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Former President Park yohe and her associate choice and still now both serving long prison terms he was given a 5 year sentence for bribery but only served one year before his sentence was cut in half on appeal and he was able to walk free but the prosecution appealed that decision and won a ruling at the Supreme Court which is now resulted in this retrial the case has also highlighted the longstanding controversy over the role of south koreas j. Ball these are family run conglomerates that dominate the economy i dont often accused of wielding too much power prosecution lawyers have told the court that lees alleged bribery was part of a plan to take over the chairmanship of some song from his father it poses a challenge to the current liberal administration of president moon j n seen here at a recent ceremony with a lady unveiling a multibillion dollar investment. Boon has promised to curb the chaebol powers but it comes at a difficult time for south korea and samsung as the tech giant faces a global downturn in Semiconductors Sales as well as the fallout from the u. S. China trade war and trade restrictions imposed by japan which lehi. Been trying to fix the widely has been credited with leading of homes on the tronics to find replacement chemicals for export restricted japanese chemicals and hes been getting very good Public Opinion over that but if now he goes to prison theres a question of whether something can maintain that kind of pace representing 20 percent of south koreas exports some so maybe too big to fail but its bust might not be too big to be sent back to jail for Mcbride Al Jazeera so. Still ahead on aljazeera people power why tens of thousands of voters in guinea are unhappy with their president and safety 1st thousands are told to leave their homes as wildfires continue to cause mass destruction in california. It is still stormy in the western med spains had a problem flooding Southern France more recently italy and that cloud is still full of thunderstorms but its all in the west in central north particularly east you know the southeastern corner it has been persistently and cold system in the war for what seems like weeks on end of intentions in bucharest the still 13 degrees warm that should be in ukraine in austria these are just examples and done in greece as well and it will be slow to change because this is still an area open to sunshine by day and not particularly cold nights now this is friday were looking at where the rain is rather eased in most of its really france and spain but you still got plenty in the British Isles and you still got the storms revolving around this time sicily and probably the foot of italy lesser elsewhere that will carry on circulating the rest of europe becomes largely fine unless youre in old germany. The British Isles denmark or something scandinavia that is persistent rain with a cold Northern Edge and it is snow showing up so clearly is going to be to fit in north africa with that should 2 sides weve got showers all right now jerry into his ear this circulation and possibly more damaging 3rd the rains to come in those in egypt. I. Well again the top stories on aljazeera this hour government protesters in iraq have returned to the streets this comes after the Prime Minister delivered a speech where he vowed to introduce sweeping reforms. The pentagon says its committed to sending more forces to syria 2 weeks after the u. S. President called for all troops to reach to be withdrawn it says theyll help protect Syrian Oil Fields from falling into the hands of. The arab the South Korean Electronics giant some song has been back in court for his bribery trial jay wiley was given a 2 and a half years suspended sentence for seeking favors from the former president. Well the final count for. Board has given president ever more or less an outright victory meaning he wont have to face a 2nd round but runner up carlos is refusing to accept the result and International Pressure is growing for another vote john holeman reports from the pas there was a huge march snaked through the center of the puzzle thursday almost certainly the biggest since discontent began over bolivias elections after that and im not going there and were protesting because they dont respect our vote or democracy. The anger numbers on the streets appear to increase off the president ever morale is said that he was the outright winner of the bolivian elections. We won the 1st round electoral authorities later confirmed his win but there is doubt over the vote and not just from these protest as the European Union and the organization of american states also voiced concerns especially about an almost 24 hour freezing of the rapid vote count just when it indicated that this was going to a 2nd round. When the count came back online rallies was suddenly heading for an outright 1st round win on thursday a usually fragmented opposition united around carlos messa the leading challenger to moralise. But he made the coordination in defense of democracy resolves to 1st call for a 2nd election round administered in a peaceful and impartial way sick and to quote on citizens social organizations and institutions to continue to hold peaceful rallies until the voters respect and. Many still support president morales he was the favorite going into the election partly thanks to well distribution programs that have almost hall of poverty he called this a coup and chided the organization of american states for questioning the process. Going to nearly kill of these young i dont want to think that oh yes mission is already taking part in a coup detat i dont know if they understood me yesterday that oh yes as a whole should evaluate themselves and the mission it sent as well president morales has really addressed the main criticism here that the most 24 hour gap between results instead hes hit back accusing handedly Carlos Mencia at being a criminal and saying that the young people protesting against him that theyve paid with money or with better grades was was we put that to students on the march is enough because its disrespectful to say that to the universities and the students hes trying to minimize our vote they havent paid us or given us grades this is actually affecting us because this week we had exams. With protests strikes and burning of public buildings and many of the levy is departments the crisis is if anything the planning John Hoeven Al Jazeera pass. Where protests have continued throughout chilling despite economic concessions offered by the president on thursday police used water cannon to disperse crowds in the capital santiago at least 18 people have been killed since the antigovernment demonstrations began a week ago but the comical but today i want to see good news with my countryman today we signed in seemed to congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity electricity rose on average of 9. 