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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Italy.htm
Italy is a
destination and transit country for women, children, and men trafficked
internationally for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced
labor. Women and children are trafficked for forced prostitution mainly from
Nigeria, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Albania, and Ukraine but also from
Russia, South America, North and East Africa, the Middle East, China, and
Uzbekistan. Chinese men and women are trafficked to Italy for the purpose of
forced labor. Roma children continue to be trafficked for the purposes of
sexual exploitation and forced begging. Men are trafficked for the purpose of
forced labor, mostly in the agricultural sector in southern Italy. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Bruce Johnston in www.vachss.com/help_text/a2/italy_baby_sales.html [accessed 14 February 2011] The three-strong gang of Ukrainians, including the baby's mother, sold the boy for 350,000 euros (£250,000) while he was still in the womb, not realising that the successful bidders were undercover carabinieri police officers. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61655.htm [accessed 14 February 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– Organized criminal groups were responsible for most trafficking in the
country; prostitution rings routinely moved trafficked persons from city to
city to avoid arrest. Victims of
trafficking were usually lured to The following
reported 2004 trafficking investigations remained ongoing at year's end: a
Romanian father who was selling his 10‑year-old child for sex in the
outskirts of Milan; two Albanians, one Egyptian, one Pakistani, and one
Italian involved in trafficking women from Eastern European countries for
prostitution; six Bulgarian men who accompanied Bulgarian women into the
country who gave birth to children and then sold the babies to Italian
families for $13,500 (10 thousand euros) each; 12 persons, including 2 police
officers, who were arrested in Sassari and charged with trafficking for
prostitution and falsification of documents; and four persons who were
accused of organizing tours to Brazil that included the sexual services of
girls ages 12 to 17. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
31 January 2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/italy2003.html [accessed 14 February 2011] [49] The Committee
welcomes the adoption of Act 269/98 against the exploitation of prostitution,
pornography, and sexual tourism targeting children and the establishment of
an Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Coordination of the Government Action
Against Child Abuse and Trafficking in Minors and Women for Sexual Purposes.
Nevertheless, the Committee remains concerned at the numbers of children who
are trafficked for sexual purposes in the State party. Thai woman jailed for 14 years for human
trafficking Agence France-Presse AFP, afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRp8IPv63scLHe0sy2vQM1BVNV6A [accessed 14 February 2011] [name
withheld]
from Woman, 19, forced to swim with piranhas at
circus Richard Owen, www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341593,00.html [accessed 23 April 2012] Police have closed
down a circus in southern Police said that
the Bulgarian family had lived in the back of a cockroach-infested lorry used
for animal transport. The only meat they had been given since January was in
leftovers from the circus owners' Easter lunch last weekend. SOCIAL TRENDS: Fighting modern-day slavery Laura Clarke, Wanted in rome.wantedineurope.com/news/2000666/social-trends-fighting-modern-day-slavery.html [accessed 30 August 2012] Once in Trafficking for
sexual exploitation is only the tip of the iceberg – the most visible form of
the phenomenon in Italy that also includes forced labour especially in the
agricultural sector, begging and the sale of drugs. Up to ten per cent of
trafficking victims in Italy are children according to the 2007 Trafficking
in Persons Report; they include a growing number of Romanians as a result of
the forced closure of orphanages in Romania imposed by the European Union as
a condition for entry into the EU in 2007. However the more clandestine
nature of these activities and a lower level of public and political
awareness mean that figures are hard to come by and the victims more difficult
to reach. Combating Trafficking for Forced Labor
Purposes in the OSCE Region Mark P. Lagon,
Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Hearing Before
the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Washington, DC,
October 11, 2007 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 6 September 2011] Last year, press
reports indicated that in With scars that will never heal, one woman
fights human trafficking Elisabetta Povoledo,
The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/world/europe/21iht-traffic.4.7597912.html?_r=2 [accessed 14 February 2011] "You can't
imagine before you come that you're going to end up a slave," Aikpitanyi said in an interview in the elegant main Once there,
however, many find that the organizations they used to handle the travel
arrangements had criminal intentions in mind.
