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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the
early years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Italy.htm
Italy is a destination and transit
country for women, children, and men trafficked internationally for the
purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Women and
children are trafficked for forced prostitution mainly from Nigeria, Romania,
Bulgaria, Moldova, Albania, and Ukraine but also from Russia, South America,
North and East Africa, the Middle East, China, and Uzbekistan. Chinese men
and women are trafficked to Italy for the purpose of forced labor. Roma
children continue to be trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation
and forced begging. Men are trafficked for the purpose of forced labor,
mostly in the agricultural sector in southern Italy. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Bruce Johnston in www.vachss.com/help_text/a2/italy_baby_sales.html [accessed 14 February 2011] The three-strong gang of Ukrainians, including the baby's mother, sold the boy for 350,000 euros (£250,000) while he was still in the womb, not realising that the successful bidders were undercover carabinieri police officers. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61655.htm [accessed 14 February 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS –
Organized criminal groups were responsible for most trafficking in the
country; prostitution rings routinely moved trafficked persons from city to
city to avoid arrest. Victims of trafficking were
usually lured to The following reported 2004
trafficking investigations remained ongoing at year's end: a Romanian father
who was selling his 10‑year-old child for sex in the outskirts of
Milan; two Albanians, one Egyptian, one Pakistani, and one Italian involved
in trafficking women from Eastern European countries for prostitution; six
Bulgarian men who accompanied Bulgarian women into the country who gave birth
to children and then sold the babies to Italian families for $13,500 (10
thousand euros) each; 12 persons, including 2 police officers, who were
arrested in Sassari and charged with trafficking
for prostitution and falsification of documents; and four persons who were
accused of organizing tours to Brazil that included the sexual services of
girls ages 12 to 17. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 31 January 2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/italy2003.html [accessed 14 February 2011] [49] The Committee welcomes the
adoption of Act 269/98 against the exploitation of prostitution, pornography,
and sexual tourism targeting children and the establishment of an
Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Coordination of the Government Action
Against Child Abuse and Trafficking in Minors and Women for Sexual Purposes.
Nevertheless, the Committee remains concerned at the numbers of children who
are trafficked for sexual purposes in the State party. Thai woman jailed for 14 years for human trafficking Agence France-Presse
AFP, afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRp8IPv63scLHe0sy2vQM1BVNV6A [accessed 14 February 2011] [name
withheld] from Woman, 19, forced to swim with piranhas at circus Richard Owen, www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3624431.ece [accessed 14 February 2011] Police have closed down a circus
in southern Police said that the Bulgarian
family had lived in the back of a cockroach-infested lorry used for animal
transport. The only meat they had been given since January was in leftovers
from the circus owners' Easter lunch last weekend. SOCIAL TRENDS: Fighting modern-day slavery Laura Clarke, Wanted in www.wantedinrome.com/articles/complete_articles.php?id_art=813 [accessed 14 February 2011] Once in Trafficking for sexual
exploitation is only the tip of the iceberg – the most visible form of the
phenomenon in Italy that also includes forced labour especially in the
agricultural sector, begging and the sale of drugs. Up to ten per cent of
trafficking victims in Italy are children according to the 2007 Trafficking
in Persons Report; they include a growing number of Romanians as a result of
the forced closure of orphanages in Romania imposed by the European Union as
a condition for entry into the EU in 2007. However the more clandestine nature
of these activities and a lower level of public and political awareness mean
that figures are hard to come by and the victims more difficult to reach. Combating Trafficking for Forced Labor Purposes in the
OSCE Region Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Hearing Before the U.S. Commission
on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Washington, DC, October 11, 2007 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 6 September 2011] Last year, press reports indicated
that in With scars that will never heal, one woman fights human
trafficking Elisabetta Povoledo,
The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/world/europe/21iht-traffic.4.7597912.html?_r=2 [accessed 14 February 2011] "You can't imagine before you
