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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2010 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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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 - In 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/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7591 [accessed 30 January 2011] 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 material used herein
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