Human Trafficking in [Netherlands Street Children in [Netherlands] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Netherlands] [other countries] |
Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the
first ten years of the 21st Century -
2000 to 2009
The Netherlands is a source, transit,
and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the
purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. During 2008,
most female victims were exploited in forced prostitution, and the majority
of identified sex trafficking victims were from the Netherlands. Within the
Netherlands, victims are trafficked by so called “pimp boys” or “lover
boys”—men who seduce vulnerable young women and girls and force them into
prostitution. Males were trafficked into
commercial sexual exploitation as well as forced labor in the catering,
cleaning, agriculture and construction sectors. The main countries of origin
for male victims were China, India, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the
Netherlands. - U.S. State Dept
Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country
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Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Trafficking
within the country was also a problem. Of the 405 trafficking victims
registered in 2004, 51 were living in the country at the time they were
seduced into prostitution by so-called lover boys, primarily young Moroccan
or Turkish men and boys. The victims were young, mostly immigrant women. In
January the government set up the national expertise center for youth
prostitution to collect figures, background information, and the best
practices in fighting youth prostitution and lover boys. Various organizations
and local governments initiated specific assistance and prevention programs
for potential victims of "lover boys." Most traffickers used threats of
violence to the victim, or to the victim's family, to control their victims.
Underage girls and young women of Moroccan and Turkish descent (mostly lover
boy victims), underage asylum seekers, women with a dependent residence
status (pseudo marriage), and women recruited in Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2009 24. The Committee is concerned
that the State party’s legislation does not criminalise
the production or dissemination of materials advertising the sale of
children, child prostitution or child pornography, but notes information from
the State party that it is currently working to decide whether supplementary
legislation is desirable to ban such advertisement. 26. The Committee is concerned
that a number of cases of illegal adoptions have been reported recently, and
that improperly inducing consent in cases of adoption is not covered by the
penal legislation. 28. The Committee welcomes that
the State party provides permanent residency permits to child victims of sale
and trafficking and that it will only repatriate victims if, after investigation,
it is determined to be in their best interests. However, the Committee is
concerned about the reception, supervision and provision of care to child
victims of offences prohibited under the Optional Protocol. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [56] The Committee welcomes the
State party’s efforts in the Clare
Short: A tortuous tale of human trafficking I asked what her problem was, and
she said it was very complicated. She then started to weep quietly, big
silent tears sliding down her cheeks. More than ten years ago, she was
offered a job in Holland. She signed a
paper to say that she would repay the fare.
She left two children with relatives and said she would send money. When she got to Holland, she was
imprisoned in a flat and forced to work as a prostitute. She was paid nothing
and had a terrible time, all along desperately worried about her children.
After some time, she escaped and lived for a while homeless on the streets.
She found she was pregnant. She then
met a kind Dutch man who took her home and cared for her. Her daughter was
born and he suggested they marry. They
went to the Dutch authorities to try to regularise
her position. They said she must return to Nigeria to apply to return. She
agreed to do this because she wanted to be legal, but they would not let her
take her daughter because she was born in Holland. Her daughter was taken
into care. Back home, the gang that
trafficked her said she must repay $45,000. She explained that she had no
money. They then burnt down her father’s house and later beat her so badly
that she spent three months in hospital. She then escaped by coming to the UK
and applying for asylum. Her Dutch partner comes to visit her regularly. They have married in the UK, but she cannot
go with him to Holland. She cannot
work in the UK. She cannot join her husband in Holland. She is terrified for
her children in Nigeria and yearning to see her daughter who is now eight and
in care in Holland. Lenihan gets tough on people trafficking Dutch police say Nigerian children
were controlled through Voodoo threats, trafficked into Amsterdam
with false documents and then told to apply for asylum. They were accommodated in care centres but were then forced out by the trafficking ring
and sent as prostitutes to the other countries. Police estimated that more than 130 girls went
missing and some were later found on the streets of European capitals. 5
people detained for human trafficking Five individuals from Zwolle and Kampen aged between
18 and 25 have been detained on suspicion of human trafficking. By using the
lover boy method three women became prostitutes, according to the police on
Friday. The case came to light after an
attempt to find living accommodation for the 18-year-old victim. The person
running the accommodation agency tipped off the police because he found the
girl very young and suspected that she was forced into prostitution. www.nisnews.nl/public/170806_2.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
Victims of human trafficking may
stay in the Training on
combating human trafficking Civil servants working in the
judicial sector in the Netherlands Antilles will participate in a training
session that will take place in St. Maarten June
13-15. The session is being organised by the
International Organisation for Migration (IOM),
which extended an invitation to civil servants because of their efforts to
combat illegal human trafficking. Purpose of the meeting is to
stimulate regional cooperation and sharing of information. Specific
strategies on setting up national information campaigns and developing
national legislation on human trafficking will be discussed. Dutch
urge clients to report forced prostitution The Netherlands launched a campaign
on Thursday to fight forced prostitution by urging clients to alert police if
they suspect women are being coerced into selling themselves. Last year Dutch police received
