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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Antigua&Barbuda.htm
Antigua and Barbuda is a destination country for women
trafficked from Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic for the purposes
of sexual exploitation; it may also be a destination country for women
trafficked for the purposes of forced domestic servitude. - U.S. State
Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009
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Barbuda. Some of these links may lead
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Assessing human trafficking in Antigua and Barbuda 2010 www.antiguasunonline.com/columns/gender-joournal/248527-assessing-human-trafficking-in-antigua-and-barbuda.html [access date unavailable] The victims identified by the In its assessment of Antigua and
Barbuda, the TIP 2009 Report indicated that brothel managers confiscated
passports and threatened women with deportation until they repay the brothel
owner for travel and other expenses. Pointing to systemic causes, the report
further stated that some victims trafficked for the purpose of sexual
exploitation had been given work permits as "entertainers" to
legally enter the country. The
reality is that victims enter the country both legally and illegally. They
hold legitimate documents authorising them to work
in various fields However, it is important to note
that not all women and men brought in to Antigua and Barbuda or transported
throughout the Caribbean to work within the sex trade are victims of human
trafficking. For many, sex work is a choice, albeit a quite complicated and
socially and economically complex one. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights Reports » 2008
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119144.htm [accessed 19 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – There
are no laws that specifically address trafficking in persons, and there were
occasional reports of trafficking in women to the country. There were a
number of brothels, which were staffed mostly by women from various Caribbean
countries who traveled to the country as "entertainers" or
"dancers." In some cases brothel owners reportedly retained their
documents to exert influence over the victims. However, authorities usually
deported the women immediately, before information on possible trafficking could
be obtained. There were two known cases during
the year in which persons were trafficked to the country to work in local
brothels. Authorities deported one victim and the other voluntarily returned
to her home country with the support of the Bureau of Gender Affairs.
In neither case were charges brought against the brothel owners. The Protection Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/antigua.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING – Available data suggest that
trafficking occurs primarily for the purpose of prostitution. Sex tourism is
also part of the trafficking infrastructure in Antigua and Barbuda. There are reports of trafficking in
children for commercial sexual exploitation and pornography. In 2001, the
police arrested and charged four people in connection with an ongoing investigation
into an alleged child prostitution and pornography ring. Girls as young as 13
were allegedly being sexually exploited. The ring was discovered after one of
the girls was forced to have an abortion. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 2 Civil Liberties: 2 Status: Free 2009
Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2009&country=7555 [accessed
19 January 2011] Assessing human trafficking in Antigua and Barbuda 2010 www.antiguasunonline.com/columns/gender-joournal/248527-assessing-human-trafficking-in-antigua-and-barbuda.html [access date unavailable] The victims identified by the In its assessment of Antigua and
Barbuda, the TIP 2009 Report indicated that brothel managers confiscated
passports and threatened women with deportation until they repay the brothel
owner for travel and other expenses. Pointing to systemic causes, the report
further stated that some victims trafficked for the purpose of sexual
exploitation had been given work permits as "entertainers" to
legally enter the country. The
reality is that victims enter the country both legally and illegally. They
hold legitimate documents authorising them to work
in various fields However, it is important to note
that not all women and men brought in to Antigua and Barbuda or transported
throughout the Caribbean to work within the sex trade are victims of human
trafficking. For many, sex work is a choice, albeit a quite complicated and
socially and economically complex one. Human Trafficking Cases Increased Sun Star, March 20, 2008 – Source: www.sunstar.com.ph/static/gen/2008/01/08/news/human.trafficking.cases.increased.html traffickingproject.blogspot.com/2008/03/trafficking-challenges-in-philippines.html [accessed 19 January 2011] Sheila, Valerie and Bridget (not
their real names), who hailed from poor families here, have set their sights
to as far as Manila, Brunei, and Japan for employment to alleviate the plight
of their respective families. However, instead of working as domestic
helpers, they ended up as prostitutes. Their recruiters vanished like thin
smokes in the air. "They have been promised heaven, but hell greeted
them." Rebecca Magante, secretariat head of
the Local Inter-Agency Task Force Against Trafficking in Person (Liatfat), stressed how the three became victims of human
trafficking. The trio’s cases were among the 11 filed in the courts of
General Santos since the task force was created in 2005. All material used herein
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Cite this webpage as: Patt, Prof. Martin, "Human Trafficking
& Modern-day Slavery – Antigua & Barbuda", http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/
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