Troops who have sex with women who may be victims of human trafficking will be punished, NATO told its tens of thousands of forces mid July. The alliance has a "zero-tolerance policy" regarding trafficking in humans and that extends to troops procure the services of women sold into sex slavery. "Most of the young men in question probably have no idea," U.S. ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns told a briefing of the widespread trafficking that occurs in lawlessness war zones. Punishments will be handed out by national military authorities of the 26 NATO member states rather than uniformly. "These are real penalties," Burns said. "They won't be slaps on the wrist."
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