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President of the Association of Hotels and Motels in Mexico
Mexico City .- The president of the Association of Hotels and Motels in Mexico, Armando Urine, said the hospitality organizations signed an agreement with the Ministry of Tourism to promote a program and prevent the trafficking occur in associated establishments.
He said that Mexico’s trafficking is an emerging problem, but growing, “and do not want to become something real in the future.”
He regretted that whenever we talk about trafficking is associated with a lodging establishment, and therefore sign the agreement on 22 August.
He said it also signed an agreement in September with the organization CEIDAS, both firms are committed to creating a code of ethics among staff.
“It wills sensitization workshops for staff of the hotels on this issue and how to act when it detects an irregular situation and get involved,” he said.
He explained that sometimes, “Lament for a bonus, employees contact the guest become partners in this crime, either by providing information or allowing access to unregistered persons, or to put contacts in the city that you visit” .
He said he will create a distinctive, with CEIDAS, hotel a friend of the rights of children and women, which may hold as long as a year to establish this certification, take a course and an awareness workshop with your staff .
Armando Urine said that since the hotel is concerned organized this and not want to be partners of these actions is taking the issue head, precisely because they want the country to be known as a destination for tourism is that they are willing various actions.
In this regard, welcomed the recent proposal by President Felipe Calderon to the victims of these acts is treated as victims and not criminals, Mexico acceding to the International Treaty of Palermo.
Today the person in this situation has rights and should be protected. Before the victim was treated like a criminal for being abroad. ”He applied a number of issues because they were treated as part of a crime problem.”
“It’s an emerging problem that is growing. It is a global problem, “he reiterated.
Estimated that 2.5 million people worldwide suffer from the problem of trafficking, 80 percent of them women and children. In Europe there are an estimated 300 000 people in that situation and said that Asia is the area with the most problems. After the drug and arms sales, is the third activity that generates money?