more than 600 tip-offs about women who may have been forced into prostitution,
and 400 women contacted the Dutch foundation against female trafficking. Canada Considers
Further Legalizing While Amsterdam Admits Legalization's Failure Policemen in Last summer, she had been
approached by a childhood friend, she told me. He said he knew someone who was recruiting
women to work as prostitutes in Within weeks she arrived in Tatiana's Story www.campaignon.com/stophumantraffic/Tatiana%27s%20Story/default.aspx At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
Like most victims of trafficking,
Tatiana's reason for traveling abroad was to support her family. Through an
agent in Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free Human Rights
Overview by Human Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights
Worldwide One
in 12 children forced into world's 'worst forms' of labor UNICEF UK lauded the pledge of
developed countries, made more than 30 years ago, of allocating 0.7 percent
of gross domestic product to development aid but regretted that only five
countries today fulfill that promise -- Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands,
Luxembourg and Sweden. Sexual Exploitation - ECPAT The Netherlands ecpat.nl/p/43/465/mo89-mc97/Defence-for-Children-International-NL www.defenceforchildren.nl/ariadne/loader.php/en/dci/eng/activities/Exploitation/ Defence for Children International The Netherlands is one of the five partners in the coalition ECPAT The Netherlands. ECPAT means End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes. The Dutch section of this international organisation is involved in the fight against the sexual exploitation of children, particularly child prostitution and child pornography. ECPAT The Netherlands informs the public, the government and the tourism industry. In ECPAT Defence for Children International-The Netherlands works together with Children at Risk (Kinderen in de Knel), Foundation Child Stamps Netherlands (Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland), the Workinggroup Human Rights of the Council of Churches (Werkgroep Mensenrechten van de Raad van kerken), Caritas The Netherlands (Mensen in Nood) and the foundation Retour (stichting Retour). More information can be obtained by ECPAT The Netherlands: tel: 020-4203771. ECPAT-NL is raising awareness on commercial sexual exploitation of children in Dutch society. ECPAT-NL is also lobbying for adequate and effective law enforcement and prevention and healthcare programmes regarding the prevention of sexual exploitation of children at governmental and societal level. Also the private sector, like internet service providers and the tourism industry are addressed to take responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation. ECPAT-NL has played an important role in the development, execution and monitoring of the Dutch National Action Plan 'Sexual Abuse of children'. human traffic, human rights: redefining victim protection [PDF] www.antislavery.org/homepage/resources/humantraffic/the%20Netherlands.pdf At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
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Katya and Anna - Two women, Katya and Anna from Eastern Europe were trafficked to the
South Africa
regional centre for human trafficking Upon arrival, as the IOM
discovered in the Netherlands, the women are sold to brothel owners for
$10,000, and told they must work as prostitutes to pay off their debts.
"The initiation process involves a ritual used to threaten the
women," Martens said. They are asked for underwear, hair or nail
clippings and threatened with death by magic if they do not cooperate. The
IOM discovered that some brothels even brand or tattoo the women. Sasha, a single mom in her late 20s,
struggled to make ends meet. Tired of working low-wage, dead-end jobs in the
Czech Republic, she impulsively accepted a "friend's" offer for a
better job in the Netherlands. She
left her daughter with family, with the intention of mailing money home and
eventually returning. But when Sasha
arrived in Amsterdam, she was told to work in the "Red Light"
district, where men window-shop for prostitutes. "She was told that if she did not
work, her daughter would be killed back home," said John R. Miller,
director of the U.S. Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
"She was also told that if she worked hard, if she saw 15 men a night
instead of the usual 10, she would be reunited with her daughter
sooner." US Foreign Policy and its Impact on Women: International Trafficking in Women [DOC] THE HUMAN IMPACT OF TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS - Katya, with a 2-year-old daughter and a failing marriage
in the Czech Republic, followed the advice of a “friend” that she could make
good money as a waitress in the Netherlands. A Czech trafficker drove her,
along with four other young women, to Amsterdam where, joined by a Dutch
trafficker, Katya was taken to a brothel. After
saying “I will not do this,” she was told, “Yes, you will if you want your
daughter back in the Czech Republic to live.” After years of threats and
forced prostitution, Katya was rescued by a cab
driver. She is now working at a hospital and studying for a degree in social
work. Joint NGO Statement on the draft European Convention against Trafficking [PDF] www.antislavery.org/archive/press/Joint%20NGO%20Statement.final%20list.pdf At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
3. We welcome the recognition by
the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers that there is a need to
develop additional standards which improve the protection of the rights of
trafficked persons. We therefore welcome the Committee of Minister’s mandate
to the Ad Hoc Committee on Action against Trafficking (CAHTEH) to draft a
European Convention against Trafficking in Human Beings which designs a
comprehensive, gender-sensitive framework for the protection of the human
rights of trafficked persons focusing on prevention, investigation,
prosecution and international cooperation. 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] www.ontheroadonlus.it/rootdown/RapIppocra.pdf At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
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. 2. HOW IS SEX DISCRIMINATION
EXPRESSED? - EXAMPLE 3
- The Council of Europe began collecting data in the late 1980s and, in a
submission to the Council in 1988, it was estimated that some 5,000 boys and
3,000 girls were working in the streets of Paris alone, although this
estimate was later queried. The non-governmental organisation
Defence of the Child International has cited 1,000
children working as prostitutes in the Netherlands. All material used herein
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