come that you're going to end up a slave," Aikpitanyi
said in an interview in the elegant main Once there, however, many find
that the organizations they used to handle the travel arrangements had
criminal intentions in mind. Documents
are withheld. Women find themselves isolated and are frightened into thinking
that they will be deported if they turn to the authorities for help. Many are forced into prostitution,
especially - as Aikpitanyi discovered to her horror
- if there is a substantial travel debt to repay (€30,000, or $42,000, in her
case) and a large family back home to support. Falling Short of the Mark: An International Study on the
Treatment of Human Trafficking Victims [PDF] The Future Group, March 2006 www.oas.org/atip/canada/Fallingshortofthemark.pdf [accessed 14 February 2011] RESIDENCE - Since 1998, Italian immigration
law has provided foreign victims of human trafficking with a special
residence permit for a 6-month period. New study shames human traffickers Patrick Mathangani, Standard
Online, May 11, 2007 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 6 September 2011] International Confederation of
Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) says Kenyans were also trafficked to Its report, ‘Trafficking in
Persons — The Eastern Africa Situation’, notes that women and children were favourite targets for well-organised
trafficking rings, which operate freely for lack of solid laws against the
vice. Bruce Johnston in www.vachss.com/help_text/a2/italy_baby_sales.html [accessed 14 February 2011] The three-strong gang of
Ukrainians, including the baby's mother, sold the boy for 350,000 euros
(£250,000) while he was still in the womb, not realising
that the successful bidders were undercover carabinieri
police officers. Italian police crack down on human trafficking Deutsche Presse-Agentur DPA, [accessed 14 February 2011] 'The trafficking and forced
prostitution of women, and minors in particular, is
one of the most ignoble crimes committed in Some girls were 'bought' by
traffickers for 200 euros (260 dollars) in their home country and were then
brought to Italy, where they were forced to prostitute themselves. The money
they earned, which averaged 5,000 euros per month, was kept by their captors.
Women who dared rebel were often beaten and abused. Police said one 16-year-old girl was forced
to have unprotected sex and was sent back on the streets until she was
six-months pregnant. Suspected human trafficking gang leader nabbed in Poland Turkish Press, www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=151334 [accessed 14 February 2011] In July, a joint operation saw
Italian and Polish police free more than a hundred Polish citizens that were
being held in Nazi-style labour camps in The Advocates for Human Rights, stopvaw.org/http_www_stopvaw_org_traffic.html [accessed 14 February 2011] Human Trafficking Ring Raided in Associated Press AP, www.makewaypartners.org/ItalyHumanTraffickingRing.htm [accessed 14 February 2011] "Gangsters working in A Human Trafficking Victim Speaks With RFE/RL Ankica Barbir Mladinovic, Radio Free Europe/Radio www.rferl.org/content/article/1069198.html [accessed 14 February 2011] Martina was locked in a New arrests on charges of human trafficking in Bulgaria The Sofia Echo, Jun 05 2006 sofiaecho.com/2006/06/05/642586_new-arrests-on-charges-of-human-trafficking-in-bulgaria [accessed 14 February 2011] The actions of Bulgarian police
were co-ordinated with Europe-Wide Human-Trafficking Ring Cracked Associated Press AP, Reuters, May 29, 2006 www.rferl.org/content/article/1068749.html [accessed 14 February 2011] Authorities across Trafficking in Women from Jørgen Carling, International Peace
Research Institute, www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/print.cfm?ID=318 [accessed 15 February 2011] DESTINATION Mafia arms, drugs, prostitution ring smashed AFX News, [accessed 15 February 2011] The network allegedly forced
eastern European women into prostitution in Italian Group Uses 'Street Units' to Protect Victims of
Sex Trafficking humantrafficking.org, September 2005 -- Adapted from: AdvocacyNet. News Bulletin - Number 44. 24 August 2005 www.humantrafficking.org/updates/310 [accessed 15 February 2011] TAMPEP's approach is to send out unita di strada
(street units) that include 'cultural mediators' from the same background as
the trafficked women and girls. The units seek out likely victims of
trafficking, like Jessica, and offer them health education and testing. Once
inside the privacy of a health clinic, social workers set out the woman's
rights and options. Sex Traffickers Prey On Eastern Europeans Ron Synovitz, Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty RFE/RL, August 23, 2005 (RFE/RL's
Ukrainian Service contributed to this report.) www.rferl.org/content/article/1060878.html [accessed 15 February 2011] Maria says her nightmare began
