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Project Country Report on The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/finland.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the
status of action against commercial exploitation of children - Estonia [PDF] ECPAT 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-ESTONIA.pdf [accessed 12 May 2011] Children are
procured for exploitation in prostitution in brothels or ‘apartment firms’,
which do not openly offer sexual services (instead they offer sauna, massage,
etc.) but are widely available and advertised through newspapers, the
Internet and taxi drivers. An inquiry by police officers in the capital
Tallinn estimated that 27 per cent of the 1,000 sex workers in the city were
under 18, and other research studies have estimated a similar proportion
within the country. They can be as young as 13, but most are between 15 and
17 years old; the majority are female, and it does not appear that a large
number of young boys are victimised. Most of the
sexual exploitation of children occurs in the larger cities. Brothel clients
include local men as well as foreign sex tourists, and in the summertime the
number of clients increases. Children who lack
proper parental care and spend a lot of time on the streets, as well as
children placed in foster families and orphanages, find themselves at a very
high risk of becoming victims of prostitution. Most of them end up in
prostitution independently, rather than through procuring organisations
or pimps. Also vulnerable are a large number of Russian-speaking children
(both foreigners and Estonians) whose families have had difficulty
integrating into Estonian society. Some children enter prostitution after
becoming addicted to drugs, and procurers use their addiction to better
control them. The Department of Labor’s 2003 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2003/estonia.htm [accessed 4 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are engaged in prostitution in Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61646.htm [accessed 4 February 2011] CHILDREN - There were
reports of child prostitution.
Trafficking of children for sexual exploitation was a problem. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– A recent study carried out by the International Organization for Migration
(IOM) in which more than 160 domestic and international sources (including
EUROPOL, INTERPOL, law enforcement, NGOs, IOM, and governmental ministries
from the region) participated, estimates that the number of women and children
trafficked into, through, and from the country between 2001 and 2004 was
below 100. Women and minors were trafficked from the country to Nordic
countries and Western Europe or in or to Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
31 January 2003 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/bfa2f61011a4a1de41256d04004c6028?OpenDocument [accessed 4 February 2011] [48] The Committee
is concerned at the insufficient information and awareness of the extent of
commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of children. It is also
concerned that there is no specific prohibition in law of trafficking in
human beings, including for the purpose of prostitution. Estonia working hard to reduce child
exploitation, UN human rights expert finds UN News Service, 24 October 2008 www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28706&Cr=child&Cr1=exploitation [accessed 12 May 2011] She welcomed
statistics that showed extremely low numbers of cases of child prostitution
or child pornography in recent years, and no cases of the sale of children. Estonian children
now receive greater protection during testimony, information campaigns have
been held to promote children’s rights and counselling has been introduced
for at-risk children on issues such as HIV/AIDS, drug addiction, abuse and
violence. Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report
on implementation of the Agenda for Action ECPAT International, November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13 September 2011] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report by Special
Rapporteur [DOC] UN Economic and Social Council Commission
on Human Rights, Fifty-ninth session, 6 January 2003 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/217511d4440fc9d6c1256cda003c3a00/$FILE/G0310090.doc [accessed 12 May 2011] [40] The sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography constitute criminal
offences. Children from the age of 14 can be criminally liable but
if they are victims of sale, trafficking or involvement in prostitution and
pornography, they will not be criminally liable. In 2001,
there were 58 prosecutions under the Criminal Code for inducing minors to
engage in crime or prostitution. For criminal proceedings
involving minors, there are currently four specially furnished and equipped
rooms for interviewing child victims in Protection
Project Country Report on The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/finland.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Project for the Prevention of Adolescent
Trafficking The International Organization for
Adolescents (IOFA), NGO Living for Tomorrow, and AIDS-I www.policy.hu/kalikov/DATABASE%20ESTONIA/PPAT-_Estonia.html [accessed 4 February 2011] III. TARGET POPULATION - ADOLESCENT
SEX WORKERS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 - PPAT is unique
because it has a special component targeting adolescent sex workers, the
group most at risk for becoming victims of trafficking. Because of the
stigmatization surrounding prostitution, many anti-trafficking groups try to
hide the reality that many trafficking victims knew or suspected that they
would be working in the sex industry. As a result, trafficking
prevention programs neglect prostitutes, the population most at risk.
PPAT incorporates a special component targeting adolescent prostitutes in an
effort to protect the health and human rights of all adolescents. No indication of widespread organised child prostitution in Finland Helsingin Sanomat
International Edition, December 6, 2002 www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20020612IE7 [accessed 12 May 2011] Mero believes that It is a crime under
Finnish law to buy sex services from anyone under the age of 18 - even if the
crime itself takes place in outside Finland. There is a certain amount of
child sex tourism originating in Finland, mainly to Russia, Estonia, and the Far East. The
Incidence of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the www.sasian.org/legal/baltic/baltic2.htm [accessed 12 May 2011] Statistical data on
the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of children are lacking in every
country in the Baltic Sea Region.
Nevertheless, even though some Member States do not have any
information about the existence of commercial sexual exploitation of
children, the Expert Group has information that some perpetrators come from
these states ... Commercial
Sexual Exploitation of Children in the www.sasian.org/legal/baltic/baltic3.htm [accessed 12 May 2011] Children and Adolescents Involved in Drug
Use and Trafficking: A Rapid Assessment [PDF] Nelli Kalikova,
Aljona Kurbatova &
Ave Talu, International Labour
Organisation ILO, International Programme
on the Elimination of Child Labour IPEC, Geneva, June 2002 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 12 May 2011] [page 57] 9.1 CHILDREN ENGAGED IN PROSTITUTION - Recently the
engagement of juveniles in prostitution has become a more and more acute
problem in Estonia and it is very closely connected with the consumption of
drugs. Unfortunately, this problem has been overshadowed by other social
concerns, and juvenile prostitution does not get the attention it deserves in
our country. All
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