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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery French Republic (France) [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] France is a destination country for women and girls trafficked
for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Romania,
Bulgaria, Albania, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon are the primary source
countries for women trafficked for sexual exploitation, although increasing
numbers of mainland Chinese women and girls are trafficked to France. A
majority of the estimated 18,000 women in France's commercial sex trade are
probably victims of trafficking. Some women who migrate to France voluntarily
for work are deceived or coerced into sexual servitude or debt bondage.
During 2006, the ratio of Eastern European sex trafficking victims fell,
while the percentages of African, South American, and Asian women trafficked
to France increased. The Committee Against Modern Slavery (CCEM) estimated that one-fifth of involuntary domestic
servitude cases in France involve abusive employers who are diplomats with
diplomatic immunity.
- U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2007 [full country
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** [69] ROMANIAN PREMIER INTERVIEWED
IN 'LE MONDE' - Prime
Minister Adrian Nastase said in an interview to the
French daily "Le Monde" on 2 August that Romania finds itself in an
"extremely delicate and difficult situation" as a result of the
Romany criminal networks allegedly engaging in human trafficking and forcing handicapped
children into begging in France. ***
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Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN
- In October
authorities arrested 15 persons and rescued 7 babies in connection with the
baby trafficking ring discovered in 2004, and five persons were arrested. A
Roma family in TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – In 2003
police arrested 67 adults in a Roma encampment outside Paris and charged them
with organizing sexual enslavement of Roma children who were kidnapped from
Romania, brought to the country, raped to make them obey, and sent out on the
streets of Paris and its suburbs to steal and prostitute themselves.
According to press reports, the children were forced to earn $240 (200 euros)
a day or face severe physical punishment. The child‑traffickers
remained in jail awaiting trial at the end of the year. Police estimated that 90 percent of
the 15 thousand to 18 thousand female prostitutes working in the country were
trafficking victims, and that 3 thousand to 8 thousand children were forced
into prostitution and labor, including begging. Traffickers used various methods
to recruit and retain victims including force, fraud, confiscating the
victim's identification papers, isolating him or her culturally, and abusing
him or her physically or psychologically. Some victims came to the country
willing to work as prostitutes, not knowing they were going to become
trafficking victims. Traffickers kidnapped or "bought" some women
and girls and sold them to Balkans-based prostitution networks, which
smuggled the victims into the country. NGOs and police characterized the bulk
of traffickers in the country as "micro-trafficking networks" that
included both citizens and foreigners. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [52] The Committee welcomes the
legislative and other efforts aimed at providing protection of children from
economic exploitation. However, the Committee is concerned that illegal
networks of forced labor continue to operate and that foreign children fall
victims to networks that are not countered vigorously enough. [54] The Committee notes that,
following the World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children in Ten Bulgarians involved in
trafficking women to France to work as prostitutes have been arrested
following a joint operation by Bulgarian and French authorities, the national
investigation service said Friday. Between 2002 and 2005, the group
transferred at least 105 Bulgarian girls to France and forced them to work as
prostitutes, Ivanova said. Bulgaria,
France Crash Human Trafficking Channel A channel for traffic in people to
France has been crushed by the Bulgarian and French police. Police in Bulgaria's Russe and French Marseille acted in close cooperation in
crushing the channel. Six people were questioned in the Bulgarian city and 5
homes were searched. A total of 20 cell phones, many personal belongings as
well as bank transfers documents were confiscated during the search. 65
convicted in French child abuse trial Key figures in the largest child
abuse trial ever held in Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide Domestic
slavery: servitude, au pairs and mail-order brides - Report B. DOMESTIC SLAVERY AND SERVITUDE 11. In France alone, the CCEM has taken up the cases of over 400 victims of
domestic slavery since its creation in 1994. SUMMARY - The report focuses on the sale
of children in the context of trafficking of children and child prostitution,
and on child pornography and its links with domestic child sexual abuse. Concerning the sale of children,
trafficking and child prostitution, the report relates information presented
to the Special Rapporteur by the Children’s Ombudsman (Défenseure
des enfants), the police, NGOs, as well as
government ministries. According to
this information, children are being trafficked into France primarily from
Eastern Europe, notably Romania, and from West Africa, but also from
Asia including such countries as India and China. Many, if not most, of these children are
under the control of trafficking networks and are forced into prostitution. The Government of France is starting to work
with the authorities of the countries concerned, in particular with Romania
with which it signed a bilateral agreement in 2001 with respect to returning
children. V.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 73. Children are entering or travelling
through France for the purposes of theft, begging and prostitution. Many of them are trafficked by force while
others travel of their own volition - some later becoming caught up in
trafficking networks. The majority of
these children come from Eastern Europe - notably Romania - and from West
Africa. [69] ROMANIAN PREMIER INTERVIEWED
IN 'LE MONDE' - Prime
Minister Adrian Nastase said in an interview to the
French daily "Le Monde" on 2 August that Romania finds itself in an
"extremely delicate and difficult situation" as a result of the
Romany criminal networks allegedly engaging in human trafficking and forcing
handicapped children into begging in France. All material used herein
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