Documents are withheld. Women find themselves isolated and are
frightened into thinking that they will be deported if they turn to the
authorities for help. Many are forced
into prostitution, especially - as Aikpitanyi
discovered to her horror - if there is a substantial travel debt to repay
(€30,000, or $42,000, in her case) and a large family back home to support. Falling Short of the Mark: An International
Study on the Treatment of Human Trafficking Victims [PDF] The Future Group, March 2006 www.oas.org/atip/canada/Fallingshortofthemark.pdf [accessed 14 February 2011] RESIDENCE - Since 1998,
Italian immigration law has provided foreign victims of human trafficking
with a special residence permit for a 6-month period. New study shames human traffickers Patrick Mathangani,
Standard Online, May 11, 2007 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 6 September 2011] International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) says Kenyans were also trafficked
to Its report,
‘Trafficking in Persons — The Eastern Africa Situation’, notes that women and
children were favourite targets for well-organised trafficking rings, which operate freely for
lack of solid laws against the vice. Bruce Johnston in www.vachss.com/help_text/a2/italy_baby_sales.html [accessed 14 February 2011] The three-strong
gang of Ukrainians, including the baby's mother, sold the boy for 350,000
euros (£250,000) while he was still in the womb, not realising
that the successful bidders were undercover carabinieri
police officers. Italian police crack down on human
trafficking Deutsche Presse-Agentur
DPA, [accessed 14 February 2011] 'The trafficking
and forced prostitution of women, and minors in
particular, is one of the most ignoble crimes committed in Some girls were
'bought' by traffickers for 200 euros (260 dollars) in their home country and
were then brought to Italy, where they were forced to prostitute themselves.
The money they earned, which averaged 5,000 euros per month, was kept by
their captors. Women who dared rebel were often beaten and abused. Police said one 16-year-old girl was forced
to have unprotected sex and was sent back on the streets until she was
six-months pregnant. Suspected human trafficking gang leader
nabbed in Poland Turkish Press, www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=151334 [accessed 14 February 2011] In July, a joint
operation saw Italian and Polish police free more than a hundred Polish
citizens that were being held in Nazi-style labour camps in The Advocates for Human Rights, stopvaw.org/http_www_stopvaw_org_traffic.html [accessed 14 February 2011] Human Trafficking Ring Raided in Associated Press AP, www.makewaypartners.org/ItalyHumanTraffickingRing.htm [accessed 14 February 2011] "Gangsters
working in A Human Trafficking Victim Speaks With
RFE/RL Ankica Barbir
Mladinovic, Radio Free Europe/Radio www.rferl.org/content/article/1069198.html [accessed 14 February 2011] Martina was locked
in a New arrests on charges of human trafficking
in Bulgaria The Sofia Echo, Jun 05 2006 sofiaecho.com/2006/06/05/642586_new-arrests-on-charges-of-human-trafficking-in-bulgaria [accessed 14 February 2011] The actions of
Bulgarian police were co-ordinated with Europe-Wide Human-Trafficking Ring Cracked Associated Press AP, Reuters, May 29, 2006 www.rferl.org/content/article/1068749.html [accessed 14 February 2011] Authorities across Trafficking in Women from Jørgen Carling,
International Peace Research Institute, www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/print.cfm?ID=318 [accessed 15 February 2011] DESTINATION Mafia arms, drugs, prostitution ring smashed AFX News, [accessed 15 February 2011] The network
allegedly forced eastern European women into prostitution in Italian Group Uses 'Street Units' to
Protect Victims of Sex Trafficking humantrafficking.org, September 2005 --
Adapted from: AdvocacyNet. News Bulletin - Number
44. 24 August 2005 www.humantrafficking.org/updates/310 [accessed 15 February 2011] TAMPEP's approach
is to send out unita di strada
(street units) that include 'cultural mediators' from the same background as
the trafficked women and girls. The units seek out likely victims of
trafficking, like Jessica, and offer them health education and testing. Once
inside the privacy of a health clinic, social workers set out the woman's
rights and options. Sex Traffickers Prey On Eastern Europeans Ron Synovitz,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty RFE/RL, August 23, 2005 (RFE/RL's Ukrainian
Service contributed to this report.) www.rferl.org/content/article/1060878.html [accessed 15 February 2011] Maria says her
nightmare began after she and the other women arrived in Trafficked Women
in Catholic News Service CNS, www.georgiabulletin.org/world/2005/06/22/WORLD-5/ [accessed 15 February 2011] Women smuggled into
6,000 children smuggled to the west each
year for sex Philip Willan in www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jul/12/internationalcrime [accessed 15 February 2011] Researchers have
