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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Kingdom of the Netherlands (Holland) [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Kingdom of the The Netherlands is a source, transit, and destination country
for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual
exploitation and forced labor. Within the Netherlands, victims are often
trafficked by so called “lover boys”—men who seduce young women and girls and
coerce them into prostitution. Women and girls are trafficked to the
Netherlands from Nigeria, Bulgaria, China, Sierra Leone, and Romania, as well
as other countries in Eastern Europe, for sexual exploitation and, to a
lesser extent, forced labor. Men are trafficked to the Netherlands from
India, China, Bangladesh, and Turkey for forced labor and sexual
exploitation. According to the Dutch National Rapporteur for Trafficking in
Persons, the highest risk sectors for labor trafficking are domestic employment,
temporary employment agencies, agriculture and horticulture, restaurants,
hotels, and construction.
- U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2008 [full country
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Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports
on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS –
Trafficking within the country was also a problem. Of the 405 trafficking
victims registered in 2004, 51 were living in the country at the time they
were seduced into prostitution by so-called lover boys, primarily young
Moroccan or Turkish men and boys. The victims were young, mostly immigrant
women. In January the government set up the national expertise center for
youth prostitution to collect figures, background information, and the best practices
in fighting youth prostitution and lover boys. Various organizations and
local governments initiated specific assistance and prevention programs for
potential victims of "lover boys." Most traffickers used threats of
violence to the victim, or to the victim's family, to control their victims.
Underage girls and young women of Moroccan and Turkish descent (mostly lover
boy victims), underage asylum seekers, women with a dependent residence
status (pseudo marriage), and women recruited in Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [56] The Committee welcomes the
State party’s efforts in the Lenihan
gets tough on people trafficking Dutch police say Nigerian children
were controlled through Voodoo threats, trafficked into Amsterdam
with false documents and then told to apply for asylum. They were accommodated in care centres but
were then forced out by the trafficking ring and sent as prostitutes to the
other countries. Police estimated that
more than 130 girls went missing and some were later found on the streets of
European capitals. 5
people detained for human trafficking Five individuals from Zwolle and
Kampen aged between 18 and 25 have been detained on suspicion of human
trafficking. By using the lover boy method three women became prostitutes,
according to the police on Friday. The case came to light after an
attempt to find living accommodation for the 18-year-old victim. The person
running the accommodation agency tipped off the police because he found the
girl very young and suspected that she was forced into prostitution. Netherlands
To Give Residence To Human Trafficking Victims Victims of human trafficking may
stay in the Netherlands. Aliens Affairs Minister Rita Verdonk intends to
relax the rules, she has written in a letter to the Lower House. Training on
combating human trafficking Civil servants working in the
judicial sector in the Netherlands Antilles will participate in a training
session that will take place in St. Maarten June 13-15. The session is being
organised by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), which
extended an invitation to civil servants because of their efforts to combat
illegal human trafficking. Purpose of the meeting is to
stimulate regional cooperation and sharing of information. Specific
strategies on setting up national information campaigns and developing
national legislation on human trafficking will be discussed. Dutch
urge clients to report forced prostitution The Netherlands launched a
campaign on Thursday to fight forced prostitution by urging clients to alert
police if they suspect women are being coerced into selling themselves. Last year Dutch police received
more than 600 tip-offs about women who may have been forced into
prostitution, and 400 women contacted the Dutch foundation against female
trafficking. Canada Considers
Further Legalizing While Amsterdam Admits Legalization's Failure Policemen in Last summer, she had been
approached by a childhood friend, she told me. He said he knew someone who was recruiting
women to work as prostitutes in Within weeks she arrived in Like most victims of trafficking,
Tatiana's reason for traveling abroad was to support her family. Through an
agent in Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide One
in 12 children forced into world's 'worst forms' of labor UNICEF UK lauded the pledge of
developed countries, made more than 30 years ago, of allocating 0.7 percent
of gross domestic product to development aid but regretted that only five
countries today fulfill that promise -- Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands,
Luxembourg and Sweden. Sexual Exploitation - ECPAT The Netherlands Defence for Children International
The Netherlands is one of the five partners in the coalition ECPAT The
Netherlands. ECPAT means End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, and the
Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes. The Dutch section of this
international organisation is involved in the fight against the sexual
exploitation of children, particularly child prostitution and child
pornography. ECPAT The Netherlands informs the public, the government and the
tourism industry. In ECPAT Defence for Children International-The Netherlands
