Cois Tine is about to launch a groundbreaking Book on human trafficking and witchcraft. The publication called Open Secrets: An Irish Perspective on Trafficking and Witchcraft co-written by Dr Jennifer DeWan and David Lohan makes it clear that the unlikely pairing of these two very different topics is not as strange as it would seem. They are in fact intimately linked in the sordid, violent and disempowering process that lies at the heart of human trafficking. The book will be launched on 22nd May 2012 at 5.45pm in the Clarion Hotel, Cork.

Open Secrets is a practical response to the human trafficking and witchcraft encountered during Cois Tine's pastoral work with immigrants over the past ten years.  Fr Angelo Lafferty SMA, Director of Cois Tine says. "The suffering and pain caused by human trafficking and witchcraft are enormous. Because of the fear and secrecy surrounding them they were rarely spoken about openly. We also found that, in general, people did not understand or even accept the reality of trafficking and witchcraft in Ireland. Consequently appropriate responses are not being made to victims. To raise awareness and understanding we decided to do something about it and Open Secrets is the result."