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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Argentina.htm
Argentina is a source, transit, and destination country
for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual
exploitation and forced labor. Many victims are trafficked within the
country, from rural areas to urban centers, for forced prostitution. Some
Argentine women and girls are trafficked to neighboring countries, Mexico,
and Western Europe for commercial sexual exploitation. Foreign women and
children, primarily from Paraguay, Brazil, Peru, and the Dominican Republic,
are trafficked to Argentina for the same purpose. A significant number of
Bolivians, Paraguayans, and Peruvians are trafficked into the country for
forced labor in sweatshops and agriculture. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Clamping Down on Human Trafficking Marcela Valente, IPS-Inter Press
Service, www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35414 [accessed 19 January 2011] Susana Trimarco,
whose daughter was kidnapped in 2002, told IPS that the proposal for a
specific policy is an encouragement to her in her search for her
daughter. Trimarco,
who attended the seminar, was able to prove that her daughter Marita Verón, 24, fell into the
hands of a sexual exploitation ring. After she was kidnapped, her mother
obtained testimonies from other teenagers and young people, also victims of
trafficking, who had seen her in different places of captivity in several
provinces in the country. Although she
has not been able to find her daughter, the investigative work she and other
activists have carried out has led to the rescue of 94 people. Global March Worst Forms of Child Labour Report 2005 The US Dept. of Labor's 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labour www.globalmarch.org/worstformsreport/world/argentina.html [accessed 19 January 2011] CHILD SLAVERY - . In a recent raid by the police, Bolivian boys were discovered working as slaves in an Argentine factory; These boys were forced to work 19-hour shifts, they are prohibited from leaving, and they are often beaten to keep up the pace. Authorities are still investigating how these undocumented youths slipped past the border. The minors continued to work for almost two years, still receiving no pay, and falling into further debt imposed by their 'owners.' All too often those who risk coming to the city center find themselves working in factory jobs in conditions of contemporary slavery. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/argentina.htm [accessed 19 January 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are trafficked to Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61713.htm [accessed 19 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – While
there were no official reports on the activities of traffickers, the media
reported that traffickers often presented themselves as employment agencies
or even as individual recruiters. Traffickers confiscated travel documents to
prevent victims from appealing to authorities for protection. Victims,
particularly women and girls in prostitution, may be denied contact with the
outside world. Victims often were threatened or beaten. SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [c]
While the law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children,
there were reports that such practices occurred. An investigation into an apparent case of
forced labor involving potentially hundreds of Bolivian citizens working in
clothing sweatshops in Flores Sur, a neighborhood
in the city of Concluding Observations of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, April 10, 2002 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/3567bf5c062c819e41256c5d0043aa0b?OpenDocument [accessed 19 January 2011] [61] In light of articles 32 to 36
of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a)
Undertake a study on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation and
trafficking of children in order to assess its scope and causes and develop
effective monitoring and other preventive measures; Marcela Valente, IPS-Inter Press
Service, www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36936 [accessed 19 January 2011] One case that attracted public
notice in Trimarco, honoured
this month as a "Woman of Courage" by the U.S. State Department,
infiltrated provincial brothels to find information which led to the rescue
of nearly 100 young women, the prosecution of 24 members of recruiting
networks, and the removal from office of a judge who was accused of being an
accomplice. However, she said there
was a lack of political will to combat the organisations
that dupe women with fancy job offers. Trimarco said the information she has
received from the families of other victims and from the police indicates
that there are about 500 missing young women in Argentina who may have been
trapped by human traffickers. One of them is her daughter Marita,
who according to several testimonies collected by Trimarco
is still alive. Clamping Down on Human Trafficking Marcela Valente, IPS-Inter Press
Service, www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35414 [accessed 19 January 2011] Susana Trimarco,
whose daughter was kidnapped in 2002, told IPS that the proposal for a
specific policy is an encouragement to her in her search for her daughter. Trimarco, who
attended the seminar, was able to prove that her daughter Marita
Verón, 24, fell into the hands of a sexual
exploitation ring. After she was kidnapped, her mother obtained testimonies
from other teenagers and young people, also victims of trafficking, who had
seen her in different places of captivity in several provinces in the
country. Although she has not been
able to find her daughter, the investigative work she and other activists
have carried out has led to the rescue of 94 people. The Protection Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/argentina.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Thousands of women have been
trafficked from the Women and girls are trafficked
into Argentina from Paraguay expecting to work as domestic employees but are
then forced into prostitution. Bolivian women and children are trafficked to
Argentina for domestic servitude as well as prostitution. In July 2000, Bolivian nationals trafficked
24 Bolivian girls to Argentina for purposes of prostitution. The brothel
owner’s mother recruited children from outdoor markets in the rural areas of
Bolivia, promising the children and their parents that the children could
work as criaditas, or little maids, in Argentina.
The children traveled by plane and were accompanied by the brothel owner’s
husband. When the case was brought to light, 16 of the girls were
repatriated. The remaining girls, legally adults at the time of the
investigation, remained in Argentina. The recruiter, the brothel owner’s
husband, the owner of the travel agency where the tickets and visas were
obtained, and the brothel owner were charged with forcing minors into
prostitution. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 2 Civil Liberties: 2 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2009&country=7556 [accessed 19 January 2011] Human Rights Overview Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/americas/argentina [accessed 19 January 2011] Global March Worst Forms of Child Labour Report 2005 The US Dept. of Labor's 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labour www.globalmarch.org/worstformsreport/world/argentina.html [accessed 19 January 2011] CHILD SLAVERY - . In a recent raid by the
police, Bolivian boys were discovered working as slaves in an Argentine
factory; These boys were forced to work 19-hour shifts, they are prohibited
from leaving, and they are often beaten to keep up the pace. Authorities are
still investigating how these undocumented youths slipped past the border.
The minors continued to work for almost two years, still receiving no pay,
and falling into further debt imposed by their 'owners.' All too often those
who risk coming to the city center find themselves working in factory jobs in
conditions of contemporary slavery. Open letter from Amnesty International to the Governor of Guadalupe Marengo, Amnesty International, February 6, 2004
-- Index Number: AMR 13/003/2004 www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR13/003/2004 [accessed 19 January 2011] Sandra Cabrera had complained
publicly, and to the provincial authorities, about the continuous harassment
of female sex workers and extortion on the part of members of the provincial
police force, providing dates and the names of those responsible. As you are
no doubt aware, in December 2003 Sandra Cabrera was subjected to a beating in
her home by unidentified individuals, while the police protection she had
finally been granted was outside her front door. Our information is that on
Friday, 23 January 2004, Sandra Cabrera had accompanied one of her friends,
Stella Maris Longoni, and
confirmed the latest complaint before the Rosario Prosecutor’s Office against
members of the Departamento de Moralidad(vice
squad ) for extortion and harassment. ILO to mark World Day Against Child Labour International Labour Organization (ILO) News, [accessed 19 January 2011] FROM LATIN AMERICA - The Triple Border region -
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