Human Trafficking in [Norway Street Children in [Norway] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Norway] [other countries] |
Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the first
ten years of the 21st Century
- 2000 to 2009
Norway is a destination country for
women and girls trafficked from Nigeria, Bulgaria, Brazil, Estonia, Ghana,
Eritrea, Cameroon, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo for the
purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Victims from Africa and Brazil are
frequently trafficked through Italy, Spain, Morocco, and the Balkans. Men and
children are trafficked from Thailand, the United Kingdom, India, Sri Lanka,
Romania, and Bulgaria to Norway for the purposes of domestic servitude and
forced labor in the construction industry. Children in Norwegian refugee
centers are vulnerable to human trafficking. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking
in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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CAUTION: The following links have been culled
from the web to illuminate the situation in Norway. Some of these links may lead to websites
that present allegations that are unsubstantiated or even false. No attempt has been made to validate their
authenticity or to verify their content. *** FEATURED
ARTICLES *** Call for residency for human trafficking victims english.nca.no/article/articleview/4307/1/449/ At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
“It’s all well and good that our
legal system takes human trafficking seriously,” said Atle
Sommerfeldt, General Secretary of Norwegian Church
Aid, in a statement released yesterday. But he questioned whether Norwegian
authorities are doing enough to protect girls who dare to testify in such
cases. “I understand that the authorities
cannot automatically grant full residency to everyone, but in cases such as
this, witnesses need to be protected, and we should allow these women at
least temporary residence in Norway,” he continued. Human
trafficking case gets underway The two women, according to
prosecutors, were then moved to Stockholm before being sent on to Norway.
They arrived in Oslo on December 1, 2001 and were taken to a flat in the
fashionable neighborhood of Homansbyen, just behind
the Royal Palace. Once there, they
were repeatedly raped by two men assigned to guard them. Police claim they
also were injected with heroin, to make them more submissive. STRIPPED AND PEDDLED FOR SALE - A few days later, a Norwegian
man showed up at the flat with a camera. Both women were stripped and
photographed, and then advertised for sale in a local newspaper handed out
for free. Customers started calling, and the men withheld all the money that
customers paid to beat, rape and abuse the women. The abuse included being
burned with cigarettes. ***
ARCHIVES *** Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Police
identified a number of possible victims trafficked by organized criminals for
the purpose of sexual exploitation. Most of these suspected victims were
women from Government officials believed that
organized crime groups were responsible for most trafficking. Traffickers
used threats, violence, rape, and confinement to enforce victims' compliance.
Government authorities suspected they may also confiscate travel documents
and subject victims to debt bondage. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [3] The Committee welcomes a
number of measures taken by the State party to implement and strengthen the
protection of the rights covered by the Optional Protocol, including the
2003-2005 National Plan of Action to Combat trafficking … Human
trafficking witnesses can stay in Norway The most recent human trafficking
trial took place in Bergen in Western Norway in January. Four men from
Romania were given two-year sentences and have subsequently left the country.
The women who testified against them feel let down by the Norwegian
authorities. They were told by police and welfare services that they were
likely to be allowed to stay if they testified. Shortly after delivering
testimony crucial for the prosecution, their application to stay in Norway
was turned down. "I feel used by the Norwegian
authorities. I would never have come forward if I had known that I was going
to be thrown out afterwards," one witnesses told daily newspaper VG. She is currently in hiding,
fearing that the traffickers' accomplices will find her. By confronting them
in court she feels that she has put herself in danger. If she is returned to
Romania her situation will become impossible. She has appealed to the
Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board. Actions
Against Human Trafficking The prototype of this strategy
came from Norway where a similar plan was put into action in 2003. The size
of human trafficking was unknown then, and it was even believed that human
trafficking in Norway did not exist. That has proved to be wrong and since
the plan was introduced in Norway, 204 possible victims of human trafficking
have been discovered. Falling Short
of the Mark: An International Study on the Treatment of Human Trafficking
Victims [PDF] NORWAY - Norway is complying with its international
obligations under the Trafficking Protocol for the protection of victims of
human trafficking, and it is a signatory to the European Trafficking
Convention. In February 2003, Norway launched a national action plan to
combat trafficking in persons. RESIDENCE - Regardless of whether they are
willing to cooperate with investigators, trafficking victims in Norway may be
granted a 45-day .reflection period. or .grace period. to obtain assistance
and counseling before they may be subject to deportation. In practice, Norway
has granted temporary residence permits to victims that are willing to
cooperate in major trafficking cases, skipping the .reflection period. For
victims that are repatriated, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is supporting
rehabilitation programs with local NGOs and countries of origin. Georgians
Convicted Of White Slavery An Human
trafficking case gets underway The two women, according to
prosecutors, were then moved to Stockholm before being sent on to Norway.
They arrived in Oslo on December 1, 2001 and were taken to a flat in the
fashionable neighborhood of Homansbyen, just behind
the Royal Palace. Once there, they
were repeatedly raped by two men assigned to guard them. Police claim they
also were injected with heroin, to make them more submissive. STRIPPED AND PEDDLED FOR SALE - A few days later, a Norwegian
man showed up at the flat with a camera. Both women were stripped and
photographed, and then advertised for sale in a local newspaper handed out
for free. Customers started calling, and the men withheld all the money that
customers paid to beat, rape and abuse the women. The abuse included being
burned with cigarettes. Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free One
in 12 children forced into world's 'worst forms' of labor: UNICEF UK 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. Stop trafficking of women! english.nca.no/article/view/4730/1/455 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
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Elena was 16 years old when she was sold, raped and
smuggled from her native Call for residency for human trafficking victims english.nca.no/article/articleview/4307/1/449/ At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
“It’s all well and good that our
legal system takes human trafficking seriously,” said Atle
Sommerfeldt, General Secretary of Norwegian Church
Aid, in a statement released yesterday. But he questioned whether Norwegian
authorities are doing enough to protect girls who dare to testify in such
cases. “I understand that the authorities
cannot automatically grant full residency to everyone, but in cases such as
this, witnesses need to be protected, and we should allow these women at
least temporary residence in Norway,” he continued. www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/Equal-Opportunities/trafficking/ www.norway.gov.er/policy/gender/trafficking/trafficking.htm www.norway.org/policy/gender/trafficking/trafficking.htm In 2003, Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation - Norway TRAFFICKING - In Norway’s most northern
county, trafficking and prostitution is an increasing problem. Organized from
the Norwegian and Russian sides of the border, 150 women a week are
transported for prostitution. (Norwegian consulate in Murmansk,
"Statement by the Network North Against Prostitution and
Violence"). Workshop
on “Good” and “Bad” Practices Regarding the Image of Women in the Media the case of trafficking in human
beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation - Palais
de l'Europe, Strasbourg, 28-29 September 1998 -
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