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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/DominicanRepublic.htm
The Dominican Republic is a source, transit, and
destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes
of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Dominican women are trafficked
for commercial sexual exploitation to Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Costa
Rica, Cyprus, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Panama, Slovenia,
Suriname, Switzerland, Turkey, and Venezuela. A significant number of women,
boys, and girls are trafficked within the country for forced prostitution and
domestic servitude. In some cases, parents push children into prostitution to
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Haitian Children Sold as Slave Laborers and Prostitutes Gary Younge in At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 4 September 2011] On market day in Dajabón, a bustling Dominican town on the Haitian border,
you can pick up many bargains if you know where to look. You can haggle the
price of a live chicken down to 40 pesos (72p); wrestle 10lb of macaroni from
60 to 50 pesos; and, with some discreet inquiries, buy a Haitian child for
the equivalent of £54.22. There is a thriving trade in Haitian children in the Dominican Republic, where they are mostly used for domestic service, agricultural work or prostitution. - htcp ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/dominican-republic.htm [accessed 2 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - There are reports that women and children are trafficked to, from,
and within the Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61725.htm [accessed 2 February 2011] NATIONAL/RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITIES - The IOM estimated that
approximately 650 thousand Haitian immigrants--or 7.5 percent of the
country's population--lived in shantytowns or sugarcane work camps known as bateyes, which were harsh environments with limited or no
electricity, usually no running water, and no adequate schooling. Although
some Haitians were brought to the country specifically to work in sugarcane
camps, many had no documentation. Human rights NGOs, the Catholic Church, and
activists described Haitian living conditions in bateyes
as modern-day slavery. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – The
International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimated that 50 thousand
Dominican women worked in prostitution around the world and of these women,
one third were victims of trafficking. Women 18 to 25 years of age were
at the highest risk of being trafficked. Many victims were uneducated single
mothers desperate to improve the living conditions of their children. NGOs estimated that there were
hundreds of alien smuggling and trafficking rings operating within the
country. According to the Dominican tour operators are questioned for human
trafficking DominicanToday, [accessed 2 February 2011] The Justice Ministry’s People
Trafficking Department director said yesterday that it investigates
several tour operators accused of organizing group trips to Europe, the
Middle East and South America, but who return to the country alone. 30,000 Haitian children smuggled
annually Nov 8, 2005 -- Source: english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/08/eng20051108_219788.html [accessed 2 February 2011] Around 30,000 Haitian children are
illegally smuggled into the Haitian Children Sold as Slave Laborers and Prostitutes Gary Younge in At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 4 September 2011] On market day in Dajabón, a bustling Dominican town on the Haitian border,
you can pick up many bargains if you know where to look. You can haggle the
price of a live chicken down to 40 pesos (72p); wrestle 10lb of macaroni from
60 to 50 pesos; and, with some discreet inquiries, buy a Haitian child for
the equivalent of £54.22. There is a thriving trade in Haitian children in the Dominican Republic, where they are mostly used for domestic service, agricultural work or prostitution. - htcp Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 2 Civil Liberties: 2 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7598 [accessed 2 February 2011] Human Rights Overview Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/americas/dominican-republic [accessed 2 February 2011] Library of Congress Call Number F1934 .D64 2001 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/dotoc.html [accessed 2 February 2011] Protection Project - Country Report [DOC] The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/dominican.doc [Last accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Dominican women who were
trafficked to In February 2002, a woman from the
Dominican Republic was jailed for 5 years in Costa Rica for trafficking young
Dominican girls to Costa Rica, where they were sexually exploited. She and
her business partner, a Dominican man, would offer young girls in the
Dominican Republic a job as a waitress or in a hotel in Costa Rica. Most of
the victims were between 14 and 18 years of age. The girls would then be
flown from Santo Domingo to San José, where they would be transported to the
tourist town of Quepos (on the Pacific coast) and
to Siquirres (on the Atlantic side) where they
would be sexually exploited. Haitian girls have been trafficked
along the border with the Dominican Republic, and thousands of Haitian
children reportedly have been trafficked into the Dominican Republic, where
they are forced to beg in the streets or perform manual labor. One study revealed that the majority
of Dominican female migrants in Argentina were 20 to 39 years of age and
almost 90 percent had children, most of whom were left in the Dominican
Republic in the care of others. The majority of women paid US$2,000 for the
trip to Argentina, where they were promised work as domestic helpers for
US$500 to US$800 per month. More than 50 percent had been forced into
prostitution. Ending Modern Day Slavery: U.S. Efforts To Combat
Trafficking in Persons Paula J. Dobriansky, Under
Secretary of State for Global Affairs, Remarks to the Northern California
World Affairs Council, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 4 September 2011] The report has already been
successful in encouraging countries with trafficking problems to take
concrete steps. Last year, countries listed on tier three were potentially
subject to sanctions requiring the loss of most non-humanitarian and
non-trade-related assistance from the U.S. This could have meant the loss of
U.S. military aid, educational and cultural assistance, and support from the
World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. This approach yielded results
-- a number of countries on Tier 3 acted quickly once the report came out.
Belize, the Dominican Republic, Greece, Turkey, and six other nations were
reassessed as Tier 2 countries as a result of their efforts after initially
being placed on Tier 3. Human Rights Watch World Report 1989: Human Rights Watch World Report 1989 www.hrw.org/reports/1989/WR89/Dominica.htm [accessed 2 February 2011] The Annual jaunt offers Canadians a Third World view Tony Gosgnach, The Interim, May
2004 www.theinterim.com/2004/may/11annual.html [accessed 2 February 2011] In the Debt Bondage - Slavery Around the World [PDF] Development and Peace & Anti-Slavery International,
June 1999 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 4 September 2011] SUGAR CANE WORKERS FROM Modern Slavery - Human bondage in Africa, Asia, and the
Dominican Republic Ricco Villanueva Siasoco,
Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease, April
18, 2001 www.infoplease.com/spot/slavery1.html [accessed 2 February 2011] CANE-CUTTERS IN THE Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Dominican
Republic 2001 Click [here]
to connect to the article. Its URL is
not displayed because of its length [accessed 2 February 2011] 6f. Trafficking in Persons The law
prohibits trafficking in persons; however, trafficking in women and children
from, to, and within the country remains a serious problem. Women 18 to 25
years of age are at the highest risk for being trafficked. According to a
report released in July by the International Organization for Migration
(IOM), principal destination countries are in Europe and Latin America,
including Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Greece,
Belgium, Curacao, San Martin, Aruba, Panama, Venezuela, and Argentina. Women
are trafficked to the United States, although in smaller numbers. Within the
country, there is a serious problem of prostitution of minors, primarily in
the tourist areas (see Section 5). Women and children also are trafficked
from Haiti and often are forced to beg in the streets. Poor Haitian and Dominican parents
sometimes arrange for more prosperous Dominican families to "adopt"
their children, in exchange for money or goods; such children often are
expected to work long hours and are vulnerable to sexual abuse (see Section
5). Trafficking in Women from the Migration Information Programme,
Budapest 1054, Hungary, International Organization for Migration (IOM), 1995 www.oas.org/atip/country%20specific/TIP%20DR%20IOM%20REPORT.pdf [accessed 2 February 2011] THE PROBLEM - Sources in the All material used herein
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