Blow to war on human trafficking

Published on 4 February 2011

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"Police chief says we are losing the fight against human trafficking," Politiken leads on Denmark's national police chief and former deputy director of Europol Jens Henrik Højbjerg who has voiced concern over Denmark’s failure to apply a recent European directive to combat people smuggling. The Copenhagen daily explains that when it adopted the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, Denmark negotiated four opt-outs, which have effectively reduced its obligation to cooperate in the field of justice and home affairs. A majority in the Danish parliament is now willing to hold a referendum on the cooperation opt-out, however, Politiken notes that disagreement over the other three exceptions means that there will probably no progress towards holding one.

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