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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Croatia.htm
Croatia is a source,
transit, and destination country for men, women and children trafficked
across national borders for the purpose of sexual exploitation and forced
labor. Croatian females are also trafficked within the country, and women and
girls from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other parts of Eastern Europe
are trafficked to and through Croatia for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Two other notable trends were seen in Croatia in 2008: an increase in the
trafficking of men for the purpose of forced labor; and, for the first time,
Croatia serving primarily as a destination, not largely as a transit country,
for victims of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and forced
labor. - U.S. State Dept
Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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links have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation in ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** A Human Trafficking Victim Speaks With
RFE/RL Ankica Barbir Mladinovic, Radio Free
Europe/Radio www.rferl.org/content/article/1069198.html [accessed 30 January 2011] "It happened
abroad," says Martina, a 29-year-old trafficking victim from It was like a
horror movie, she says. Martina was 19 years old at that time, trained
as a cook. She lived in the suburbs of Zagreb and desired a better job and a
better life. She met a young man who told her about his brother who had a
restaurant in Italy, but who had a hard time finding good employees. Martina was locked
in a Rome apartment for two months. Instead of working in a restaurant, she
was beaten and raped daily until she was “broken” and had become a sexual
slave. Then, she says, the man who bought her took her out to the street. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the
Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/croatia.htm [accessed 30 January 2011] CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The Government of
Croatia is implementing its National Plan of Action on Trafficking through a
National Committee for the Suppression of Trafficking in Persons. The trafficking action plan calls for
training programs for all professionals working with groups at high risk of
trafficking, including children, and schools are to develop curricula on the
issue. Since 2003, women and children taken into custody as illegal migrants
are screened as potential trafficking victims. The local In June 2004, a
working group on child trafficking was established. The Child Trafficking Prevention Program is
being implemented by the Center for Social Policy Initiatives, a national
NGO. Modules have been developed on child trafficking, child exploitation,
sexual exploitation of children, child pornography, and the worst forms of
child labor. Teachers have been trained to use the program and a pilot
project is underway in 5 elementary schools in Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61642.htm [accessed 30 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– Refugees, displaced persons, and young persons were most at risk of being
trafficked. Anecdotal information indicated that international organized
crime groups, local groups, and travel or marriage agencies were responsible
for trafficking. Victims were subject to violence, intimidation, withholding
of documents, and threats by traffickers. Concluding Observations Of The Committee On
The Rights Of The Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1
October 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/croatia2004.html [accessed 30 January 2011] [66] While
welcoming the measures taken by the State party to prevent and raise
awareness of the problem of trafficking in persons, including the
establishment of the National Committee for the Prevention of Trafficking in
Persons responsible for formulating and implementing the National Plan for
the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons, it remains concerned about the
effective implementation of the Plan and at the lack of statistical data and
specific information on measures undertaken to combat trafficking. Croatian Police Bust Human Trafficking
Channel [access information unavailable] The Croatian police
busted a channel for trafficking of humans in town of A Human Trafficking Victim Speaks With
RFE/RL Ankica Barbir Mladinovic, Radio Free
Europe/Radio www.rferl.org/content/article/1069198.html [accessed 30 January 2011] "It happened
abroad," says Martina, a 29-year-old trafficking victim from It was like a
horror movie, she says. Martina was 19 years old at that time, trained
as a cook. She lived in the suburbs of Zagreb and desired a better job and a
better life. She met a young man who told her about his brother who had a
restaurant in Italy, but who had a hard time finding good employees. Martina was locked
in a Rome apartment for two months. Instead of working in a restaurant, she
was beaten and raped daily until she was “broken” and had become a sexual
slave. Then, she says, the man who bought her took her out to the street. Balkans Urged To Curb Trafficking Imogen Foulkes, BBC News, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4397497.stm [accessed 30 January 2011] Countries in Initiative to Help Fight Human Trafficking
in Three SEE Countries Robert Herschbach for Southeast European
Times, 05/04/05 www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/04/05/feature-03?print=yes [accessed 30 January 2011] The Protection Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/croatia.doc [Last accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING
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contrast to other countries in the region, there is little evidence that Freedom House
Country Report - Political Rights: 2 Civil Liberties: 2 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/croatia [accessed 26 June 2012] Human Rights
Overview Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/croatia [accessed 30 January 2011] Stop Violence Against Women – Country Page The Advocates for Human Rights, 30 June
2010 [accessed 30 January 2011] All
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