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The State of Efforts in Albania to Combat Trafficking of Persons 2007-2008. An Overview of Government and Civil Society Polices and Programs

Document number
2078
Date
2008
Title
The State of Efforts in Albania to Combat Trafficking of Persons 2007-2008. An Overview of Government and Civil Society Polices and Programs
Author/publisher
Sarah Stephens, Arben Tabaku, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Trafficking process, Recruitment, Transportation, Transit, Transfer, Consent, Palermo protocol; Definition of (trafficking), Root Causes, Risk Groups, Vulnerability, Pull factors, Push factors, Sending/Receiving countries
Summary
The State of Efforts in Albania to Combat Trafficking in Persons 2007-08 is the fourth in a series of annual reports issued by the USAID program The Albanian Initiative: Coordinated Action Against Human Trafficking. It draws on the data and experience of the CAAHT program to offer an overview of anti-trafficking policies and programs in Albania related particularly to social services and education. It describes, and in some cases critiques, anti-trafficking policies and programs implemented by central, regional and local government bodies, civil society and international partners between August 2007 and July 2008. This year's report begins with a new chapter that analyzes trends in human trafficking based on individual victim of trafficking case data provided by the four NPO anti-trafficking shelters that are part of the National Referral Mechanism. It considers the profiles of Albanian victims of trafficking, the push/pull factors that lure them into being trafficked, and the mechanisms used to entrap them.
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