Human Trafficking

Introduction

Trafficking exists both within each country and across borders, is the loss of freedom of choice and mobility of people, and can occur legally or illegally. There using children, women and men who are recruited, transported, bought, sold, transfer, reception, accommodation, among others, and are submitted by deception, debt bondage, coercion (use or threat of force, abuse of authority) and in order to place, hold or subject a person for forced labor, servitude and slavery in factories, agricultural work, plantation, sex industry, servile marriages, begging, domestic work, among others (Saari, 85-98).

Discussion and Analysis

Traffickers target people who know more needy and willing to do anything for a job and income, say specialized organizations. Sexual exploitation in Europe is a mass phenomenon which no European country has escaped and is developing in a context of globalization. The development of tourism, open borders within the Schengen area, the use of more developed Internet promote the expansion of trafficking in human beings for prostitution, child pornography and sex tourism involving children or adults. This crime transcends borders without any difficulty. The explosion of the sex trade also reflects the growing involvement of organized crime. The tightening of immigration policies in countries of the European Union promotes the creation of networks of human trafficking or illegal immigration (Rock, 51-82).

Organized crime has taken over the criminal market of trafficking in human beings. And most victims of human trafficking in Europe are women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation (80%). It is true that prostitution serves as a focal point for organized criminal groups in many European countries. Richard Poulin, a Canadian sociologist, emphasizes industrialization of prostitution and trafficking in human beings who participate in the strong growing sex industry. Europe is not spared by the phenomenon of child prostitution. This particularly affects children aged between 13 and 18, the majority of children trafficked between 15 and 17. In Moldova, the children most at risk are those who have experienced family breakdown. An estimated of 200 000 young people who are not covered adequately (Nader, 55-76).

The problem of street children is also a serious problem especially in Romania, Russia but also in Ukraine. Children placed in state institutions also represent a vulnerable population. In Ukraine, 74% of juvenile prostitutes are from single parent and 20% were welcomed by state institutions. Trafficking in human beings is a violation of human rights, including rights to human dignity, physical and ...