Lent

Christian-majority East Nusa Tenggara province is the largest hub of human trafficking, campaigners says.

Meanwhile, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Indonesia recorded 154 human trafficking cases in 2020 and the victims were mostly teenagers. They can also create awareness in society and families about the dangers of human trafficking, he said. According to the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Children Protection, human trafficking cases increased from 213 in 2019 to 400 in 2020. The Church people started an anti-trafficking group in 2018 and are now part of the Zero Human Trafficking Network.A meeting of the network last December requested the cardinal to support the campaign. He wanted Catholics to fight the crime and said poverty causes many to become victims of human trafficking. [Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo](https://www.ucanews.com/directory/bishops/archbishop-hardjoatmodjo/545) has called on Catholics to fight the scourge of human trafficking during the upcoming Season of Lent.