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[accessed 21 June 2011] Two American TV
crews have investigated MAIN ORIGIN OF
FORCED CHILD PROSTITUTION - Organ trafficking and sexual slavery are mainstays
of Moldova's economy. Record numbers of Moldovan women are made into sex
slaves, forced into prostitution and lifelong servitude. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the
status of action against commercial exploitation of children - MOLDOVA [PDF] ECPAT International, 2008 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-MOLDOVA.pdf [accessed 21 June 2011] Access to
information on the commercial sexual exploitation of children in the The ‘entertainment’
sector is often a cover for prostitution activities, and girls exploited in
commercial sex can be found in bars, saunas and brothels alongside adult
prostitutes. According to International Organization for Migration (IOM),
child prostitution is also widespread in hotels and near train and bus
stations, and there is indication that some students engage in prostitution
on weekends to generate extra income. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/moldova.htm [accessed 21 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - According to the IOM, Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61664.htm [accessed 21 February 2011] CHILDREN
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Trafficking of children for the purpose of sexual exploitation and begging
remained a problem. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– The country was a major country of origin for women and children trafficked
abroad for sexual exploitation and men and children who were trafficked to Concluding Observations Of The Committee On
The Rights Of The Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4
October 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/moldova2002.html [accessed 21 February 2011] [45] The Committee
notes that some measures have been developed to combat trafficking, but is
nevertheless deeply concerned about the serious proportions of trafficking of
girls from Moldova. It notes with concern that there is no precise
information about the real dimensions of this phenomenon and that very little
support in terms of rehabilitation and reintegration is provided to the
victims of trafficking. 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 – Joint East West Research on Trafficking in
Children for Sexual Purposes in Edited by: Muireann
O’Briain, Anke van den
Borne & Theo Noten, ECPAT Europe Law
Enforcement Group, Programme against Trafficking in
Children for Sexual Purposes in Europe, Amsterdam, 2004 -- ISBN:
90-74270-19-0 www.childcentre.info/projects/traffickin/dbaFile11169.pdf [accessed 21 June 2011] [page 34] In NGOs urge The At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 15 September 2011] TOP EXPORT:
PROSTITUTES
- In Moldova, the situation is much worse. Although formerly one of the most
wealthy parts of the former Soviet Union, Moldova is today officially the
poorest country in Europe. With nearly total unemployment, the registered
daily income of 80% of the population is below a dollar per day. This fact
can explain why desperate people sell their organs for money and sex
trafficking is rampant. Moldovan prostitutes are now the country’s main
export. 40% of Moldova's
sex slaves are kids, and both the traffickers and the involved government
officials know that children are highly sought after for the sex trade. The At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 21 June 2011] Two American TV
crews have investigated MAIN ORIGIN OF
FORCED CHILD PROSTITUTION - Organ trafficking and sexual slavery are mainstays
of Moldova's economy. Record numbers of Moldovan women are made into sex
slaves, forced into prostitution and lifelong servitude. Moldova holds a dubious world record: The
country is today the leading haven for pedophiles and for traffickers who
earn fortunes enslaving underage kids in a brutal international sex trade. Anti-trafficking
action in south-eastern Barbara Limanowska,
14 January 2004 -- United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
Consultative Meeting on “Migration and Mobility and how this movement affects
Women” www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/meetings/consult/CM-Dec03-EP6.pdf [accessed 21 June 2011] [pg 8]
INTERNAL PROSTITUTION AND TRAFFICKING - There is more information, especially
from A Report On Sex Tourism And Trafficking Of
Women And Children Rev. Father Shay Cullen, MSSC, Pontifical
Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, People on the Move, N° 96 (Suppl.),
December 2004 [accessed 21 June 2011] Child Trafficking www.unicef.org.uk/unicefuk/policies/printer_friendly.asp?policy=7 [Last access date unavailable] WHAT
IS THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM? - An estimated 500,000 women from all over the world
are trafficked into Western Europe alone with Messages from November 07, 2004 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June 2011] Some are trafficked
repeatedly, due to being unwanted, shunned and stigmatized by their families
for having been trafficked and sexually exploited in the first place. They
have no place in society and again become even easier prey to the
traffickers. Some of these young people become traffickers themselves, luring
other unsuspecting children into the world of prostitution, glamorizing this
as a profession that affords them an extravagant lifestyle. All material used herein
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