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Country Report on The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/finland.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - Estonia [PDF] ECPAT 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-ESTONIA.pdf [accessed 12 May 2011] Children are procured for
exploitation in prostitution in brothels or ‘apartment firms’, which do not
openly offer sexual services (instead they offer sauna, massage, etc.) but
are widely available and advertised through newspapers, the Internet and taxi
drivers. An inquiry by police officers in the capital Tallinn estimated that
27 per cent of the 1,000 sex workers in the city were under 18, and other
research studies have estimated a similar proportion within the country. They
can be as young as 13, but most are between 15 and 17 years old; the majority
are female, and it does not appear that a large number of young boys are victimised. Most of the sexual exploitation of children
occurs in the larger cities. Brothel clients include local men as well as
foreign sex tourists, and in the summertime the number of clients increases. Children who lack proper parental
care and spend a lot of time on the streets, as well as children placed in
foster families and orphanages, find themselves at a very high risk of
becoming victims of prostitution. Most of them end up in prostitution
independently, rather than through procuring organisations
or pimps. Also vulnerable are a large number of Russian-speaking children
(both foreigners and Estonians) whose families have had difficulty
integrating into Estonian society. Some children enter prostitution after
becoming addicted to drugs, and procurers use their addiction to better
control them. The Department of Labor’s 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2003/estonia.htm [accessed 4 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are engaged in prostitution in Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61646.htm [accessed 4 February 2011] CHILDREN - There were reports of child prostitution. Trafficking of children for sexual
exploitation was a problem. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – A recent
study carried out by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in
which more than 160 domestic and international sources (including EUROPOL,
INTERPOL, law enforcement, NGOs, IOM, and governmental ministries from the
region) participated, estimates that the number of women and children
trafficked into, through, and from the country between 2001 and 2004 was below
100. Women and minors were trafficked from the country to Nordic countries
and Western Europe or in or to Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 31 January 2003 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/bfa2f61011a4a1de41256d04004c6028?OpenDocument [accessed 4 February 2011] [48] The Committee is concerned at
the insufficient information and awareness of the extent of commercial sexual
exploitation and trafficking of children. It is also concerned that there is
no specific prohibition in law of trafficking in human beings, including for
the purpose of prostitution. Estonia working hard to reduce child exploitation, UN
human rights expert finds UN News Service, 24 October 2008 www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28706&Cr=child&Cr1=exploitation [accessed 12 May 2011] She welcomed statistics that
showed extremely low numbers of cases of child prostitution or child pornography
in recent years, and no cases of the sale of children. Estonian children now receive
greater protection during testimony, information campaigns have been held to
promote children’s rights and counselling has been introduced for at-risk
children on issues such as HIV/AIDS, drug addiction, abuse and violence. Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report on
implementation of the Agenda for Action 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] UN 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 12 May 2011] [40] The sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography constitute criminal
offences. Children from the age of 14 can be criminally liable but
if they are victims of sale, trafficking or involvement in prostitution and
pornography, they will not be criminally liable. In 2001,
there were 58 prosecutions under the Criminal Code for inducing minors to
engage in crime or prostitution. For criminal proceedings
involving minors, there are currently four specially furnished and equipped
rooms for interviewing child victims in Protection Project
Country Report on The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/finland.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Project for the Prevention of Adolescent Trafficking The International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA), NGO
Living for Tomorrow, and AIDS-I www.policy.hu/kalikov/DATABASE%20ESTONIA/PPAT-_Estonia.html [accessed 4 February 2011] III. TARGET
POPULATION - ADOLESCENT SEX WORKERS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 -
PPAT is unique
because it has a special component targeting adolescent sex workers, the
group most at risk for becoming victims of trafficking. Because of the stigmatization
surrounding prostitution, many anti-trafficking groups try to hide the
reality that many trafficking victims knew or suspected that they would be
working in the sex industry. As a result, trafficking prevention
programs neglect prostitutes, the population most at risk. PPAT
incorporates a special component targeting adolescent prostitutes in an
effort to protect the health and human rights of all adolescents. No indication of widespread organised child prostitution in Finland Helsingin Sanomat
International Edition, December 6, 2002 www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20020612IE7 [accessed 12 May 2011] Mero believes that It is a crime under Finnish law to
buy sex services from anyone under the age of 18 - even if the crime itself
takes place in outside Finland. There is a certain amount of child sex
tourism originating in Finland, mainly to Russia, Estonia, and the Far East. The Incidence of
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the www.sasian.org/legal/baltic/baltic2.htm [accessed 12 May 2011] Statistical data on the issue of commercial
sexual exploitation of children are lacking in every country in the Baltic
Sea Region. Nevertheless, even though
some Member States do not have any information about the existence of
commercial sexual exploitation of children, the Expert Group has information
that some perpetrators come from these states ... Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children in the www.sasian.org/legal/baltic/baltic3.htm [accessed 12 May 2011] Children and Adolescents Involved in Drug Use and
Trafficking: A Rapid Assessment [PDF] Nelli Kalikova,
Aljona Kurbatova &
Ave Talu, International Labour Organisation ILO,
International Programme on the Elimination of Child
Labour IPEC, Geneva, June 2002 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 12 May 2011] [page 57]
9.1 CHILDREN ENGAGED IN PROSTITUTION - Recently the engagement of juveniles in
prostitution has become a more and more acute problem in Estonia and it is very
closely connected with the consumption of drugs. Unfortunately, this problem
has been overshadowed by other social concerns, and juvenile prostitution
does not get the attention it deserves in our country. All material used herein
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