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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Austria.htm
Austria is a transit and destination
country for women and children trafficked from Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary,
Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Nigeria, and sub-Saharan Africa for the
purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Some of these
women are trafficked through Austria to Italy, France, and Spain. Women from
Africa are trafficked through Spain and Italy to Austria for the purpose of
sexual exploitation. There are reports of some trafficking of foreign women and
children for the purpose of forced domestic servitude and forced begging
within Austria. - U.S. State Dept
Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** How the new Fagins are bringing
child slavery to Britain Olga Craig, Bojan Pancevski, and David Harrison, The Telegraph, 04 Jun 2006 [accessed 20 January 2011] Two years ago, when she was 10, Dochka lost what was left of her innocence when she was
sold to a band of child traffickers by her mother and aunt in ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61636.htm [accessed 20 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – While
there were no accurate statistics on the number of trafficking victims, the
NGO LEFOE reported assisting 167 trafficking victims in 2004, up from 142
victims in 2003. The majority of traffickers arrested by police were
citizens; however, the number of foreigners engaged in trafficking increased
between 2003 and 2004. Police estimated that a large portion of trafficking
was controlled by organized crime, primarily from Most trafficked women were brought
to the country with promises of unskilled jobs, such as nannies or
waitresses. Upon arrival they were often coerced into prostitution. According
to police, there also were cases of women who knowingly entered the country
to work as prostitutes, but were forced into dependency akin to slavery. Most
victims were in the country illegally and feared being turned into
authorities and deported. Traffickers usually retained victims' official
documents, including passports, to maintain control over them. Trafficking
victims reported being subjected to threats and physical violence. A major
deterrent to victim cooperation was widespread fear of retribution, both in
the country and in the victims' countries of origin Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 28 January 2005 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/f5f9eea44fdb6bcdc1256fa5003ac54d?OpenDocument [accessed 20 January 2011] [51] The Committee welcomes the
State party's efforts in addressing the sexual abuse and child pornography, e.g.
the National Plan of Action of 1998 against Sexual Abuse and Child
Pornography in the Internet and through training of the police and other
professionals. The Committee also notes the Criminal Law Amendment Act of
2004, which contains a new regulation on trafficking in human beings. Austria becomes int'l human trafficking transit point,
destination Xinhua News Agency, news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/18/content_10212986.htm [accessed 20 January 2011] Only recent years in Viennese police arrest nine for human trafficking Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German
Press Agency) DPA, [accessed 20 January 2011] Nine members of an international
gang of human traffickers forcing young women into prostitution were arrested
in How the new Fagins are bringing
child slavery to Britain Olga Craig, Bojan Pancevski, and David Harrison, The Telegraph, 04 Jun 2006 [accessed 20 January 2011] Two years ago, when she was 10, Dochka lost what was left of her innocence when she was
sold to a band of child traffickers by her mother and aunt in Europe-Wide Human-Trafficking Ring Cracked Associated Press AP & Reuters, May 29, 2006 www.rferl.org/content/article/1068749.html [accessed 20 January 2011] Authorities across Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2009&country=7558 [accessed 20 January 2011] Library of Congress Call Number DB17 .A8 1994 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/attoc.html [accessed 20 January 2011] Trafficking in Women to International Organization for Migration IOM, Migration
Information Programme, ISBN 92-9068-056-3(c), June
1996 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 September 2011] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The study describes how women
are trafficked to All material used herein
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