Human Trafficking in [Italy] [other countries]
Street Children in [Italy] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Italy] [other countries]
 

Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children

Italian Republic (Italy) [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

The Italian Republic [map], located in S Europe, is bordered by France (NW), by the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea (W), by the Ionian Sea (S), by the Adriatic Sea (E), by Slovenia (NE), and by Austria and Switzerland (N). The country includes the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and several small islands, notably Elba, Capri, Ischia, and the Lipari Islands. Rome is Italy's capital and largest city. Italy has a diversified industrial economy with roughly the same total and per capita output as France and the UK. This capitalistic economy remains divided into a developed industrial north, dominated by private companies, and a less developed, welfare-dependent agricultural south, with 20% unemployment.

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Quick Search for Missing Children - Select Gender, Country (Italy), and Years Missing

Runaways - Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless

Here are the best phone numbers to call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell anyone about your call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or you are in danger. They are open 24 hours - it doesn't matter what time you call. In Italy, call 030/226363 – 2420845

Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – In December police arrested a Romanian and accused him of exploiting 9 Romani children, ages 6 to 14, by picking them up in a camp every morning and forcing them to beg on the streets.

Victims of trafficking were usually lured to Western Europe with promises of a job, or sold by relatives, friends, or acquaintances. They were then forced into prostitution, laboring in restaurants or sweatshops, or begging in the street.

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2003

[43] The Committee welcomes the adoption of Act 9/99, which extends the duration of compulsory education from 8 to 10 years, and the various programs to improve teacher's training, but remains concerned at the high rate of drop-out in upper secondary education; the variations in educational outcomes for children according to their cultural and socio-economic background, and to other factors such as gender (more girls than boys do obtain a secondary education diploma), disability and ethnic origin.

For the children of Naples

These are children who at first glance seem ok. They wear designer clothes, seem well fed and give the impression of living a 'normal' life. However, they sprout out of the most difficult backgrounds, experiencing an emotional deprivation, which is far beyond what children should know. Their designer clothes are usually stolen goods, they sell drugs to survive and at night go back home to broken families.

Msgr. John Patrick Carroll-Abbing, Boys' Towns of Italy Founder Dies

He began by starting what he termed "Shoeshine Hotels" for the young street population of Rome. His uncritical reception of the boys-ragazzi-eventually softened their interior dispositions toward each other and themselves. He fed and clothed over 180,000 children.

Sydney Film Festival 2001 - Two Flawed Attempts To Dramatise Child Poverty

CHILD POVERTY AND POLICE IN ITALY - Animals Crossing the Road by Isabella Sandri is set in suburban Rome and follows a few weeks in the life of Martina Curto (Francesca Rallo), a 14-year-old girl drifting into a life of crime. Susanna Curto (Cristina Donadio), Martina’s mother, works nights as a prostitute and the brothel where she is employed is running drugs. Ali, the brothel-keeper, is Susanna’s common-law husband and, as we later learn, Martina’s real father. During the day Martina, who refuses to attend school, and her boyfriend Sciu (Salvatore Grasso) wander the streets picking pockets and stealing from shops. Sciu spends most of his time away from home in an abandoned warehouse, which he shares with other neglected or poor kids.

Human Trafficking in [Italy]  [other countries]
Street Children in [Italy] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Italy] [other countries]