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[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
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ARCHIVES *** 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] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - According to the IOM, Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61664.htm [accessed 21 February 2011] 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 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. 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. Moldova holds
a dubious world record: The country is today the leading haven for pedophiles
and for traffickers who earn fortunes enslaving underage kids in a brutal
international sex trade. Anti-trafficking action in
south-eastern 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. All material used herein reproduced under the
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