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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early
years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Norway.htm
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
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CAUTION: The following links have been
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Call for residency for human trafficking victims Norwegian Church Aid NCA, 10 November 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 9 September 2011] Its 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 Human trafficking case gets underway Kjetil Kolsrud
& Nina Berglund, Aftenposten, November 9, 2004 www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article908424.ece [accessed 14 December 2010] The two women, according to
prosecutors, were then moved to 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 *** Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61667.htm [accessed 14 December 2010] 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) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3 June 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/norway2005d.html [accessed 14 December 2010] [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 Catherine Stein Aftenposten June
12, 2008 www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2479735.ece [accessed 14 December 2010] The most recent human trafficking
trial took place in "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 www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=21123&ew_0_a_id=307522 [accessed 14 December 2010] The prototype of this strategy
came from 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 December 2010] 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 Nina Berglund, Aftenposten,
February 15, 2005 www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article970131.ece [accessed 14 December 2010] An Human trafficking case gets underway Kjetil Kolsrud
& Nina Berglund, Aftenposten, November 9, 2004 www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article908424.ece [accessed 14 December 2010] The two women, according to
prosecutors, were then moved to 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 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2009&country=7676 [accessed 14 December 2010] One in 12 children forced into world's 'worst forms' of
labor: UNICEF Agence France-Presse
AFP, www.aegis.com/news/afp/2005/AF050265.html [accessed 14 December 2010] 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! At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 9 September 2011] [right col]
Elena was 16 years old when she was sold, raped and
smuggled from her native Call for residency for human trafficking victims At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 9 September 2011] Its 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 Against Trafficking Source: By the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Family
Affairs www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/Equal-Opportunities/trafficking/ [accessed 14 December 2010] In 2003, Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation - Coalition Against Trafficking in Women www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/norway.htm [accessed 14 December 2010] TRAFFICKING - In 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 Council of Europe, Palais de l'Europe, [accessed 28 August 2011] PROCEEDINGS All material used herein
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