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FEATURED ARTICLE *** The Scope of Human Trafficking www.helpsavekids.org/scope2.html HOLMES GIVES TWO EXAMPLES - A second girl was from Albania. Her auntie sold her, and then she was raped daily by her trafficker while he forced her into prostitution with other clients. Most of these girls from Albania are Muslims, so if they are deported, and their families find out about the prostitution, the girls will be sent to a worse place if returned because of the shame to their families. ***
ARCHIVES *** U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The trafficking of Albanian children as young as 6 years old to Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006 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. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 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) - 2005 [70] The Committee notes the
concerns expressed by the State party at the extent of the problem of sexual
exploitation of children in Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Reports [DOC] www.streetchildren.org.uk/reports/38th%20session%20ALBANIA%20Jan%2005.doc At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] STATE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 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 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. ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for
Action [DOC] www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/publication/other/english/Doc_page/ecpat_5th_a4a_2001_full.doc At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – ALBANIA – The trafficking of Albanian girls for sexual purposes to Western
European countries such as Italy, Greece and Belgium is a major problem. The
majority of victims are from poor and ill-educated families, and they are
kidnapped or lured by false offers of employment or marriage. In some remote
areas, the kidnapping of young girls on their way to school is so frequent
that 90% of girls have abandoned high school due to their parents’ fear of
abduction. In rural areas it is also
very common for girls to marry before the age of 16. In some regions, the
migration of males is as high as 90%, therefore finding a husband for a girl
can be quite difficult. As a
consequence, traffickers find it easy to recruit victims with false promises
of marriage. Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [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. Republic
of Albania - [from
Amnesty International Report 2007] Trafficking - Despite increased,
and to some extent successful, measures to counter trafficking, Albania
continued to be a source country for the trafficking of women, often minors,
for sexual exploitation. ….. According to official statistics, in the first
six months of the year, 119 criminal proceedings were registered with the
Serious Crimes Prosecutor's Office relating to charges of trafficking women
for prostitution, and five to charges of trafficking children. - htcp ECPAT: Over 4,000 Minors From www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/IRC/newsdesk_articles.asp?SCID=1296 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] Over 4,000 minors from For Albanians,
It's Come to This: A Son for a TV In UNICEF Calls For Eradication
Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children In The Scope of Human Trafficking www.helpsavekids.org/scope2.html HOLMES GIVES TWO EXAMPLES - A second girl was from Albania. Her auntie sold her, and then she was raped daily by her trafficker while he forced her into prostitution with other clients. Most of these girls from Albania are Muslims, so if they are deported, and their families find out about the prostitution, the girls will be sent to a worse place if returned because of the shame to their families. VICTIMS - Ranging in age from 14 to 35,
girls trafficked from Albania are among the youngest victims worldwide, with
as many as 80 percent of them younger than 18, according to a 2000 Save the
Children report. They are brought to work primarily in Italy as street
prostitutes, the most dangerous and unpredictable form of prostitution. All material used herein
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