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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the
early years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Georgia.htm
Georgia is a source and transit
country for women and girls trafficked within the country and to Turkey, the
UAE, Greece, Russia, Germany, and Austria for the purpose of commercial sexual
exploitation. Women and girls from Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, and other former
Soviet states are trafficked through Georgia to Turkey, the UAE, and Western
Europe. Men and women are trafficked within Georgia for the purpose of forced
labor. Men and women in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which were outside of the government’s control,
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Sad Plight of Underage Brides Ramilya Alieva,
Institute for Womens Policy Research IWPR,
2005/06/02 www.kvali.com/kvali/index.asp?obiektivi=show&n=401 [accessed 6 February 2011] I do not want to get married. I
want to continue my studies and become a doctor," said Sevil Allazkyzy. Small and
fragile with a childlike body, Sevil is only 11
years old, and all her grades are excellent. She is the best student in the
seventh form of the school in the Story of a Georgian Victim of Trafficking Source: an article, published in "Kviris
Palitra" Newspaper of May 7-13, 2001 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 5 September 2011] They put me in such conditions that I could not refuse their proposal. They were sending me people who delicately and gradually enticed me to the prostitution. But I preferred to return back to Georgia rather accepting this. But they intimidated me, saying that they would offend my family and they would never find jobs if I refuse. They also told me that they'll beat my family members, or poison them and me with gas and that I simply do not have any other choice. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/georgia.htm [accessed 6 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Trafficking of children occurs, and thousands of children living in
the streets and in orphanages are vulnerable to trafficking. CURRENT GOVERNMENT
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The Anti-TIP Unit of the Illegal Detention and
Trafficking Division of the Organized Crime in the Ministry of Interior
acquired a new office in 2004. The
anti-TIP unit is allocated sufficient resources for its operations and has
successfully investigated and made arrests in several trafficking
cases. The Government provides protection and assistance to victims
discovered in the course of police raids or investigations by referring the
victims to government agencies and NGOs.
The Government of Georgia is a member of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation and cooperates with other members to combat organized crime,
including criminal activities concerning trafficking in human beings and
sexual exploitation of women and children. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61649.htm [accessed 6 February 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – In
January the new ATIM arrested Georgian members of an international
trafficking operation, involving Traffickers were largely freelance
domestic operators with connections abroad, as well as some small international
operations. Traffickers often used offers of
employment from friends and families to lure potential victims. Overseas jobs
offered through tourism firms or employment agencies were also methods, but
during the year it did not appear that employment agencies were aware that
they were fronting for traffickers. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3 October 2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/georgia2003.html [accessed 6 February 2011] [62] The Committee notes that the
human rights treaty bodies which considered the reports of Government forms council in fight against human trafficking Source:
www.messenger.com.ge/issues/1181_august_25_2006/n_1181_1.htm [accessed 6 February 2011] The Georgian government has
stepped up efforts in protecting the victims of human trafficking by setting
up a coordinating council which will monitor and facilitate anti-trafficking
strategy development, and provide rehabilitation and assistance to trafficking
victims. Sad Plight of Underage Brides Ramilya Alieva,
Institute for Womens Policy Research IWPR,
2005/06/02 www.kvali.com/kvali/index.asp?obiektivi=show&n=401 [accessed 6 February 2011] I do not want to get married. I
want to continue my studies and become a doctor," said Sevil Allazkyzy. Small and
fragile with a childlike body, Sevil is only 11
years old, and all her grades are excellent. She is the best student in the
seventh form of the school in the The Protection Project - Georgia [DOC] The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/georgia.doc [Last accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - In 2001, the International
Organization for Migration (IOM) interviewed 121 Georgian victims of
trafficking, mostly women, who had been sent abroad and forced into
prostitution, domestic servitude, agricultural work, or construction work. Of
these trafficking victims, 60 percent were under 30 years old. Seventy-four
percent received false information on jobs abroad through a tourism firm or
employment agency, and 93.5 percent indicated that they had no idea that they
would or could be subject to sexual exploitation. Ninety-six percent of
trafficked migrants indicated that their recruiter had lied about the nature
of the job they would do abroad, and that the reality was much worse than
what they had been promised. Women were promised jobs as au pairs, fashion
models, designers, bar and restaurant workers, and shop assistants. Almost
half of the respondents interviewed for the survey were forced to work in
nightclubs, in strip bars, or in prostitution. The United States and Turkey
were the two primary destinations for forced prostitution, followed by the
Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Cyprus, and Switzerland
(in that order). Women trafficked to Greece, the United States, France,
Turkey, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom were also lured with promises
of good jobs as housekeepers and nannies, but instead they found themselves
forced into domestic servitude. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 4 Civil Liberties: 4 Status: Partly Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2009&country=7612 [accessed 6 February 2011] Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/georgia [accessed 6 February 2011] Stop Violence Against Women – Country Page The Advocates for Human Rights, October 2008 [accessed 6 February 2011] Library of Congress Call Number DK509 .A727 1995 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/getoc.html [accessed 6 February 2011] OSCE The Advocates for Human Rights, November 11, 2004 --
Source: OSCE Mission Helps Georgia Develop National Action Plan to Combat
Human Trafficking [www.osce.org/news/show_news.php?ut=2&id=4521],
Press Release, [accessed 6 February 2011] The OSCE Mission to The State Can Not Protect Georgians from Trafficking Salome Jashi, Civil www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=1531 [accessed 6 February 2011] On March 11 a Russian citizen
Vladimir Yepishin was released from Pankisi gorge being detained there since 1999. According
to his words, Chechens were forcing him to work for them without any wage as
a herdsman. He said he was brought to Pankisi from
Chechnya, where he was trafficked in 1998. The released claims there are
still several Russians suffering from exploitation by Chechens in the gorge. Georgian victims of trafficking
often say that force has been used against them. Quite often they were
threatened with death too. Therefore it becomes clear why it is so hard to
escape slavery and exploitation in hands of the traffickers. One young girl,
victim of the trafficking says that she was involved in trafficking under the
threats and intimidation. Story of a Georgian Victim of Trafficking Source: an article, published in "Kviris
Palitra" Newspaper of May 7-13, 2001 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 5 September 2011] They put me in such conditions
that I could not refuse their proposal. They were sending me people who
delicately and gradually enticed me to the prostitution. But I preferred to
return back to Georgia rather accepting this. But they intimidated me, saying
that they would offend my family and they would never find jobs if I refuse.
They also told me that they'll beat my family members, or poison them and me
with gas and that I simply do not have any other choice. All material used herein
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