2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost 7000000. 00 children households. Well the protests are not only focused on the capital. In the coastal city of out there is a police fired on crowds who are throwing stones several stores have been looted. There have been protests in guinea over a potential change the constitution that may allow president alpha conde to seek a 3rd term in next years election several opposition politicians and antigovernment protesters have been jailed over the past week because asters are demanding their release Priyanka Gupta reports. The protest is marched in their thousands in guineas capital conakry moment the they are angry about a possible constitutional change that they see will push me into a dictatorship the people are accusing afrikan day off wanting to hold onto power for 30 for them 10 years of condits government are enough mr although we here today to say no to a 3rd term for conde no 2 referendum we are all together here saying of conde must by 2020 after 2 terms in office he should go many protesters will read for those killed last week unlike those days peaceful march those demonstrations the violent and the crackdown city air opposition leaders say 10 people were killed the government puts that number at 8 leaders of a call vision of Civil Society and Political Parties behind the recent wave of antigovernment demonstrations were jailed. For the moment but im going to get this is the time for our candidates who renounce his words not only the protest in conakry but all over the country alpha conde has lost and needs to free our colleagues in prison now and the fight will continue 81 year old conde 1st came to power in 2010 it was skinnys 1st. Democratic election after more than 50 years of the military since independence from france in 1958. Attests to say they will not allow those dark days to return. And they are planning to march again in the coming days. To see where. Hundreds of tourists in australia have flocked to allure formerly known as ayers rock for their last chance to climb the famous landmark its being permanently closed to climbers after a decades Long Campaign by Indigenous People the rock has been a sacred site for the for thousands of years but the bands controversial for some. Rather emotional. Having. Picked up this. Long journey for us to close the form and now theyre no longer here. On their legacy to the court. You know a lot of happiness knowing that. You know respect is going to be given to animals we should all respect that. You know its very sacred down the bottom up the top but i think its a sacred down the road im. Sorry everyone has their own opinion but i dont see the harming climbing so long as you dont time each anything you just respect you know i. Just walk lets bring in Andrew Thomas is joining us from the National Park so clearly a lot of emotions surrounding this ban and what is happening what are you seeing today. Well its a significant moment thats it thats in aruba haps australias most famous natural landmark it was discovered if thats the right word by european explorers in 1972 and for about 150 years people have been climbing that rock of course Indigenous People around here knew about it long before that and theyve always objected to people climbing what to them is the equivalent of a church the equivalent somewhere that you might go to heaven or something its somewhere that they think is spiritual is significant for their culture and theyve objected to it and yet they havent had control now back in 95 the land rights for this area were transferred from australias government to the local people there but they still came with certain conditions attached it was a lease attached back to the Government Back in 95 and largely speaking the government here in conjunction with Indigenous People controls what happens there well in the last few years the campaign to stop people climbing to stop people really are. Insulting is the word ive heard today Indigenous People around here by climbing that rock that has really gathered a pace and a few years ago now the Management Board for this area said that if certain conditions were met then they would climb the climb and those conditions included for example fewer than 20 percent of people less than 20 percent of people choosing to climb when they came here having other activities that tourists could do if they come here other than climate Walking Around the edge for example with the same people on on segway bikes doing tours around the rock as well and when the board was unanimous in its support for closure well that all happened about 2 years ago and then a ticking clock began and they decided that today the 26th of october the anniversary of that handover back in 1905 from the government of the local people here that would be the date at which they would give full control to the Indigenous People and the climb would close in just over what is under an hour ago now the formal closing happened other have been people climbing all day up on to the top of the route in fact the numbers in recent weeks have been higher than ever because lots of people