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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early
years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Norway.htm
Norway is a
destination country for women and girls trafficked from Nigeria, Bulgaria,
Brazil, Estonia, Ghana, Eritrea, Cameroon, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic
of Congo for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Victims from
Africa and Brazil are frequently trafficked through Italy, Spain, Morocco,
and the Balkans. Men and children are trafficked from Thailand, the United
Kingdom, India, Sri Lanka, Romania, and Bulgaria to Norway for the purposes
of domestic servitude and forced labor in the construction industry. Children
in Norwegian refugee centers are vulnerable to human trafficking. - |
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links have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation in ***
FEATURED ARTICLES *** Call for residency for human trafficking
victims Norwegian Church Aid NCA, 10 November 2004 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 9 September 2011] Its all well and good
that our legal system takes human trafficking seriously, said Atle Sommerfeldt, General
Secretary of Norwegian Church Aid, in a statement released yesterday. But he
questioned whether Norwegian authorities are doing enough to protect girls
who dare to testify in such cases. I understand that
the authorities cannot automatically grant full residency to everyone, but in
cases such as this, witnesses need to be protected, and we should allow these
women at least temporary residence in Human trafficking case gets underway Kjetil Kolsrud
& Nina Berglund, Aftenposten, November 9, 2004 old.aftenposten.no/english/local/article908424.ece [accessed 24 April 2012] The two women,
according to prosecutors, were then moved to STRIPPED AND PEDDLED
FOR SALE
- A few days later, a Norwegian man showed up at the flat with a camera. Both
women were stripped and photographed, and then advertised for sale in a local
newspaper handed out for free. Customers started calling, and the men
withheld all the money that customers paid to beat, rape and abuse the women.
The abuse included being burned with cigarettes. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61667.htm [accessed 14 December 2010] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
Police identified a number of possible victims trafficked by organized
criminals for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Most of these suspected
victims were women from Government
officials believed that organized crime groups were responsible for most
trafficking. Traffickers used threats, violence, rape, and confinement to
enforce victims' compliance. Government authorities suspected they may also
confiscate travel documents and subject victims to debt bondage. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3
June 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/norway2005d.html [accessed 14 December 2010] [3] The Committee
welcomes a number of measures taken by the State party to implement and
strengthen the protection of the rights covered by the Optional Protocol,
including the 2003-2005 National Plan of Action to Combat trafficking
Human trafficking witnesses can stay in
Norway Catherine Stein Aftenposten
June 12, 2008 old.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2479735.ece [accessed 24 April 2012] The most recent human
trafficking trial took place in "I feel used by
the Norwegian authorities. I would never have come forward if I had known
that I was going to be thrown out afterwards," one witnesses told daily
newspaper VG. She is currently in
hiding, fearing that the traffickers' accomplices will find her. By confronting
them in court she feels that she has put herself in danger. If she is
returned to Romania her situation will become impossible. She has appealed to
the Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board. Actions Against Human Trafficking www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=21123&ew_0_a_id=307522 [accessed 14 December 2010] The prototype of
this strategy came from 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 December 2010] RESIDENCE - Regardless of
whether they are willing to cooperate with investigators, trafficking victims
in Norway may be granted a 45-day .reflection period. or .grace period. to
obtain assistance and counseling before they may be subject to deportation.
In practice, Norway has granted temporary residence permits to victims that
are willing to cooperate in major trafficking cases, skipping the .reflection
period. For victims that are repatriated, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is
supporting rehabilitation programs with local NGOs and countries of origin. Georgians Convicted Of White Slavery Nina Berglund, Aftenposten,
February 15, 2005 old.aftenposten.no/english/local/article970131.ece [accessed 24 April 2012] An Human trafficking case gets underway Kjetil Kolsrud
& Nina Berglund, Aftenposten, November 9, 2004 old.aftenposten.no/english/local/article908424.ece [accessed 24 April 2012] The two women,
according to prosecutors, were then moved to STRIPPED AND PEDDLED
FOR SALE
- A few days later, a Norwegian man showed up at the flat with a camera. Both
women were stripped and photographed, and then advertised for sale in a local
newspaper handed out for free. Customers started calling, and the men
withheld all the money that customers paid to beat, rape and abuse the women.
The abuse included being burned with cigarettes. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/norway [accessed 27 June 2012] One in 12 children forced into world's
'worst forms' of labor: UNICEF UK Agence France-Presse AFP, www.worldrevolution.org/news/article1773.htm [accessed 2 September 2012] 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. Stop trafficking of women! At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 9 September 2011] [right col] Elena
was 16 years old when she was sold, raped and smuggled from her native Call for residency for human trafficking
victims At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 9 September 2011] Its all well and
good that our legal system takes human trafficking seriously, said Atle Sommerfeldt, General
Secretary of Norwegian Church Aid, in a statement released yesterday. But he
questioned whether Norwegian authorities are doing enough to protect girls
who dare to testify in such cases. I understand that
the authorities cannot automatically grant full residency to everyone, but in
cases such as this, witnesses need to be protected, and we should allow these
women at least temporary residence in Against Trafficking Source: By the Norwegian Ministry of
Children and Family Affairs www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/Equal-Opportunities/trafficking/ [accessed 14 December 2010] In 2003, Factbook on Global Sexual
Exploitation - Coalition Against Trafficking in Women www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/norway.htm [accessed 14 December 2010] TRAFFICKING - In Workshop on Good and Bad Practices
Regarding the Image of Women in the Media - the case of
trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation Council of Europe, Palais
de l'Europe, [accessed 28 August 2011] PROCEEDINGS All
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