works together with Children at Risk (Kinderen in de Knel), Foundation Child
Stamps Netherlands (Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland), the Workinggroup
Human Rights of the Council of Churches (Werkgroep Mensenrechten van de Raad
van kerken), Caritas The Netherlands (Mensen in Nood) and the foundation
Retour (stichting Retour). More information can be obtained by ECPAT The
Netherlands: tel: 020-4203771. ECPAT The Netherlands http://www.defenceforchildren.nl/ariadne/loader.php/en/dci/eng/activities/Exploitation/ ECPAT-NL is raising awareness on
commercial sexual exploitation of children in Dutch society. ECPAT-NL is also
lobbying for adequate and effective law enforcement and prevention and
healthcare programmes regarding the prevention of sexual exploitation of
children at governmental and societal level. Also the private sector, like
internet service providers and the tourism industry are addressed to take
responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation. ECPAT-NL has
played an important role in the development, execution and monitoring of the
Dutch National Action Plan 'Sexual Abuse of children'. human traffic, human rights: redefining victim protection [PDF] [page 69] Katya and Anna -
Two women, Katya and Anna from Eastern Europe were trafficked to the
Netherlands and forced to work in prostitution. After several months, they
were found in a police raid. Although the police offered them the reflection
delay, they did not use it and reported the traffickers immediately. They were both very co-operative with the
police and were ready to report the traffickers because they were angry that
they had been deceived and forced into prostitution. They were provided with
shelter and counselling co-ordinated through STV. They testified against
their traffickers at the Prosecutor's Office and again during the trial in
the presence of the defendant. Other victims of the same traffickers also
testified. Most of their traffickers were convicted; one was charged under
article 250ter and article 242 (rape) and sentenced to five years. The
investigation was completed within two months, and the trial of the first
traffickers took one year. The statements of Katya and Anna were crucial to
the success of this case. South Africa
regional centre for human trafficking Upon arrival, as the IOM
discovered in the Netherlands, the women are sold to brothel owners for
$10,000, and told they must work as prostitutes to pay off their debts.
"The initiation process involves a ritual used to threaten the
women," Martens said. They are asked for underwear, hair or nail
clippings and threatened with death by magic if they do not cooperate. The
IOM discovered that some brothels even brand or tattoo the women. Sasha, a single mom in her late
20s, struggled to make ends meet. Tired of working low-wage, dead-end jobs in
the Czech Republic, she impulsively accepted a "friend's" offer for
a better job in the Netherlands. She
left her daughter with family, with the intention of mailing money home and
eventually returning. But when Sasha arrived in
Amsterdam, she was told to work in the "Red Light" district, where
men window-shop for prostitutes.
"She was told that if she did not work, her daughter would be
killed back home," said John R. Miller, director of the U.S. Office to
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. "She was also told that if
she worked hard, if she saw 15 men a night instead of the usual 10, she would
be reunited with her daughter sooner." US Foreign Policy and its Impact on Women: International Trafficking in Women [DOC] THE HUMAN IMPACT OF TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS - Katya, with
a 2-year-old daughter and a failing marriage in the Czech Republic, followed
the advice of a “friend” that she could make good money as a waitress in the
Netherlands. A Czech trafficker drove her, along with four other young women,
to Amsterdam where, joined by a Dutch trafficker, Katya was taken to a
brothel. After saying “I will not do this,” she was told, “Yes, you will if
you want your daughter back in the Czech Republic to live.” After years of
threats and forced prostitution, Katya was rescued by a cab driver. She is
now working at a hospital and studying for a degree in social work. Joint NGO Statement on the draft European Convention against Trafficking [PDF] 3. We welcome the recognition by
the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers that there is a need to
develop additional standards which improve the protection of the rights of
trafficked persons. We therefore welcome the Committee of Minister’s mandate
to the Ad Hoc Committee on Action against Trafficking (CAHTEH) to draft a
European Convention against Trafficking in Human Beings which designs a
comprehensive, gender-sensitive framework for the protection of the human
rights of trafficked persons focusing on prevention, investigation,
prosecution and international cooperation. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - This project was carried out in
Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands concerning trafficking for the purposes of
sexual and/or labour exploitation in countries other than the origin as well
as victims of smuggling. The outset of the project was: to identify the
practices and mechanisms of transnational crime related to trafficking, to contribute
towards recommendations policy and to defines durable solutions for
preventing and combating THB. 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. 2. HOW IS SEX DISCRIMINATION
EXPRESSED? - EXAMPLE 3
- The Council of Europe began collecting data in the late 1980s and, in a
submission to the Council in 1988, it was estimated that some 5,000 boys and
3,000 girls were working in the streets of Paris alone, although this
estimate was later queried. The non-governmental organisation Defence of the
Child International has cited 1,000 children working as prostitutes in the
Netherlands. All material used herein
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