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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children Serbia, Montenegro & Kosovo [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Republic of Serbia [map] is located in the W central Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by Croatia (NW), by Hungary (N),
by Romania (NE), by Bulgaria (E), by Macedonia (S), and by Albania,
Montenegro, & Bosnia/Herzegovina (W).
Belgrade is its capital.
Belgrade has made only minimal progress in restructuring and
privatizing its holdings in major sectors of the economy, including energy
and telecommunications. It has made halting progress towards EU membership
and is currently pursuing a Stabilization and Association Agreement with
Brussels. Serbia is also pursuing membership in the World Trade Organization.
Unemployment remains an ongoing political and economic problem. The Republic of Montenegro [map] is located in the W Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by Croatia (W), by Bosnia/Herzegovina
(NW), by Serbia (NE & E), by Albania (SE), and by the Adriatic Sea
(SW). Podgorica
is its capital and largest city.
Severe unemployment remains a key political and economic problem for
this entire region. Montenegro has privatized its large aluminum complex -
the dominant industry - as well as most of its financial sector, and has
begun to attract foreign direct investment in the tourism sector. The Republic of Kosovo’s [map] independence is recognised by some
countries and opposed by others, including the Republic of Serbia, which
continues to claim sovereignty over it as the Autonomous Province of Kosovo
and Metohija.
Kosovo is borders by Albania (W), by Central Serbia (N & E), by
the Republic of Macedonia (S), and by Montenegro (NW). Its capital and largest city is Pristina. Kosovo's
citizens are the poorest in Europe with an average annual per capita income
of only $1800 - about one-third the level of neighboring Albania.
Unemployment - at more than 40% of the population - is a severe problem that
encourages outward migration. Most of Kosovo's population lives in rural
towns outside of the capital, Pristina.
Inefficient, near-subsistence farming is common - the result of small plots,
limited mechanization, and lack of technical expertise. Economic growth is
largely driven by the private sector - mostly small-scale retail businesses. |
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in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo. Some
of these links may lead to websites that present allegations that are
unsubstantiated, misleading or even false.
No attempt has been made to validate their authenticity or to verify
their content. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Underage girls were among those
trafficked for sexual exploitation.
In November authorities rescued a 14-year-old girl at the Slovenian border
from an international trafficking ring attempting to take her to the Five handed suspended sentences for human trafficking A Belgrade court sentenced five
persons to suspended jail terms on human trafficking charges. The group was arrested in November
2005, when Radivojević “bought” a Serbian
citizen identified as I.R. in Bogatić,
taking her to Gmijović’s apartment in
Belgrade, where she was illegally detained for several days until the police
set her free. The criminal group had
intended to illegally transfer their victim to Italy. When
‘Peacekeeping’ Equals Rape The actor wants to send UN
Peacekeepers to Darfur, or so Clooney said in a
recent speech in front of the UN Security Council. Be careful. Wherever they
go, these ‘Peace-Keepers’ are ‘Violence-Bringers’ to the bodies of women. The
head of the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia requested that a girl from the
Serbian rape camps be delivered to him for his pleasure. On the streets of
Zagreb, peacekeeping forces were asking women how much they charged for sex. Serbia and Montenegro - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003 [f] TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - The law prohibits trafficking
in persons; however, trafficking in persons remained a serious problem. There
were reports that police and other officials were involved in trafficking, ECPAT:
Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – SERBIA-MONTENEGRO – No specific actions to prevent CSEC are taking place.
The aim is to improve the child protection system as a whole. The new
government has announced that it will make all necessary legislative changes
to harmonise national legislation with EU
standards. It is thought that the new legislation will include protection
measures against CSEC. Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [79] Sale and trafficking are
criminalized in the context of slavery and trade in people, and prostitution
and pornography are addressed in the Criminal Law. Concerning
prostitution, criminal liability is incurred by any person involved in
procuring females for prostitution. If the female is a minor, the
perpetrator is liable to imprisonment for between 1 and 10
years. Concerning pornography, currently the only offence is
showing pornographic material to minors. Draft amendments to the
Criminal Law will modify this to also criminalize the act of involving
persons under the age of 14 in the producing of pornography. Serbia
& Montenegro - Country Narratives -2005 The union of Trafficking in Human Beings in Southeastern Europe [PDF] [page 78] 1.2. TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN - Anecdotes of child
prostitution around train and bus stations, mainly of Roma children, are
common. The Romanian Embassy is not
interested in repatriating these children and adolescents, and no special
programs or services exist for migrant children living on the streets. Commitment
to the Stockholm Agenda for Action: 20th December 2001 There is no National Plan of
Action against CSEC in ECPAT: Beo Support http://www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_network/Groups/groups.asp?countryid=192®ionid=4 Beo Support's main goals are: raising awareness of the trafficking among
wide population in Serbia; empowering children and youth to combat against
sexual exploitation; and, last but not least, teaching young people how to
protect their peers in the same way as themselves. All material used herein
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