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Overview of the Child Trafficking Phenomenon in the Republic of Moldova

Document number
2443
Date
2010
Title
Overview of the Child Trafficking Phenomenon in the Republic of Moldova
Author/publisher
Fomina Tatiana, Rusu Viorela, La Strada Moldova
Availability
LSI library
Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption,
Summary
The goal of the present study is to examine the child trafficking phenomenon in the Republic of Moldova, its qualitative and some quantitative characteristics, as well as trends of evolution over the recent years. The study's objectives included examination of:
•• different aspects of the child trafficking phenomenon inside the country at the transnational level;
•• average portrait of child-victims of human trafficking, as well as factors that increase child vulnerability to involvement into child trafficking situations;
•• methods of recruitment and average portrait of recruiters;
•• methods of taking children out of the country, destination countries and modes of transport used;
•• forms of exploitation and criminal methods of influence on victims used by exploiters.
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