Human trafficking in the baltic sea region: State and civil society Coorperation on victim's assistance and protection
- Document number
- 2427
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Human trafficking in the baltic sea region: State and civil society Coorperation on victim's assistance and protection
- Author/publisher
- United Nations office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Baltic sea, trafficking, national action plan,
- Summary
UNDOC has done a thorough study on the anti trafficking measures and mechanisms in the Baltic sea region. The study was conducted as a joint project between UNDOC and the Council of the Baltic sea states task force against trafficking in human beings. The study is divided into two parts; the first part offers an overview of cooperation mechanisms and practices in the council of the Baltic sea region, including the national anti trafficking plans and national rapporteurs. The second part gives a country profile of each of the 11 Baltic sea countries. Each country profile contains an overview of the practices and mechanisms, in the given country, that are inserted to prevent and combat Human trafficking and seeks to find weaknesses and strengths in the different countries approaches in order to identify the best practices possible.
The report identifies a number of problems in the field of anti trafficking; First, the lack of reliable data – this is due partly to the fact that NGO personnel in some countries are not authorised to identify to government authorities foreign victims of trafficking. Another problem is that many countries focus their efforts on sexual exploitation at the expense of other forms of exploitation – this leads to a lack of identification and provision of help to trafficked persons for other purposes than sexual exploitation. Thirdly, the report identifies a need to enhance communication between civil society and state actors in order to better establish priority areas and joint policies.
The research was conducted between April and November 2009.
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