About Blue Blindfold
Ireland
is a member of a European G6 Human Trafficking Initiative designed to ensure that the EU becomes a more hostile environment for criminals engaged in the trafficking of human beings. The other five countries involved in the initiative are the UK, Poland, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.
Ireland led the awareness raising campaign in relation to human trafficking and has as it's central message 'Don't Close Your Eyes to Human Trafficking'.
'Don't Close Your Eyes' and the blue blindfold represents the risk of people having their eyes closed and being unaware of the crime that may be going on around them. Given the nature of the crime, victims may be reluctant and frightened to come forward. In order to combat this modern day form of slavery both the public and the authorities need to be vigilant and aware that the crime may exist in our communities, not just in our larger towns and cities and down dark alleys.
We need people to look around and see situations which may indicate a trafficking crime - take a look at the indicators on our
Know The Signs page to help you spot victims.
The campaign is designed to encourage the public to share any suspicions or information on this crime with the Gardaí who will then investigate accordingly.
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