Trafficking in Human Beings in Southeastern Europe - Iom

Trafficking in Human Beingsin Southeastern EuropeTable of ContentsTable ofContentsAcknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IIIList of Abbreviations and Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VTable of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIIForeword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIIIExecutive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XVIntroduction and Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. Purpose and structure of the report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. Definition of trafficking and its interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . 23. Statistical data on the number of trafficked persons . . . . . . 44. Situation of women in the countries of origin. . . . . . . . . . . . 55. Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66. Migration and trafficking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77. Prostitution and trafficking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88. Traffickers and trafficking routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99. HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) . . . . . 910. Trafficking of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Regional Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131. Governments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.1. International Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131.2. SEE Regional Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141.3. Stability Pact Task Force on Trafficking in HumanBeings (SPTTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141.4. Southern European Co-operative Initiative (SECI) . . . . . . . .151.5. Regional Conference on Trafficking in HumanBeings and Illegal Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162. International Organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.1. Organisation for Security and Co-operationin Europe (OSCE) . .172.2. Council of Europe (CoE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172.3. International Organisation for Migration (IOM) . . . . . . . . . . .182.4. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) . . .182.5. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192.6. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192.7. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) . . . . . . . .202.8. International Labour Organisation (ILO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202.9. International Centre for Migration PolicyDevelopment (ICMPD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202.10. The International Migration Policy Programme (IMP). . . . . . .213. Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.1. La Strada Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213.2. International Catholic Migration Committee (ICMC) . . . . . . .223.3. Transnational AIDS/STD Prevention AmongMigrant Prostitutes in Europe (TAMPEP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223.4. Save the Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223.5. International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) . . . . . .233.6. Local non-governmental organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Republic of Moldova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.1. Migration, prostitution and trafficking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251.2. Trafficking of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271.3. Victim assistance: return and reintegration . . . . . . . . . . . . .271.4. HIV/AIDS and STIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281.5. Prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292. Current responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.1. National Plan of Action and co-ordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29VII