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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Republic of Azerbaijan [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Azerbaijan is primarily a source
and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes
of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Women from Azerbaijan are
trafficked to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) for purposes of
sexual exploitation. Men are trafficked to Russia for the purpose of forced
labor. Men and women are also trafficked to Iran, Pakistan, and India for
purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Azerbaijani children are
trafficked to Turkey for the purpose of sexual exploitation, and to Russia
for the purpose of forced labor. Reports of internal trafficking also
continued, including that of women for sexual exploitation, men for forced
labor in the construction industry, and children for the purpose of child
begging. Azerbaijan serves as a transit country for victims from Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova trafficked to Turkey and the U.A.E. for sexual
exploitation. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in
Persons Report, June, 2007 [full country report] |
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– Serious Problem for Azerbaijan Victim of human trafficking told how she found herself within the net
of criminal elements - Rafiga understood that she was deceived. But as her neighbor had
her passport she tried to persuade “mama Rosa” to give back her document. However,
woman told that Rafiga is her debtor as her marriage and ticket purchase were
very expensive. “I will return your passport when you work a debt out, and
you will be free”, “mama Rosa told”. ***
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Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Women and girls were trafficked internally from rural
areas to the capital for sexual exploitation, men were trafficked to Traffickers were either foreigners or ethnic
Azerbaijanis who acted in loose concert with international networks. They
approached victims directly and indirectly through friends and relatives,
usually offering to arrange employment abroad. Traffickers also used
deceptive newspaper advertisements offering false work abroad. Traffickers
reportedly used forged documents to move victims. Traffickers also used
fraudulent marriage proposals from men posing as Iranian businessmen to lure
women into prostitution in neighboring Azerbaijan’s
National Coordinator to Combat Human Trafficking Reported before
Parliamentarians As a result of preventive and
operative measures in Azerbaijan in 2004-2006, some 689 human trafficking
incidents have been discovered and 695 people have been held criminally
responsible, the National Coordinator to Combat Human Trafficking, Deputy
Interior Minister, Vilayat Eyvazov, stated on 19 October at the Parliament
while presenting his annual report Number
Of Human Trafficking Cases Increased In Azerbaijan Some 211 crimes linked with human
trafficking were registered in Azerbaijan in 2006. Criminal proceedings were
instituted against 107 people. Within the first six months in
2006, 187 crimes were registered, forty-four on human trafficking, 116 on
brothels, and twenty-two for luring people into prostitution. So far for 2007, criminal cases
were filed against 112 people, with seventy-two of them connected to human
trafficking. Network
of Lawyers Established to Combat Human Trafficking in Azerbaijan A network of lawyers has been
established to combat human trafficking in Azerbaijan, Nazir Guliyev, heading
the Juridical Assistance Fund of ‘World of Peace’, said on 29 August. The aim of the network is to inform the
public about the problems of human trafficking and to render assistance to
its victims. Thirty-three lawyers will work within the network. A lack of awareness is the main cause
contributing to human trafficking. Youths are the most victims of human
trafficking. Trafficking
– Serious Problem for Azerbaijan Victim of human trafficking told how she found herself within the net
of criminal elements - Rafiga understood that she was deceived. But as her neighbor had
her passport she tried to persuade “mama Rosa” to give back her document.
However, woman told that Rafiga is her debtor as her marriage and ticket purchase
were very expensive. “I will return your passport when you work a debt out,
and you will be free”, “mama Rosa told”. Hotline
will be opened for victims of human trafficking In nearest future hot line will be
opened for victims of human trafficking In Baku, at present talks continue
with the government related to this matter. With the support of the United
States Embassy and OSCE, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
conducted training for the future staff of a hotline and shelter for
trafficked victims. In
Baku, for the trafficking victims there was allocated separate building In compliance with the instruction
of the Cabinet in Baku there was allocated three-floor building for
arrangement of the asylum with the purpose of ensuring safety of the victims
and proposed victims and also eye-witnesses of trafficking and deliver
psychological, medical and legal assistance to them. Russian
Crime Boss Arrested On Sex Trafficking A reputed crime boss from the former Soviet Union has been
arrested on charges he ran a brutal sex trafficking ring in Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 6 Civil Liberties: 5 Status: Not Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide Stop
Violence Against Women – Country Page U.S. Library of Congress
- Country Study Azerbaijan
Human Rights Report Traffickers identified by the IOM
were either foreigners or ethnic Azerbaijanis who acted in loose international
networks, probably without central coordination. Victims were approached
directly and indirectly through friends and relatives. Traffickers also used
newspaper advertisements offering false work abroad. According to the Society
for the Defense of Women's Rights, draft-age men seeking to escape military
service in 2000 were invited by local traffickers to work in the hotel
industry in Turkey, but ended up in male brothels; however, the IOM was not
aware of such reports. Another NGO reported that families of young women had
been approached by individuals claiming that visiting Iranian businessmen had
seen their daughters and wished to marry them. Following parental permission
for such marriages, the women were transported to Iran to work as prostitutes.
According to the IOM, families sometimes willingly married their daughters to
wealthy men in Iran and turned a blind eye to their outcomes. Azerbaijan
Adopts Action Plan Against Human Trafficking The OSCE Office in Baku today
welcomed the adoption by Azerbaijan of a national action plan to co-ordinate
all efforts in the fight against human trafficking. "The events in this sphere
represent the most rapid progress anywhere, from a starting point in November
2002, when the existence of trafficking in human beings was not recognised,
to the adoption of the National Action Plan," he added. The document is a result of the close
co-operation between the Azerbaijani Government and institutions and the international
partners. It is in line with the spirit and provisions of the OSCE documents
on the prevention of trafficking in human beings, which commit all
participating States to take actions to eradicate human trafficking. Azerbaijan
probes child-organ traffickers The Azerbaijani government says it
is keen to crack down on child traffickers who are believed to take children
abroad and sell their organs for profit. Both international and domestic
adoptions have been suspended for reasons that include an investigation of a
hospital that has possible involvement in domestic child trafficking, and
serious concerns about corruption and transparency in international
adoptions. Human
trafficking in Azerbaijan Many victims of trafficking are
mostly taken to Turkey, Pakistan, Greece and the United Arab Emirates. At the
same time, people from Russia, Moldova, Uzbekistan and Ukraine are taken to
Azerbaijan for sex work. According to calculations, criminals can earn from
12,000 to 15,000 dollars from each person monthly. Opponents
of Human Trafficking from Transcaucasia Tour U.S. to Share Information Nine government and police
officials from the three republics of Transcaucasia--Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Georgia--visited UCLA January 24 as part of a 21-day set of consultations in
the United States on methods to stop trafficking in human beings for
prostitution, slave labor, and domestic slavery. Azerbaijan
braces for "thousands" of Iraqi refugees - migration official The head of the Azerbaijani centre
for legal aid to migrants, Alovsat Aliyev, has said that the country might
become flooded by thousands of Iraqi refugees in the event of a US operation
against Iraq. He told the Azerbaijani newspaper Ekho that it was necessary to
amend the migration law to curb illegal human trafficking as it damages the
country's image abroad and causes distrust in Azerbaijan. All material used herein
reproduced under the fair use exception of 17 USC § 107 for noncommercial,
nonprofit, and educational use |
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