trying to get in as part of this rush to make sure they can get up before the formal closure comes into force because a lot of the record has been discouraged for a long time its not been out right band and lots of people weve been talking to all day on friday say they want to come while they still could well like to still get up there because for a lot of people while they say they respect Indigenous People around here they also say that as australians most of them they feel that its their right to climb one of their National Landmarks and they were going to do it on the last day if they possibly could and youre saying that youve been speaking to people so what kind of reactions have you been getting today if so the span and the permanent closure. Well there are 2 groups of people theres been a fairly large crowd certainly dozens if not maybe a 100 a few more at the bottom whove been out there celebrating the closure of the climb as we said not that many it did us people quite honestly this is been a long process for them and they are a little bit over it so we didnt see that many people at the climb but certainly all those that we spoke to were very supportive of the outright ban they said it hasnt been enough to discourage on the one hand while on the other hand providing safety halfway up but certainly those coming off the road himself those who chose to climb say well actually this shouldnt happen and this is australias lamarck doesnt want anyone out here all right Andrew Thomas thank you for the International Red cross has warned of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe at an overcrowded migrant camp in bosnia the camp on the border with croatia has no Running Water or electricity and no usable toilets 700 people live in 80 tents the red cross wants them relocated immediately it says 70 percent of the camps population are suffering from skating. A candlelit vigil has been held in london for the 39 people found dead in the back of a truck on wednesday people gathered outside the u. K. Home office the Government Department responsible for Immigration Police have confirmed the dead were chinese citizens the bodies were found east of london after the trailer arrived from belgium jungle to english to work on the Chinese Embassy in the u. K. Attaches great importance to this incident and working hard to carry out the related work we will continue to wage the British Police to find out the truth as soon as possible unity. In the u. S. Huge swathes of land have been consumed by wildfires burning across california in the states south at least 40000 people have been evacuated with fires blazing through homes and businesses around 500 firefighters are battling the flames but have so far only been able to bring a small area under control further north strong winds whipped up fires in the regions wine country destroying buildings there. I. Tell again the headlines on al jazeera antigovernment protesters in iraq have returned to the streets it comes after the Prime Minister delivered a speech where he vowed to introduce sweeping reforms natasha of a name has more from baghdad protesters after getting penetrating the green zone toppling barricades overnight and marching to the green zone were able to do so again so what i was hearing is gunshots tear gas and then water canyons were used to disperse the crowd which was likely only in the dozens and they retreated back to an area where they were protesting earlier this month called tough harir square there are protesters though not just here in baghdad already on the streets they are in the cities of karbala and. Protests in lebanon are continuing despite president michel pledged to crack down on corruption many have rejected his call for dialogue demanding the entire governments resignation before any talks take place hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating for 9 straight days. The pentagon says its committed to sending more forces to syria 2 weeks after the u. S. President called for all troops to be withdrawn turns the help protect Syrian Oil Fields from falling into the hands of isis fighters. Finance minister says the e. U. Will probably delay brechts that by at least 3 months Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered to give parliament more time to look over his brakes at agreements if m. P. s agree to an election on december 12th johnsons 3rd attempt to force the vote break the impasse over britains departure from the e. U. The air of the South Korean Electronics giant samsung has been back in court for his bribery retrial jay wiley was given a 2 and a half year suspended sentence for seeking favors from the former president huge swaths of land have been consumed by wildfires burning right across the u. S. State of california where at least 40000 people have had to leave their homes and businesses around 500 firefighters are still battling the flames those are the headlines on aljazeera inside story is coming up next stay with us. We understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. So no matter where you call home Aljazeera International bringing the news and Current Affairs that matter to. Aljazeera. The search for answers in britain after 39. 