after she and the other women arrived in Trafficked Women in Catholic News Service CNS, www.georgiabulletin.org/world/2005/06/22/WORLD-5/ [accessed 15 February 2011] Women smuggled into 6,000 children smuggled to the west each year for sex Philip Willan in www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jul/12/internationalcrime [accessed 15 February 2011] Researchers have identified
north-eastern There is a particularly high
concentration of juvenile sex slaves in the area between Padua and Venice,
with 20% of prostitutes under the age of 18, compared to 5% in other Italian
cities, the charity said. Last year
250 girls managed to escape from their exploiters and seek assistance from the
Italian state. Research based on case studies of victims of trafficking in human beings in 3 EU Member States, i.e. Belgium, Italy and The Netherlands [PDF] Commission of the European Communities, DG Justice &
Home Affairs, Hippokrates JAI/2001/HIP/023 Payoke (Belgium-CAW De TERP), On The Road
( www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/payoke_on_the_road_de_rode_.pdf [accessed 15 February 2011] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - This project was carried out in
General recommendations are
provided in 14 clusters. However, in each country report, the researchers
offer an assessment of national laws and policies on THB as well as their
assistance programs. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 2 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2009&country=7631 [accessed 15 February 2011] Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/italy [accessed 15 February 2011] UN Information Service UNIS, www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2004/uniscp460.html [accessed 15 February 2011] The main objective of the programme is to contribute to the formulation and
implementation of effective policies in the field of criminal justice and
social prevention to curb human trafficking practices. The project focuses
particularly on improving judicial cooperation between the Nigerian and the
Italian Government, on strengthening Nigerian law enforcement, prosecution
and criminal justice agencies involved in counter trafficking, and also on
awareness raising activities, both in Nigeria and Italy, in order to protect
the victims of such crimes. Albania Mourns Smuggling Victims Blendi Dibra, OneWorld Southeast At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 6 September 2011] Reining in Child Trafficking in the New EU Lisa Kurbiel, UN Dept of
Peacekeeping Ops, Migration Information Source, Migration Policy Institute
MPI, July 2004 www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=238 [accessed 15 February 2011] In this underworld of human trade,
children are trafficked for prostitution, domestic services, and begging, as
well as for work at construction sites, markets, small shops, and factories.
Hidden from sight and beyond the reach of the law, these children are
sexually abused, exposed to hazardous working conditions, confined to their
workplace, and denied education, basic health care, adequate nutrition, and
the safety and security of their families and communities. Treated like
slaves, countless numbers are exposed to health risks, such as HIV/AIDS and
other sexually transmitted diseases. The particular physical, psychological,
and psychosocial harm suffered by trafficked children in these situations, as
well as their special vulnerability to exploitation, require that they be
dealt with separately from adult trafficked persons in terms of laws,
policies, programs, and interventions. New danger for Tamsin Smith, BBC News, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3103460.stm [accessed 15 February 2011] THREATS - "On 4 October 2002 a man
brought me from Tackling the sex slave trade Paula Dobriansky,
Observer.co.uk, 2 March 2003 www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/mar/02/usa.gender [accessed 15 February 2011] Mercy escaped her slavers last
year. Like many Nigerian women smuggled or lured into Italy with the promise
of jobs, Mercy was forced into prostitution to earn her freedom. But escape
did not end her nightmare. Three weeks after speaking publicly to human
rights groups about her experience, her sister was reported dead in Florence,
true to the threats made by her former captors. Some pay to be smuggled into
Europe, but end up as victims. In one smuggling run to Italy via Morocco,
seventeen Nigerian girls died when their boat capsized on the Mediterranean
Sea. Forty died after reaching their destination in Italy: brothels where
women and girls are forced to pay off a $50,000 debt by servicing a dozen men
per night. Trafficking in Women to Migration Information Programme,
International Organization for Migration IOM, June 1996 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 6 September 2011] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The study describes how women
are trafficked to Slavery & Slave Trade In The African Union African Unification Front AUF At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 6 September 2011] TRAFFICKING NIGHTMARE FOR NIGERIAN
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