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FEATURED ARTICLE *** The Scope of Human Trafficking International Humanitarian Campaign Against the
Exploitation of Children, 2002 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] HOLMES GIVES TWO EXAMPLES - A second girl was from ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/albania.htm [accessed 18 January 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The trafficking of Albanian children as young as 6 years old to Human Rights Reports » 2006
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78797.htm [accessed 18 January 2011] CHILDREN - Child abuse, including sexual
abuse, occasionally occurred but was rarely reported. In May the media
reported widely the arrest of a British national, who operated an orphanage,
on charges of child molestation and selling access to the children to foreign
sex tourists. According to the Ministry of the Interior, in 2005 20 cases of
sex crimes against children were reported. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61633.htm [accessed 18 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS - The
country remained a source country for trafficking of women and children for
the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor, but was deemed by
international observers to no longer be a significant country of transit. The
relatively few foreign women and girls in transit originated primarily in Concluding Observations
of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
(CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 28 January 2005 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/10c1b349cbae3e05c1256fa4004ac5b2?OpenDocument [accessed 18 January 2011] [70] The Committee notes the
concerns expressed by the State party at the extent of the problem of sexual
exploitation of children in 38th session Reports - Committee on the Rights
of the Child (CRC) [DOC] UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 28 January 2005 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] STATE
REPORT - GENERAL
PRINCIPLES [Para 56] With specific reference to Roma
children – they generally live in poverty and under difficult social
conditions and “the most part of these children beg in the streets . . . a
number of them fall victim to prostitution, physical and moral violence, and
are ill-treated and exploited by groups involved in illicit activities.” They
are not generally regular school attendees and measures have been taken to
ensure they return to school. UN Special Rapporteur ends visit
to Albania United Nations Press Release, November 8, 2005 www.hrea.org/lists/child-rights/markup/msg00369.html [accessed 18 January 2011] In the area of child trafficking,
Albania has several achievements to report: the legislative and policy
frameworks are in place; there is more awareness in society; the police is
better trained to deal and investigate this crime; border control improved;
the establishment of the court of serious crimes and the prosecutors' office
for serious crimes increased the prosecution capacity; NGOs gained a valuable
expertise in delivering rehabilitation programs for victims of trafficking
and in providing social services to communities. All this did not exist 5
years ago. They are important achievements. UN expert fighting sex trafficking calls for child
protection system in Albania UN News Centre, November 8, 2005 www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=16480&Cr=albania&Cr1 [accessed 18 January 2011] The new Government of Albania has
improved the legal framework necessary to reduce the flow of trafficked
children, but it must develop a national child protection system aimed at
combating the poverty that drives exploitation, a United Nations human rights
expert said
after completing his visit to the Balkan country. Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] ECPAT International, November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13 September 2011] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report by Special Rapporteur [DOC] U.N. Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human
Rights, Fifty ninth session, 6 January 2003 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/217511d4440fc9d6c1256cda003c3a00/$FILE/G0310090.doc [accessed 28 March 2011] [25] In January 2002 the
Government of Albania approved a Country Strategy Against the Trafficking of
Human Beings and more recently a National Strategy for
Children. Both strategies are strengthening the partnership and
networking between the Government and NGOs. The Criminal Code has
been revised, resulting in stiffer penalties for those found guilty of
organizing human trafficking, particularly that involving women and
children. During 2001, 266 people were arrested for the
organization of human trafficking and during the first half of 2002,
more than 187 cases were reported and 283 people charged. Children
aged between 14 and 18 can be prosecuted if they are involved in
the trafficking of others and can receive a custodial sentence, which would
normally be half the length of time that an adult committing a similar
offence would receive. Concerning rehabilitation of child victims,
several programs, mainly dealing with female prostitution, are being
implemented by the Government in partnership with NGOs, including the establishment
of several centers for young girls of Albanian and other nationalities. Human Rights in Amnesty International Report 2007 www.amnesty.org/en/region/albania/report-2007 [accessed 18 January 2011] TRAFFICKING - Despite increased, and to some
extent successful, measures to counter trafficking, Over 4,000 Minors From Macedonian Press Agency, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] Over 4,000 minors from For Albanians, It's Come to This: A Son for a TV Nicholas Wood, The New York Times, www.essex.ac.uk/armedcon/story_id/000159.html [accessed 18 January 2011] In UNICEF
Calls For Eradication Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, www.unicef.org/newsline/01pr97.htm [accessed 28 March 2011] In The Scope of Human Trafficking International Humanitarian Campaign Against the Exploitation
of Children, 2002 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] HOLMES GIVES TWO EXAMPLES - A second girl was from Dying to Leave Thirteen, www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/dying-to-leave/human-trafficking-worldwide/albania/1447/ [accessed 18 January 2011] VICTIMS - Ranging in age from 14 to 35,
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