00 bodies are discovered in a truck come tragedies like this to be avoided and why have governments paid to stop to look at it people smuggling trade this is inside story. And welcome to the program. The latest deaths of undocumented migrants in britain is highlighting the International Struggle to combat people Smuggling Police in the u. K. Are investigating how 39 people from china died in the back of a truck its believed they were taken through bulgaria and belgium Rights Groups warn such cases are likely to increase as European Countries tighten their immigration rules will bring in gas in just a moment but 1st this report by cadillac. Security camera footage shows the Truck Driving past a Storage Facility in essex in england after arriving from belgium early on wednesday morning less than an hour later paramedics and police make a grim discovery inside the bodies of 39 chinese nationals this matter has attracted national and International Interest and its absolutely imperative that the operation is conducted with the utmost respect for the 39 people who have lost their lives a 25 year old driver has been arrested on suspicion of murder its believed he drove the front part of the truck from Northern Ireland to pick up the container which is registered in bulgaria to an irish woman piece of raided 3 properties in Northern Ireland they believe a link to the case british Prime Minister bars johnson promised to bring those responsible to justice this is an unimaginable tragedy and truly heartbreaking i know the thoughts and prayers of all members are with those who lost their lives and their loved ones belgiums federal prosecutor has opened its own investigation after the contain a pass through the belgian port of the blue collar britain as one of the country it could become a new frontier for people smuggling although scanners have been installed to detect people officials at the harbor admit theres little they can do to stop them. The case echoes the deaths the 58 chinese nationals who suffocated in a sealed container in dover in 2000 Britains National crime agency reported nearly 7000 potential victims of Human Trafficking and modern slavery last year up by 36 percent from 2007 team Rights Groups say people smuggling is becoming increasingly lucrative in europe and they warn what happened in essex may not be the last car leg for inside story lets take a closer look at the trade in Human Trafficking nearly 172 countries are part of a chain that exploits and in sleighs war than 40000000 people a year for a veto 1000. People in the world nearly 54. 00 are victims of modern slavery with a quarter being children and its a big business for the traffickers the World Economic forum as to mace its worth 150000000000. 00 globally. Now over to our panel in brussels joining us on sky julia garner and be a migration and asylum policy analyst of the open Society European policy institute in london a Senior Analyst of the Global Initiative against transnational organized crime in belgrade also on skype yelena hernia the Program Manager tina an organization working alongside of a social Protection System in serbia to protect victims of Human Trafficking welcome to your julia when you have 39 people found dead in a container clearly it is something completely a ball with the checks here they said they get me wrong with the checks thats for sure but theres also something completely wrong with the system that produced the tragedy and i mean its very heartening to hear that the Prime Minister or Great Britain has. Cracked down on the people smugglers and trafficking is responsible for those deaths and has also. Brought some plant prayers to victims families. But the problem here is as you mentioned in the introduction that it is getting increasingly dangerous all migrants refugees and other displaced people can reach europe and despite the fact that these people are needed and not by the economy in europe there are very few legal ways for them to reach the countries where their labor will then be used and that is why a lot of people are. Seeking to. Enter the u. S. And other countries more broadly. So i think that the problem isnt just. Check on the various routes but his route the probably need angel precisely because of the check i mean the reason were now seeing the group in the doing is the as a trend in like nation route from the mainland to europe they present is because of the crackdown and come and go. I think we need to get real about the fact that you. Find a way and be able to do so without suffering and if thats not people who listen very facts of the trade a ride by a ferry from belgium puts calls into question security procedures of force. I i can any echo even if that hair which is yes the security procedures clearly didnt detect this however given the volume of freight containers and other vehicles crossing these borders it is extremely difficult for them to identify every single age content of the car and actually we should be taking a more macro perspective and looking at why more and more people are being forced to take these routes and it is because as already noted safe and legal routes a shrinking you know youve been working to protect victims of Human Trafficking from your own perspective what do you think went wrong here on the 1st thing that is wrong is that we are speaking about the issue when the things happen like the thing that happened that people died its wrong to just think about it when you know like bad things already happen. As you know this is not the 1st time you know and union we had several of cases the similar cases would also huge numbers of people in the suffocate or died during tempted to cross the border certain things should be done 1st before the interests of smugglers and particular state got governmental governments shouldnt be the same you know like it seems like all the governments wants just to see migrants out of the country and not so many of them. Are having some like. Or of actions to. Actually like stop stop the smuggling in the sense also to change their point of policies and to make life easier or for people. As you know wake we testified to huge migrant crisis that began in 2050 and were also we testified at the closure of balkan routes but still people are coming and people are finding their ways how to cross the border and how to get to you julia what is what is baffling to me at least i mean this is happening in europe not in Subsaharan Africa and then you would assume that when a trader is loaded into a boat policeman or custom officers should be pretty much involved to ensure what is happening inside that trader instead of just ensuring whether there is a seal in the back of the trader. So. But as far as there how do you get from it as National Institute mentioned i mean its impossible for Border Guards to control every single piece of freight moving