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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery French Republic (France) [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] France is a
destination country for persons trafficked for the purposes of commercial
sexual exploitation and forced labor. Romania, Bulgaria, Nigeria, Cameroon,
and other nations in Eastern Europe and Africa are the primary source
countries for women trafficked for sexual exploitation, although some South
American and Asian women are also trafficked to France. A majority of the
estimated 18,000 women in France’s commercial sex trade are likely victims of
trafficking. Romania and Bulgaria are the primary source countries for men
trafficked to France for sexual exploitation. Involuntary servitude among
domestic workers, primarily young women and girls, is also a problem. One NGO
reports that there have been instances of such exploitation by diplomats
serving in France. There are reports that French Guiana is a destination for
women and children trafficked from Brazil for sexual exploitation. - U.S. State Dept
Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2008 [full country
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** [69] ROMANIAN PREMIER INTERVIEWED
IN 'LE MONDE' - Prime
Minister Adrian Nastase said in an interview to the French daily "Le
Monde" on 2 August that Romania finds itself in an "extremely
delicate and difficult situation" as a result of the Romany criminal
networks allegedly engaging in human trafficking and forcing handicapped
children into begging in France. ***
ARCHIVES *** Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN
- In October
authorities arrested 15 persons and rescued 7 babies in connection with the
baby trafficking ring discovered in 2004, and five persons were arrested. A
Roma family in TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – In 2003
police arrested 67 adults in a Roma encampment outside Paris and charged them
with organizing sexual enslavement of Roma children who were kidnapped from
Romania, brought to the country, raped to make them obey, and sent out on the
streets of Paris and its suburbs to steal and prostitute themselves.
According to press reports, the children were forced to earn $240 (200 euros)
a day or face severe physical punishment. The child‑traffickers
remained in jail awaiting trial at the end of the year. Police estimated that 90 percent
of the 15 thousand to 18 thousand female prostitutes working in the country
were trafficking victims, and that 3 thousand to 8 thousand children were
forced into prostitution and labor, including begging. Traffickers used various methods
to recruit and retain victims including force, fraud, confiscating the
victim's identification papers, isolating him or her culturally, and abusing
him or her physically or psychologically. Some victims came to the country
willing to work as prostitutes, not knowing they were going to become
trafficking victims. Traffickers kidnapped or "bought" some women
and girls and sold them to Balkans-based prostitution networks, which
smuggled the victims into the country. NGOs and police characterized the bulk
of traffickers in the country as "micro-trafficking networks" that
included both citizens and foreigners. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [52] The Committee welcomes the
legislative and other efforts aimed at providing protection of children from
economic exploitation. However, the Committee is concerned that illegal
networks of forced labor continue to operate and that foreign children fall
victims to networks that are not countered vigorously enough. [54] The Committee notes that,
following the World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children in Ten Bulgarians involved in
trafficking women to France to work as prostitutes have been arrested
following a joint operation by Bulgarian and French authorities, the national
investigation service said Friday. Between 2002 and 2005, the group
transferred at least 105 Bulgarian girls to France and forced them to work as
prostitutes, Ivanova said. Bulgaria,
France Crash Human Trafficking Channel A channel for traffic in people to
France has been crushed by the Bulgarian and French police. Police in Bulgaria's Russe and
French Marseille acted in close cooperation in crushing the channel. Six
people were questioned in the Bulgarian city and 5 homes were searched. A
total of 20 cell phones, many personal belongings as well as bank transfers
documents were confiscated during the search. 65
convicted in French child abuse trial Key figures in the largest child
abuse trial ever held in Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide Domestic
slavery: servitude, au pairs and mail-order brides - Report B. DOMESTIC SLAVERY AND SERVITUDE 11. In France alone, the CCEM has taken
up the cases of over 400 victims of domestic slavery since its creation in
1994. SUMMARY - The report focuses on the sale
of children in the context of trafficking of children and child prostitution,
and on child pornography and its links with domestic child sexual abuse. Concerning the sale of children,
trafficking and child prostitution, the report relates information presented
to the Special Rapporteur by the Children’s Ombudsman (Défenseure des
enfants), the police, NGOs, as well as government ministries. According to this information, children are
being trafficked into France primarily from Eastern Europe, notably Romania,
and from West Africa, but also from Asia including such countries as
India and China. Many, if not most, of
these children are under the control of trafficking networks and are forced
into prostitution. The Government of
France is starting to work with the authorities of the countries concerned,
in particular with Romania with which it signed a bilateral agreement in 2001
with respect to returning children. V.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 73. Children are entering or travelling through France
for the purposes of theft, begging and prostitution. Many of them are trafficked by force while
others travel of their own volition - some later becoming caught up in
trafficking networks. The majority of
these children come from Eastern Europe - notably Romania - and from West
Africa. [69] ROMANIAN PREMIER INTERVIEWED
IN 'LE MONDE' - Prime
Minister Adrian Nastase said in an interview to the French daily "Le
Monde" on 2 August that Romania finds itself in an "extremely
delicate and difficult situation" as a result of the Romany criminal
networks allegedly engaging in human trafficking and forcing handicapped
children into begging in France. All material used herein
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