Human Trafficking in [Macedonia] [other countries]
Street Children in [Macedonia] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Macedonia] [other countries]
 

Child Prostitution

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Republic of Macedonia [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

The Republic of Macedonia [map] is located in SE Europe and is bordered by Serbia and Montenegro (N), Albania (W), Greece (S), and Bulgaria (E). Its capital and largest city is Skopje. Unemployment at one-third of the workforce remains a critical economic problem.

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U.S. Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs

INCIDENCE AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Girls are involved in commercial sexual exploitation on the streets of Macedonia. Children are trafficked to Macedonia from Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine.  Macedonia is also a transit country for trafficking to Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, and Western Europe. CHILD LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - The Criminal Code prohibits trafficking in children and punishes those convicted of such an offence with at least 8 years in prison.  Individuals who knowingly engage in sexual relations with a trafficked child are also subject to 8 years in prison.

Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – There were four reported cases of trafficking involving girls during the year. There were reports that female minors were recruited by some massage parlor owners to perform sexual services for clients. In at least one case, authorities shut down a massage parlor operating in this way.

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

[B] COUNTRY UPDATES – FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA – According to local NGOs, an increasing number of children are being prostituted by soldiers of the Kosovo Peace Keeping Force (KPFOR). This is resulting in teenage pregnancies and HIV/AIDS.

Prostitution Rampage Through Macedonia: Teenagers Bought, Raped, Sold

Bitola police arrested a gang of seven who used to buy and sell juveniles, forcing them to offer sex services for money.

Girl, 15, Sold to Work as Slave In the Brothels of London

Natasha, age 15, came to the notice of traffickers and soon she was forced to become a “dancing girl” in a nightclub in the south of Macedonia, where, for six months, her duties included stripping and having sex with clients.

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UNICEF's child protection officer Carry Nill says that the problem of child sex slavery in Macedonia worsened during the last two years. Between August and November 2001, Macedonian Police discovered 328 [trafficked] women in the raids in the night bars in the West and Northwest of the country. 12% of them are young girls aged 14 to 16. A Skopje shelter, run by IOM with the assistance from the police, accepted 6 girls under age of 18 during this year.

ECPAT:  CSEC Overview

www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/Country/CSECOverview/Macedonia.html

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) in Macedonia is a steadily growing phenomenon. The country serves as a sending, a receiving and transit country and has witnessed an increase in trafficking of women and children for sexual purposes over the past 2 years. In the space of only three months in 2001, 328 trafficking victims were rescued by Macedonian police, of which 12% were between the age of 14 and 16.

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Human Trafficking in [Macedonia] [other countries]
Street Children in [Macedonia] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Macedonia] [other countries]