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Mexico Announces End to Funding for Human Trafficking NGOs

Reuters

   MEXICO CITY - Mexico will stop giving financial aid to anti-human
   trafficking organizations and instead run shelters and victim care
   directly, the president said Monday, drawing criticism from activists
   who said the plan lacked detail.

   President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blamed past corruption for the
   move and said it would mean more money getting to the people who needed
   it.

   "With this system of intermediation, most of the money stayed in the
   hands of intermediaries," Lopez Obrador said at a news conference.

   "Now the government will do it directly," he added, saying he wanted to
   open new government shelters as soon as possible.

   Mexico said earlier this month it was taking decisive action to
   dismantle human trafficking organizations as part of a deal with the
   U.S. administration of President Donald Trump to curb migration.

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