations UNICEF, Spanish Government, Judicial bodies, NGOs experts and scientists to get a better problem approach, to suggest realistic [...]
On April 28, 2009 a girl was abandoned in a hospital in Bangkok by a friend of her mother. According to the medical report, she was born on April 12, 2009. After checking her and at request of authorities, she was sent from the hospital to Pakkred Babies’ Home, a public residential establishment where abandoned [...]
Le gouvernement espagnol va offrir aux autorités haïtiennes une collaboration élargie dans la lutte contre les trafics d’enfants dans ce pays, grâce au programme DNA Prokids.
Jusqu’à 6 000 identifications génétiques seront possibles grâce au programme DNA Prokids, développé par l’Université de Grenade en collaboration de l’Université du Nord du [...]
Spanish Government offers to Haitian Authorities extended collaboration to fight against child trafficking in the country, through the program DNA-Prokids.
Up to 6000 genetic identifications will be provided by the program DNA-Prokids, created and developed by the University of Granada in collaboration with the University of North Texas and private and public institutions from 15 countries.
Scientist [...]
Spanish Government - PRESS CALL
Spain’s Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Soraya Rodríguez, will explain this program to the media.
The program, called DNA-Prokids, has been developed by the University of Granada and has identified more than 230 children in 12 countries last year.
Press conference will be on Monday 1st February at 12 a.m. in [...]
Royal Thai Police’s Institute of Forensic Medicine (IFM), Police General hospital of Thailand (www.ifm.go.th) has hosted the visit of two forensic scientists, Dr. Jose Lorente and Dr. Arthur Eisenberg, as part of their participation in the DNA Prokids program, (www.dna-prokids.org) initiative of the University of Granada, Spain and the University of North Texas, USA.
This initiative pushes for [...]
The DNA Analysis Laboratory of the Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman(www.dnaforensic.org) in collaboration with the Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development (PCASTRD) has hosted the visit of two forensic scientists, Dr. Jose Lorente and Dr. Arthur Eisenberg, as part of their participation in the DNA Prokids program, (www.dna-prokids.org) initiative of [...]
One of the keys is to gain agreement on genetic data collection and treatment. Work guidelines established in Granada might help to deter human trafficking.
Commitments undertaken in the First DNA - Prokids meeting (DNA-Program for Kids Identification with DNA Systems) will allow having standard techniques to fight against this crime: Use of shared protocols for [...]
Granada will host on October 26th and 27th an international meeting of experts in genetic identification and criminalistics. They will establish protocols to coordinate fight against traffic in human beings.
DNA - Prokids (www.dna-prokids.org) aims at fighting against traffic especially in children.
Experts in genetic identification and criminalistics from Brazil, China, Arab Emirates, Spain, USA, Philippines, Guatemala, [...]