across the European Union any were talking you know tens of millions every day. So what we should have is a system in place which ensures that if there is a demand the migrant labor incessant back of the economy in certain countries there is a means and a way to these people. And we dont have that in the majority of European Countries the problem with just focusing on the Law Enforcement angle is that reinforces a there is a problem there that this comprise Marriot Nixon mises the migrants and migrants act up the room will they decide to move and they dont meet the man because they. Are better opportunity and then it also generally the crackdown gets the lowest ratings and pain but not the king running that works. And then finally it often these do you know gross Judicial Practice in italy its quite routine prosecutors to arrest the socalled traffickers on. Migrant boats but we dont normally theyre not actually traffic as theyre actually the my could who at that moment when they were arrested happened to be holding the killer though theres a whole series of problems with that approach and thats why i said we need. More which cards in naples migrate with our eyes but also to read it needs i see a point listen were putting some emphasis here all the checks for the reason that people are saying for example that if the clamp down of the cully dover is working white on those procedures replicated elsewhere a key least to ensure that with protect the victims the migrants. Well to date the focus of european approaches here has been on Border Control and that isnt working because it doesnt stop movements it just displaces it as were seeing here and the roots will continue to fragment to move away from groups that have been closed off and actually it increases the protection risks for for the migrants and the refugee is and we see more and more tragedies like this so. Of course calls for greater border checks are understandable but those calls have been repeated for years and years and they are not working we need a different approach. Your country has been destroyed as a source transit and destination country for Children Women trafficked for sex sure they were exploitation do you think that with focused for many years all migrants and we suddenly forgot that the root issue here is the need to figure out how to deal with organized crime guns. Yes i think that the focus of the authorities should be the perpetrators the 1st and then they should take care of of the migrants also i have to talk emphasize the part of going to reason when it comes to the smuggling i really have to emphasize that because when youre speaking with migrants they would say to you yes you know i gave my consent to or i dont know go to do that place or that there is but no where they gave the consent you know to or. To me to end up in you know like some lorry or 2 or to die in such a tragic tragic wage so we have to make a really clear distinctions between you know on what migrants are giving their consent and what not also when we are interviewing them they say that they were arest by smugglers to do certain things so quite action to commit to criminal activities is a Human Trafficking for itself so this is something that we really need to be careful about when were discussing this issue here by you know when people are in a really hard position its really easy actually talk wears them to to commit the criminal id like to see a point that concerned itself is something which is abuse by the criminals because it take advantage of a desperate situation of those who dont migrate there any yeah there for example many minors like under aged children that cannot be legally responsible for that and you know smugglers they know that and they use their difficult position so we cant say that the children are dogs that they did something they were courtiers to do certain criminal activities just so i think it has to be really clear when it comes to the issues of explaining what is going on on the ground. And regarding your question is yes serbia is the country over. So of transit and the country of source and destination for some of the some of the weak dems. Like 3 dominantly serbian citizens are the ones who are exploited half of them are exploited mostly e. U. Countries and half of them in here in serbia mostly they are children mostly theyre women theyre also trafficked for the purpose of Sexual Exploitation for the purpose of labor exploitation also we our system encountered several cases are for girls being forced to marry in some of the e. U. Countries also or we encountered several of their shins side there to beg either to commit some cream electees or were talking about a thriving criminal activity jerk julia is this inevitable even when you have robust checks at the border countries erecting more fences and all this by a growing sentiment which has been exploited by populists in in the european continent. I mean i think its inevitable the consequence precisely of those actions and that rhetoric. I mean that you can you know for the last 3 or 4 years has made its mission you know closing the borders to irregular migrants and called backing people smuggling and trafficking but the end result has been as you pointed out more fences and borders and you know the outsourcing of migration controls to the bikes have to be in the nation. Who were previously smugglers but are now intercept as its better to stop the migrants from arriving in europe so i think what we really need to focus on i think thats being echoed by a lot of control on this power and something completely different which is of course we need Border Controls and we need they for this everyone including the people crossing them to speak texan but we also need to look at the demand for that abuse. And that exploitation what is creating that demand and how we can address the system that at the moment is an imminent its not enough to crack down on the gang mosque in the city you have to really look at why farmers are having to see of course to exploited on