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for Teachers attached to this website. HELP for Victims La STRADA ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Moldova: Lower
prices behind sex slavery boom and child prostitution The At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 21 June
2011] Two American TV
crews have investigated MAIN ORIGIN OF
FORCED CHILD PROSTITUTION - Organ trafficking and sexual slavery are mainstays of
Moldova's economy. Record numbers of Moldovan women are made into sex slaves,
forced into prostitution and lifelong servitude. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Country
Monitoring Report [PDF] Alessia Altamura, ECPAT
International, 2012 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/A4A_V2_CIS_MOLDOVA.pdf [accessed 3
September 2020] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in Moldova.
The report looks at protection mechanisms, responses, preventive measures,
child and youth participation in fighting SEC, and makes recommendations for
action against SEC. Human
Rights Reports » 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 10, 2020 www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/moldova/ [accessed 3
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - Child prostitution is punishable by three to seven
years’ imprisonment. Authorities punished commercial sex with minors as
statutory rape. The law prohibits the production, distribution, broadcasting,
import, export, sale, exchange, use, or possession of child pornography, for
which the punishment is one to three years’ imprisonment and fines of 150,000
to 250,000 lei ($8,520 to $14,200). These laws were generally enforced. The
minimum age for consensual sex is 16. The country is a destination for child
sex tourism. According to UNICEF, about 10 percent of children in the country
were exposed to sexual abuse. The Prosecutor’s
Office to Combat Organized Crime and Special Cases is responsible for investigating
and prosecuting child sexual abuse cases, and the Antitrafficking Bureau of the General Prosecutor’s Office
is responsible for investigating and prosecuting child trafficking and child
sexual exploitation. During the year law enforcement identified seven victims
of child pornography production, ranging in age from three to 14. From
January to November, La Strada’s Child Safeguarding
Team registered 79 new cases of child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.
Law enforcement referred 63 cases for assistance. 2018 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor Office of Child
Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, US Dept of Labor, 2019 www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2018/ChildLaborReportBook.pdf [accessed 3
September 2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 797] Both boys and girls
are recruited for commercial sexual exploitation. (1,3-5,22)
Traffickers recruit children as young as age 10 for prostitution and other
forms of commercial sexual exploitation. (1) Moldova is also a destination
for child sex tourism. (3,5,13,20,22) In Moldova in
recent years, there has been an increase in child online sexual exploitation
and sexual abuse. In 2018, the government identified 20 cases in which human
trafficking victims were recruited via the Internet. During 2013–2018,
the Prosecutor General’s Office opened 185 cases of online child sexual exploitation,
including child pornography. (21) In 2017–2018, of these cases 78 child
trafficking cases involved child online sexual exploitation. The National
Institute of Justice, which trains prosecutors and judges, has
institutionalized a 1-day training module on “Identification, investigation
and trial of crimes against children with the means of Informational
Communication Technologies (ICTs).” (21) Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 4 October 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/moldova2002.html [accessed 21
February 2011] [45] The Committee
notes that some measures have been developed to combat trafficking, but is nevertheless
deeply concerned about the serious proportions of trafficking of girls from
Moldova. It notes with concern that there is no precise information about the
real dimensions of this phenomenon and that very little support in terms of
rehabilitation and reintegration is provided to the victims of trafficking. 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 – Joint East West
Research on Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes in Edited by: Muireann O’Briain, Anke van den Borne & Theo Noten,
ECPAT Europe Law Enforcement Group, Programme
against Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes in Europe, Amsterdam,
2004 -- ISBN: 90-74270-19-0 www.childcentre.info/projects/traffickin/dbaFile11169.pdf [accessed 21 June
2011] [page 34] In NGOs urge The At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 15
September 2011] TOP EXPORT:
PROSTITUTES
- In Moldova, the situation is much worse. Although formerly one of the most
wealthy parts of the former Soviet Union, Moldova is today officially the
poorest country in Europe. With nearly total unemployment, the registered
daily income of 80% of the population is below a dollar per day. This fact
can explain why desperate people sell their organs for money and sex
trafficking is rampant. Moldovan prostitutes are now the country’s main
export. 40% of Moldova's
sex slaves are kids, and both the traffickers and the involved government
officials know that children are highly sought after for the sex trade. Anti-trafficking
action in south-eastern Europe: Lack of effectiveness of law enforcement and
migration approaches [PDF] Barbara Limanowska, 14 January 2004 -- United Nations Division
for the Advancement of Women (DAW) Consultative Meeting on “Migration and
Mobility and how this movement affects Women” www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/meetings/consult/CM-Dec03-EP6.pdf [accessed 21 June
2011] [pg 8]
INTERNAL PROSTITUTION AND TRAFFICKING - There is more information, especially
from A Report On Sex
Tourism And Trafficking Of Women And Children Rev. Father Shay
Cullen, MSSC, Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and
Itinerant People, People on the Move,
N° 96 (Suppl.), December 2004 [accessed 21 June
2011] Child
Trafficking www.unicef.org.uk/unicefuk/policies/printer_friendly.asp?policy=7 [Last access date
unavailable] WHAT
IS THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM? - An estimated 500,000 women from all over the world
are trafficked into Western Europe alone with Messages from November 07, 2004 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June
2011] Some are trafficked
repeatedly, due to being unwanted, shunned and stigmatized by their families
for having been trafficked and sexually exploited in the first place. They
have no place in society and again become even easier prey to the
traffickers. Some of these young people become traffickers themselves, luring
other unsuspecting children into the world of prostitution, glamorizing this
as a profession that affords them an extravagant lifestyle. ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** ECPAT Global
Monitoring Report on the status of action against commercial exploitation of
children - MOLDOVA [PDF] ECPAT International,
2008 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-MOLDOVA.pdf [accessed 21 June
2011] Access to
information on the commercial sexual exploitation of children in the The ‘entertainment’
sector is often a cover for prostitution activities, and girls exploited in
commercial sex can be found in bars, saunas and brothels alongside adult
prostitutes. According to International Organization for Migration (IOM),
child prostitution is also widespread in hotels and near train and bus
stations, and there is indication that some students engage in prostitution
on weekends to generate extra income. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/moldova.htm [accessed 21
February 2011] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - According to the IOM, Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61664.htm [accessed 10
February 2020] CHILDREN
-
Trafficking of children for the purpose of sexual exploitation and begging
remained a problem. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– The country was a major country of origin for women and children trafficked
abroad for sexual exploitation and men and children who were trafficked to All
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