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EUROPE

• The regional report on trafficking in women and
  children

12th Session of the Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice 13-22 May 2003
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The primary sources of information

• Reports of the IOM, STOP and STOP II research
  projects
• Reports of national and regional research
  programmes
• US State Department Human Rights Reports
• National crime and court statistics

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The main regions of Europe concerning trafficking

• Northern Europe
• Western Europe
• Central Europe
• Eastern Europe
• The Western Mediterranean
• The Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean
• The Caucasus

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• type of region (source, transit, destination)
• the estimated annual number of victims of
  trafficking
• origin of victims
• current legislation
• main types of prevention measures taken

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Northern EuropeThe Nordic Countries, the Baltic
Countries, North-western Russia

• trafficking is mainly internal
• the Nordic Countries are a destination area the
  Baltic Countries and North-western Russia are a
  source and a secondary destination area
• the estimated annual number of victims is from a
  few hundred up to 5,000 the majority are
  Lithuanians and Russians

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Western EuropeAustria, Benelux, the British
Isles, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Monaco,
Switzerland

• the main destination area in Europe
• victims come mainly from the Balkans, Eastern
  Europe and South-East Asia the majority are from
  Europe
• the estimated annual number of victims is from
  5,000 up to 150,000

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Central EuropeThe Czech Republic, Hungary,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland

• a major transit and source area a secondary
  destination area
• transit victims come mainly from the Balkans and
  Eastern Europe they end up mainly to Western
  Europe
• the estimated annual number of victims (native
  and transit) is from a few thousand up to 100,000

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Eastern EuropeBelarus, Moldavia, Russia, Ukraine

• a major source and transit area a secondary
  destination area
• trafficking is partly internal main destinations
  outside of the region are Western Europe, the
  Balkans, Western Mediterranean and North-America
• the estimated annual number of victims is from
  tens of thousands up to over 100,000

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The Western MediterraneanAndorra, Italy, Malta,
Portugal, San Marino, Spain

• a major destination and transit area
• victims come mainly from the Balkans, Latin
  America and Western Africa
• the estimated annual number of victims is from
  10,000 up to 50,000

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The Balkans and Eastern MediterraneanAlbania,
Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece,
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey

• the main source and transit area a secondary
  destination area
• trafficking is partly internal main destinations
  outside of the region are Western Europe and
  Western Mediterranean
• the estimated annual number of victims is from
  tens of thousands up to 200,000

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The CaucasusArmenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

• a major transit area and a secondary source area
• major destinations for victims are Turkey and the
  Middle-East
• the estimated annual number of victims is a few
  thousands

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The main prevention measures

• creating data collecting systems
• criminalizing trafficking with relatively uniform
  criteria and sanctions
• developing co-operation in crime prevention
• improving the rights of the victims and creating
  efficient witness protection legislation