the. Undocumented migrants because the system is actually the way it is the agricultural europe does not have the kind of protections and labor standards that it should. There needs to be a new approach but then weve talked to governments in europe about the need to clamp down on Human Trafficking and you as people smuggling they would do it talk about all the logistical difficulties language barriers political dynamics in different parts of the well the corruption that is preventing in many parts of the world as obstacles that prevent a comprehensive united coordinated approach to deal with this issue. So i would i think there are 2 points here firstly id like to take the opportunity to distinguish between human smuggling and Human Trafficking i think its very important that we recognize that these are 2 distinct crimes under International Law although they are far too often ally did so with human smuggling there is consent for the movement although as noted before there may not be concern for the abuse that comes afterwards the movement is cross border and the intent of the smuggler is material of financial gain with trafficking you either dont have any concern or the concern is rendered irrelevant because of coercion or deception it doesnt have to be Cross Border Movement a lot of trafficking happens within one country and the intent of the publisher or the perpetrator is exploitation so force labor or Sexual Exploitation in general and its very important to distinguish between them because at the heart of human smuggling is the desire of people to move and if there are no legal and safe avenues for movement and states arent making this more and more difficult you arent growing the market for the services that smugglers provide and then separately we have trafficking and it in the context of trafficking states right there are lots of obstacles here to proper investigation but i think one thing that we need to emphasize particularly in the context of forced labor is the role of the private sector previously this is been a government led response the government has been the one thats supposed to monitor employment laws and a lack of capacity to do so means it is de facto been unmonitored more recently weve recognized the there is a significant role for the private sector to play in monitoring their own supply chains and were seeing a growth in the legal obligations that are placed on the private sector. So the u. K. In 2050 brought up on slavery act with his groundbreaking together with the californian act that only slightly preceded it in requiring that the private sector look at it says chains and start to monitor this so yes there are problems the government can do more but actually this is not going to end well without the help of the private sector the good thing is that the private sector are being compelled to take a more active role and we are seeing more initiatives from the private sector in fighting tough you talking about the need for the private sector to step in yelena. You work in the. And you see that investigators now in the u. K. Are trying to combine the dots because theyre talking about the trade or originated in bulgaria van shipped all the way to belgium before its final destination so were talking about the potential for this to be pretty much well coordinated by criminal activity from your own perspective from your own experience but do you think that should be done immediately now to raise International Awareness about the need to stop and those tragedies and there has to be clear cooperation between the governments its not easy in this case or all of the states there like e. U. Countries its been a difficult difficulty for serbia because were still in session face also to you know also talk or we dont. Do to exchange more information between. The governments and the police who are in separate countries because you know then they will have more time if they are following up certain cases maybe date you know like they can recover they cant recognize them well being by. Area but then you know they have time until they reach some other this an asian country usually what we see is that this process processes are repeating so you know like when youre looking at interpol reports or stats report you can see that there are certain organized groups that you know like are dealing with with these kind of issues some of the sure you know like to have more exchange between the countries of what you know to see on the board there is another julia when were talking about the desperate journey for those people particularly comes to people smuggling to reach europe you know the European Countries have been scrambling to put together or to agree on migration reforms that didnt happen and the u. K. Is planning to cross out of the you dont you see the countries themselves are responsible in a way or another for the tragedies that are happening. In some way yes of course i mean as i mentioned before you know the result of this. Attempts to keep people out is inevitably tragedy and we see that not just recently yesterday but or costs that use external borders and are meant to rein in along the socal goal can route in france is on the border with bows no there is a systematic bias perpetrated against refugees the migrants trying to get in though in a way this is of course a consequence of policy choices and also policy choice as you mentioned yes the lack of agreement on the woman that has has paralyzed the system so the solist ball is cracked down on people and as this you rightly pointed out we really have to distinguish modern trafficking right to thank and often irregularly but not exploited at. The destination and they then get exploited when the because there are not the public ok to. Limit it to a point when you talk about the need to involve new access in the global fight against organized crime but then ultimately were talking about. A Massive International crime industry that generates billions of dollars a year so even the potential to raise international where