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Trafficking in human beings. Supplementary figures. Second report of the Dutch National Rapporteur

Document number
1153
Date
2003
Title
Trafficking in human beings. Supplementary figures. Second report of the Dutch National Rapporteur
Author/publisher
Anna Korvinus (National Rapporteur), Essy van Dijk, Dagmar Koster, Monika Smit (Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
The Netherlands, Human trafficking,
Summary
This is the English translation of a somewhat shortened and revised version of the second report of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings (NRM). This second report contains supplementary numerical information. It must be seen and read in conjunction with the first report that contains all sorts of background information and is of a more reflective nature. This report presents updated figures together with already published numerical data, in order to show possible trends. The report includes a lot of tables and makes use of statistics. For notes on the tables and statistics, as well as notes on the terminology used please refer to Annex 1. In the area of THB there are many developments that are all worth mentioning, such as the change in the law which is being worked on at the moment in the Netherlands, in connection with the broadening of the definition of trafficking in human beings (THB), the Dutch chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the plan to then put THB prominently on the international agenda, as well as the consequences of the upcoming enlargement of the European Union (EU). These developments will be discussed in the third report of the NRM, which is planned for the end of 2003. For this report, many people and bodies have made information available. The Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on THB (BNRM) is very grateful to them for this. A separate word of thanks goes out – in the order of the chapter layout – to the Information and Analysis Centre of the IND (INDIAC) for making relevant databases available, to Mrs. M. Verhoeven for her contribution to the police investigation and to Mr. P.P.J. Groen of the Statistical Information Supply and Policy Analysis (SiBa) department of the Scientific Research and Documentation Centre (WODC), who carried out the analyses of the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) database for this report. Chapter 2 presents data on victims of THB reported to the Dutch Foundation against Trafficking in Women (STV) in 2001. Chapter 3 contains information on B-9 applications2 and the decision taken on these. Chapter 4 focuses on investigation by the Dutch police in the field of THB. Chapter 5 contains data on THB cases registered with the PPS, their handling by the PPS and judgement by the court. Chapter 6 contains a brief review of the figures regarding prostitution and THB, originating from research carried out by BNRM and elsewhere. The final Chapter 7 gives a summary of the data presented in the preceding chapters, looked at in relationship to one another and with a commentary. No far-reaching conclusions and recommendations are however given: the conclusions and recommendations formulated in the first report still apply in full, the cabinet viewpoint on these has only recently been published and – at the time this second report was written – still has to be discussed in the Lower House. The next, third, report will, however, again contain extensive conclusions and recommendations. Finally, it is also important to mention that this third report will include figures regarding 2002 that are comparable with those in the present report. It will then be clearer whether changes are taking place since the lifting of the general ban on brothels and, if so, what these are.
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