(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) The National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking (NCCHT) on Tuesday held a meeting under the chairmanship of Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidi secretary general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The meeting discussed reviewed and approved NCCHT's annual report for 2014 which will be submitted to the Council of Ministers.

During the meeting the committee stressed on the importance of involving civil society organisations to spread awareness among communities on ways to combat human trafficking.

It said that awareness programmes on human trafficking must be continued in cooperation with concerned authorities.

The committee said that human trafficking cases are very less despite Oman's geographical location due to the strict laws.