YEREVAN. - Absence of diplomatic relations with Turkey does not allow full effective cooperation with Turkish law enforcement agencies in fighting against trafficking, reads the report on implementation of CoE Convention by Armenia in fighting against trafficking, which Armenian Foreign Ministry presented for the government’s approval.

According to the report, some cooperation with Turkey is carried out only by the Interpol. Cooperation with other countries is hailed positive. In particular, in 2009-2010 an active cooperation with law enforcement agencies was carried out with Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Belarus, Netherlands, Belgium, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen, and Italy.

According to the report, there were 34 victims of human trafficking, particularly 31 women and 3 children in Armenia in 2008. Women suffered from sexual abuse, whereas children from forced labor.