this if its not combined with a vobis approach by many many countries globally we will not be able to defeat them. Of course and youre right this is a very lucrative business and some of the organized crime groups involved in Human Trafficking are extremely sophisticated and well organized and well able to evade Law Enforcement in many cases so Global Cooperation is definitely required however we have to bear in mind that of all those that are trafficked globally a really large proportion are in force labor and over 20000000 of us are working in the context of the private sector and the private sector has Global Supply chains so for example a Company Incorporated in the u. K. Might have supply chains stretch across the developed and the developing world and precisely because these groups are extremely sophisticated and have vast resources at their fingertips its not enough to suggest that Law Enforcement do more the private sector also has to step up and it has the power to do so because of the reach of its own supply chains id also briefly like to comment upon your question earlier about whether its e. U. State policies that are causing this and just note that i found it very interesting that in the summer of this year there was a case actually brought against the e. U. In the International Criminal court for some of the fatal it is on the mediterranean crossing so it is clear that many are holding the e. U. And individual Member States accountable thank you of course it will have to leave it there. Julia gunnar yelena thank you very much indeed for your contribution to the program. 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Facing the prospect of again heading to jail the billionaire boss of samsung is back in court on corruption charges. In Central Australia for a 150 years explorers venturas to be climbing to the top of that rock but an hour to hoffa go for cultural reasons climbing was banned ill be explaining why. Hello there is mounting anger in iraq against the government there are protests in the capital baghdad and throughout the country despite the Prime Minister valent to reshuffle his cabinet and introduce we think reforms. That we plan to reduce the salaries of officials in the president ial offices and ministries as well as members of parliament and executive managers of National Public entities the funds derived from the reduction of salaries along with contributions from the state will be used to establish a social welfare fund that ensures that no iraqi lives below the poverty line and that any iraqi without income will receive a monthly grants of no less than 110. 00 u. S. Dollars the council of ministers will submit the draft law to the house of representatives for approval lets were going to touch on the name shes joining us from baghdad in the protest. As began to gather in the streets on thursday talk us through what youre seeing and hearing right now natasha. Well right now im in Tahrir Square here in baghdad this is where the epicenter of the protests here in baghdad have been occurring you might be able to see smoke in the air ambulances have been departing carrying protesters ostensibly overcome your gas and thats what youre hearing right there Security Forces have been in rapid fire dispensing tear gas because i want to follow me behind this building protesters have a road and a bridge that will take them to the green zone that is where the Prime Ministers office the speaker of parliament and the Defense Ministry are located and of course that is where the United Embassy is located beginning overnight protesters were able to topple some very cades and make their way to the green zone. No one was killed the tear gas was dispensed and Water Cannons and again this morning people toppled barricades behind me and made their way to the green zone so now is the crowds are gathering this morning its clear that Security Forces are attempting to prevent people from crossing over the bridge behind this building and making their way to the green zone this is a continuation of protests that began on october 1st people are upset about the lack of Economic Opportunity here here by theyre upset about a government they view as well and corrupt and its inability to provide basics such as the electricity and possible water fueling these protests today though is the fact that in that 1st wave of protests that lasted for days and early october 149. 00 protesters were killed there were reports that there were snipers stationed atop the rooftops shooting at people and now the Iraqi Government as well as the military are acknowledging that Excessive Force was used there. Saying that they plan to protect protesters today Prime Minister abdul out of nobody is saying. He is saying that protesters do have a right to demonstrate as long as they do do not disrupt public life but he is embattled a dream this is actually the one Year Anniversary of the day that he took office and there will be clearly no celebration today and natasha to fry minister did announce the reforms yet again not happen overnight but clearly its not appease the protestors what does the government do next and just talk us through some of these reforms. Its worth noting the reason that he came on the air after midnight on a thursday evening its unclear how many people might have been watching at this hour and he was by the way a bit shall we say can take or is firing back saying that his government has been held to a higher standard higher level of repeat than previous governments have and that no political figures who are calling for reform in the past they had not in acted reform and that by the way might be an allusion to cleric. He is part of the other movements he is also now in control of the largest bloc of thief in the parliament and whats different is that although they did not join the protests in large numbers in early october they are joining the protests now again the reforms its hard to know how much they will appease the protesters because one thing that the Prime Minister mentioned