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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years
of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Austria.htm
Austria is a transit and
destination country for women and children trafficked from Romania, Bulgaria,
Hungary, Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Nigeria, and sub-Saharan Africa
for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Some of
these women are trafficked through Austria to Italy, France, and Spain. Women
from Africa are trafficked through Spain and Italy to Austria for the purpose
of sexual exploitation. There are reports of some trafficking of foreign
women and children for the purpose of forced domestic servitude and forced
begging within Austria. - U.S.
State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** How the new Fagins are bringing child
slavery to Britain Olga Craig, Bojan Pancevski, and David
Harrison, The Telegraph, 04 Jun 2006 [accessed 20 January 2011] Two years ago, when
she was 10, Dochka lost what was left of her innocence when she was sold to a
band of child traffickers by her mother and aunt in ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61636.htm [accessed 20 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– While there were no accurate statistics on the number of trafficking
victims, the NGO LEFOE reported assisting 167 trafficking victims in 2004, up
from 142 victims in 2003. The majority of traffickers arrested by police were
citizens; however, the number of foreigners engaged in trafficking increased
between 2003 and 2004. Police estimated that a large portion of trafficking
was controlled by organized crime, primarily from Most trafficked
women were brought to the country with promises of unskilled jobs, such as
nannies or waitresses. Upon arrival they were often coerced into
prostitution. According to police, there also were cases of women who
knowingly entered the country to work as prostitutes, but were forced into
dependency akin to slavery. Most victims were in the country illegally and
feared being turned into authorities and deported. Traffickers usually
retained victims' official documents, including passports, to maintain
control over them. Trafficking victims reported being subjected to threats
and physical violence. A major deterrent to victim cooperation was widespread
fear of retribution, both in the country and in the victims' countries of
origin Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
28 January 2005 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/f5f9eea44fdb6bcdc1256fa5003ac54d?OpenDocument [accessed 20 January 2011] [51] The Committee
welcomes the State party's efforts in addressing the sexual abuse and child
pornography, e.g. the National Plan of Action of 1998 against Sexual Abuse
and Child Pornography in the Internet and through training of the police and
other professionals. The Committee also notes the Criminal Law Amendment Act
of 2004, which contains a new regulation on trafficking in human beings. Austria becomes int'l human trafficking
transit point, destination Xinhua News Agency, news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/18/content_10212986.htm [accessed 20 January 2011] Only recent years
in Viennese police arrest nine for human
trafficking Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German Press
Agency) DPA, [accessed 20 January 2011] Nine members of an
international gang of human traffickers forcing young women into prostitution
were arrested in How the new Fagins are bringing child
slavery to Britain Olga Craig, Bojan Pancevski, and David
Harrison, The Telegraph, 04 Jun 2006 [accessed 20 January 2011] Two years ago, when
she was 10, Dochka lost what was left of her innocence when she was sold to a
band of child traffickers by her mother and aunt in Europe-Wide Human-Trafficking Ring Cracked Associated Press AP & Reuters, May 29,
2006 www.rferl.org/content/article/1068749.html [accessed 20 January 2011] Authorities across Freedom House
Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/austria [accessed 26 June 2012] U.S.
Library of Congress - Country Study Library of Congress Call Number DB17 .A8
1994 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/attoc.html [accessed 20 January 2011] Trafficking in Women to International Organization for Migration
IOM, Migration Information Programme, ISBN 92-9068-056-3(c), June 1996 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 September 2011] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The study
describes how women are trafficked to All
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