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Trafficking in Human Beings. Supplementary figures. Fourth report of the Dutch National Rapporteur

Document number
1157
Date
2005
Title
Trafficking in Human Beings. Supplementary figures. Fourth report of the Dutch National Rapporteur
Author/publisher
Anna Korvinus (National Rapporteur), Essy van Dijk, Heleen de Jonge van Ellemeet, Dagmar Koster, Monika Smit, Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
The Netherlands, Human trafficking,
Summary
In mid-2004 the third report of the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings (Nationaal Rapporteur Mensenhandel - NRM) was published. Besides quantitative data up to and including the year 2002, this report contained background information and more than 60 recommendations for improving the way trafficking in human beings (hereinafter abbreviated to THB) should be tackled. One of the recommendations was to draw up a National Action Plan for Trafficking in Human Beings (Nationaal Actieplan Mensenhandel - NAM). Such a plan has indeed been produced. In December 2004 the NAM was presented to the Lower House. The NAM is also the government’s response to recommendations in the third report. At the time of completing this fourth report (May 2005), the parliamentary debate on the third report and the NAM has yet to be held. As has already been emphasised repeatedly in earlier reports, administrative control is a crucial enforcement tool. Crucial because the government’s rationale behind distinguishing between the legalised sector without THB on the one hand and a thus increasingly more defined forbidden sector with an increased risk of THB on the other hand is otherwise undermined. Provisional figures show, incidentally, that the number of successfully completed investigations into THB in 2004 again increased significantly (see Appendix 5). Enforcement - both administrative and in criminal justice - remains an important point, also in the light of the above-mentioned broadening of the definition of THB, which in fact demands alertness to potential exploitation within a much broader range of work situations. This fourth report does not go into further detail regarding the abovementioned issues; it focuses on additional quantitative information for the year 20032, concentrating on three areas, namely the victims of THB that have reported to the Foundation against Trafficking in Women (Stichting Tegen Vrouwenhandel - STV), investigations into THB and prosecutions brought by the police (dealt with by the PPS and settled in court). The figures are presented together with figures (already published in previous reports) for the years 2000 to 2002 inclusive, in order to show any trends. Chapter 2 contains information on the victims of THB that have been reported to the STV. Chapter 3 concerns investigations carried out by the Dutch police into cases of THB. Chapter 4 contains information on cases of THB registered with and handled by the PPS, and their settlement by the courts. Chapter 5 contains the summary.
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