Destination Countries for Trafficking

The following reports provide information about trafficking in women from the perspective of the destination country, or the country to which women are trafficked.  These reports focus on the countries to which many women from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are trafficked.  Trafficking routes, however, are extensive, and in many cases women are moved from country to county multiple times.  In addition, destination countries receive trafficked women from many regions of the world.  Thus, it is also useful to review research into the response of source countries.  Research and reports on the problem of trafficking in women in specific countries of the CEE and CIS region can be accessed on the country pages of this site. 

Put in Harm's Way: The Neglected Health Consequences of Sex Trafficking in the United States, H. Patricia Hynes and Janice G. Raymond, from Policing the National Body: Sex, Race, and Criminalization, 31 July 2002.
This report focuses on the negative health consequences faced by victims of trafficking; it also includes a general discussion of the dynamics of trafficking to the U.S.

Trafficking in Human Beings in Southeastern Europe: Current situation and responses to trafficking in human beings in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova and Romania, UNICEF, ODIHR and UNHCHR, June 2002. [PDF, 270 pages].
This is a comprehensive report, which includes an overview of regional initiatives as well as the responses of individual governments to the problem of trafficking.  The report includes details about inadequacies in victim services as well as recommendations for intergovernmental organizations, national governments, NGOs and donors on prevention victim assistance, legal reform and training.

Victims of Trafficking in the Balkans: a study of trafficking in women and children for sexual exploitation to, through and from the Balkan Region, International Organization for Migration (IOM), January 2001.  [PDF, 51 pages].

A Form of Slavery: Trafficking in Women in OSCE Member States, The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), prepared for the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings, Vienna, 19 June 2000.  [PDF, 86 pages].
This report is based on information gathered in the region through questionnaires and contains data on such issues as existing legislation, government policies and NGO initiatives, existing victim support services and research for 29 countries in the CEE and CIS.

Stopping Traffic: Exploring the extent of, and responses to, trafficking in women for sexual exploitation in the UK, Liz Kelly and Linda Regan, Police Research Series Paper 125, 2000.  [PDF, 62 pages].

Women 2000: An Investigation into the Status of Women’s Rights in the former Soviet Union and Central and South-Eastern Europe, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 9 November, 2000. [PDF, 546 pages].
This report contains information about a variety of women’s rights issues, including trafficking, for 30 countries in the CEE and CIS region.

Migrant Sex Workers from Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: The Canadian Case, Lynn McDonald, Brooke Moore and Natalya Timoshkina, Centre for Applied Social Research, University of Toronto, November 2000.  [PDF, 105 pages; HTML]. 
This report examines the working conditions of women trafficked into Canada’s sex industry and also examines how the Canadian legal system addresses trafficking.  The research for this report was carried out, in part, through interviews with service providers and female migrant sex trade workers.  The report includes three interview guides, which could be adapted for research into the issue of trafficking in other contexts.

Trafficking in Women in Canada: A Critical Analysis of the Legal Framework Governing Immigrant Live-in Caregivers and Mail-Order Brides, Louise Langevin and Marie-Claire Belleau, Faculty of Law, Université Laval, Québec City, Quebec, October 2000.  [PDF, 233 pages; HTML].

Human rights abuses of women trafficked from countries of the former Soviet Union into Israel’s sex industry, Amnesty International, 18 May 2000, AI Index: MDE 15/17/00.  [PDF, 18 pages].

International Trafficking in Women to the United States: A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime, Amy O’Neill Richard, Center for the Study of Intelligence, November 1999.  [PDF, 80 pages].
This report studies the entry of victims into the U.S. from countries in the Newly Independent States and Central and Eastern Europe.  The report reviews challenges and constraints both within and outside of the U.S. legal system to combating trafficking and suggests recommendations for reform.

 

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