last night was that he will not be enacting the one thing that he bore which is that the government resigns that there are new elections he simply said that there will be a reshuffle of the Government People we will be appointed based on qualifications not sect or party but you have the government resign in the Prime Ministers words would only descend iraq into further chaos. Ok natasha well leave it there for now thank you for that update from baghdad where protests in lebanon are continuing despite president pledged to crack down on corruption many have rejected his call for dialogue demanding the entire governments resignation before any talks take place hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating for. The pentagon is sending u. S. Troops into syria 2 weeks after donald trump called for all american troops to be withdrawn the pentagon says the Additional Forces will help protect Syrian Oil Fields from falling back into the hands of isis fighters the us president has been widely criticized for abandoning kurdish allies by withdrawing from syria completely trump says its not americas fight salumi has more from washington. President trump justified his decision to bring u. S. Troops home and allow Turkish Forces into northeastern syria to attack critical allies in the region by saying it was time to bring u. S. Troops home but he faced an immediate backlash in the United States not just from democrats but from some of his staunchest republican allies including people like senator Lindsey Graham who has stood by the president through thick and thin there was a lot of worry about a resurgence of i saw in the region and about the appearance of abandoning allies in the region but earlier on thursday senator graham and some other republicans got a high level briefing at the pentagon and after that senator graham came out and he said he was reassured by plans that the pentagon was making to secure syria particularly the oil details of this plan have not been formally announced but reportedly it involves sending tanks to the region to guard this Precious Resource and the goal is to stop groups like i saw any other destabilizing forces from getting access to that oil some a binge of aid has more from the turkish syrian border. In the last 24 hours there have been more clashes between forces backed by turkey and now Kurdish Forces which are backed by their Syrian Government weve been hearing reports of clashes south of russia line and. Both sides have clashed with each other counterclaims from both sides see that who started this that could see that it was a Turkish Backed advance by the turks saying that it was just the Kurdish Forces who had once the words these areas outside of deceased lives on and did a tally it did and at least 5 to the soldiers have been wounded in these latest clashes weve also been hearing reports that more Russian Forces out of driving in these bordering towns and villages to begin their proposals to trying to kill us from going to fight or that moscow has said. The dollar has begun from this area which contradicts the local reports where people are saying that these forces are staying put and kurdish fighters have not left all of their positions it comes on the heels off the United States announcing yet another policy shift that President Trump is going to be sending more troops and more military hardware towards the eastern part of syria where Oil Facilities are located and these troops are going to be safe guarding those Oil Facilities so they dont fall in the hands of. Forces or isis. The error of the south korean Business Empire samsung has been back in court for the start of his briberies retrial the Supreme Court ruled a whileas case should be heard again after receiving a suspended sentence for seeking favors from the former President Park and hey rob mcbride has more from seoul. Jay widely arrived in court knowing that if these proceedings go against him he could end up back behind bars. As the de facto head of south koreas biggest conglomerate thats a prospect that would have wide we put questions. I feel very sorry for causing concerns for many people. The was caught up in the Corruption Scandal that brought down former President Park yohe and her associate choice and still now both serving long prison terms he was given a 5 year sentence for bribery but only served one year before his sentence was cut in half on appeal and he was able to walk free but the prosecution appealed that decision and won a ruling at the Supreme Court which is now resulted in this retrial the case has also highlighted the longstanding controversy over the role of south koreas j. Ball these are family run conglomerates that dominate the economy i dont often accused of wielding too much power prosecution lawyers have told the court that lees alleged bribery was part of a plan to take over the chairmanship of some song from his father it poses a challenge to the current liberal administration of president moon j n seen here at a recent ceremony with a lady unveiling a multibillion dollar investment. Boon has promised to curb the chaebol powers but it comes at a difficult time for south korea and samsung as the tech giant faces a global downturn in Semiconductors Sales as well as the fallout from. The u. S. China trade war and trade restrictions imposed by japan which league has been trying to fix it widely has been credited with leading sums on the tronics to find replacement chemicals for export restricted japanese chemicals and hes been getting very good Public Opinion over that but if now he goes to prison theres a question of whether something can maintain that kind of pace representing 20 percent of south koreas exports some so maybe too big to fail but its boss might not be too big to be sent back to jail or mcbride aljazeera so. Still ahead on aljazeera safety 1st thousands of people are told to leave their homes as wildfires cause mass destruction in a u. S. State we also meet the 6 year old from surrey in england hoping to become the next tiger woods