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Human trafficking in Europe is a regional phenomenon of the wider practice of trade in humans for the purposes of various forms of coercive exploitation. Human trafficking has existed for centuries all over the world, and follows from the earlier practice of slavery , [ 1 ] which differed from human trafficking in that it was legally recognized ...
The Convention establishes a monitoring mechanism (the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, or GRETA) consisting of 10 to 15 members elected by the states parties. The Convention opened for signature on 16 May 2005, and entered into force on 1 February 2008.
While human trafficking has existed for centuries all over the world, it has become an increasing concern for countries in Southeast Europe since the fall of Communism. In 1997 alone as many as 175,000 young women from the former Soviet Union and Eastern and Central Europe were sold as commodities in the sex markets of the developed countries ...
The map presents the distribution of human trafficking victims across different forms of exploitation within the European Union in 2022. Germany reported the highest number of victims, totaling 992, whereas Slovenia reported the lowest count, with only 3 victims.
EU Anti-Trafficking Day is a day dedicated to raise awareness annually on trafficking in human beings in Europe and it is being marked on the "18th of October". [1] [2] It is a day to commemorate victims who have suffered from human trafficking and smuggling as well as to raise awareness of and advance the fight against this heinous crime. [3]
In addition, the European Court of Human Rights of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg has passed judgments involving trafficking in human beings which violated obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights: Siliadin v France, judgment of 26 July 2005, and Rantsev v Cyprus and Russia, judgment of 7 January 2010.
Human trafficking is the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving individuals through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploitation. This exploitation may include forced labor, sexual slavery, or other forms of commercial sexual exploitation.
The European Union reported that from 2010 to 2013 30,146 individuals were identified and registered as human trafficking victims. [122] Of those registered, 69 percent of the victims were sexually exploited and more than 1,000 were children. [ 122 ]