identified north-eastern There is a particularly
high concentration of juvenile sex slaves in the area between Padua and
Venice, with 20% of prostitutes under the age of 18, compared to 5% in other
Italian cities, the charity said. Last
year 250 girls managed to escape from their exploiters and seek assistance
from the Italian state. Research based on case studies of victims of trafficking in human beings in 3 EU Member States, i.e. Belgium, Italy and The Netherlands [PDF] Commission of the European Communities, DG
Justice & Home Affairs, Hippokrates
JAI/2001/HIP/023 Payoke (Belgium-CAW De
TERP), On The Road ( www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/payoke_on_the_road_de_rode_.pdf [accessed 15 February 2011] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - This project was
carried out in General recommendations
are provided in 14 clusters. However, in each country report, the researchers
offer an assessment of national laws and policies on THB as well as their
assistance programs. Freedom House
Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 2 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/italy [accessed 26 June 2012] Human Rights
Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/italy [accessed 15 February 2011] UN Information Service UNIS, www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2004/uniscp460.html [accessed 15 February 2011] The main objective
of the programme is to contribute to the formulation
and implementation of effective policies in the field of criminal justice and
social prevention to curb human trafficking practices. The project focuses
particularly on improving judicial cooperation between the Nigerian and the
Italian Government, on strengthening Nigerian law enforcement, prosecution
and criminal justice agencies involved in counter trafficking, and also on
awareness raising activities, both in Nigeria and Italy, in order to protect
the victims of such crimes. Albania Mourns Smuggling Victims Blendi Dibra,
OneWorld Southeast At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 6 September 2011] Reining in Child Trafficking in the New EU Lisa Kurbiel, UN Dept of Peacekeeping Ops, Migration Information Source,
Migration Policy Institute MPI, July 2004 www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=238 [accessed 15 February 2011] In this underworld
of human trade, children are trafficked for prostitution, domestic services,
and begging, as well as for work at construction sites, markets, small shops,
and factories. Hidden from sight and beyond the reach of the law, these
children are sexually abused, exposed to hazardous working conditions,
confined to their workplace, and denied education, basic health care,
adequate nutrition, and the safety and security of their families and
communities. Treated like slaves, countless numbers are exposed to health
risks, such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. The
particular physical, psychological, and psychosocial harm suffered by
trafficked children in these situations, as well as their special
vulnerability to exploitation, require that they be dealt with separately
from adult trafficked persons in terms of laws, policies, programs, and
interventions. New danger for Tamsin Smith, BBC News, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3103460.stm [accessed 15 February 2011] THREATS - "On 4
October 2002 a man brought me from Tackling the sex slave trade Paula Dobriansky,
Observer.co.uk, 2 March 2003 www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/mar/02/usa.gender [accessed 15 February 2011] Mercy escaped her
slavers last year. Like many Nigerian women smuggled or lured into Italy with
the promise of jobs, Mercy was forced into prostitution to earn her freedom.
But escape did not end her nightmare. Three weeks after speaking publicly to
human rights groups about her experience, her sister was reported dead in
Florence, true to the threats made by her former captors. Some pay to be
smuggled into Europe, but end up as victims. In one smuggling run to Italy
via Morocco, seventeen Nigerian girls died when their boat capsized on the
Mediterranean Sea. Forty died after reaching their destination in Italy:
brothels where women and girls are forced to pay off a $50,000 debt by servicing
a dozen men per night. Trafficking in Women to Migration Information Programme,
International Organization for Migration IOM, June 1996 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 6 September 2011] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The study
describes how women are trafficked to Slavery & Slave Trade In The African Union African Unification Front AUF At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 6 September 2011] TRAFFICKING
NIGHTMARE FOR NIGERIAN CHILDREN - The children's ordeal begins in All
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