{"id":442267,"date":"2016-07-07T20:03:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T20:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=442267"},"modified":"2016-07-07T20:03:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T20:03:08","slug":"us-department-state-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/us-department-state-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"US Department of State: Official complicity in human trafficking is a significant problem in Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The Department of State of the United States of America published a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/j\/tip\/rls\/tiprpt\/countries\/2016\/258823.htm?goMobile=0\" target=\"_blank\">report <\/a> on &#8220;Trafficking in persons in Moldova&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe document shows several types of human trafficking involving Moldovans and the ways the phemonenon is fought by the authorities.<br \/>\nAcoording to the report, &#8220;Moldova is primarily a source country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. Moldovan victims are subjected to sex and labor trafficking within Moldova and in Russia, Ukraine, and other countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Women and children are subjected to sex trafficking in Moldova in brothels, saunas, and massage parlors. Increasingly, girls aged 13 to 15 are victims of sex trafficking. Child sex tourists, including from the EU, Australia, Israel, Thailand, and the United States, subject Moldovan children to commercial sexual exploitation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The uncontrolled separatist region Transnistria is mentioned as a source of human trafficking:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The breakaway region of Transnistria remains a source for victims of both sex and labor trafficking<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The report reads that the legal framework is still underdeveloped and the prosecution doesn&#8217; work all the time: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Official complicity in trafficking is a significant problem in Moldova.<\/p>\n<p>The Government of Moldova does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Corruption, particularly in law enforcement and the judiciary, impeded prosecutions and influenced the outcomes of cases, including cases against complicit officials. The judiciary often imposed sentences on convicted traffickers that did not correspond with the severity of the crime, including fines alone, and at times reversed convictions on appeal. Legal and organizational obstacles, including changes in the national anti-trafficking investigative body, hampered law enforcement efforts. Authorities identified and assisted more victims, but victims continued to suffer from intimidation. Prosecutors charged some victims with crimes committed as a direct result of their trafficking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The entire report can be read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/documents\/organization\/258876.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>The Department of State of the United States of America published a report on &#8220;Trafficking in persons in Moldova&#8221;. The document shows several types of human trafficking involving Moldovans and the ways the phemonenon is fought by the authorities. Acoording to the report, &#8220;Moldova is primarily a source country for men, women, and children subjected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":442268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The Department of State of the United States of America published a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/j\/tip\/rls\/tiprpt\/countries\/2016\/258823.htm?goMobile=0\" target=\"_blank\">report <\/a> on &#8220;Trafficking in persons in Moldova&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe document shows several types of human trafficking involving Moldovans and the ways the phemonenon is fought by the authorities.<br \/>\nAcoording to the report, &#8220;Moldova is primarily a source country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. Moldovan victims are subjected to sex and labor trafficking within Moldova and in Russia, Ukraine, and other countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Women and children are subjected to sex trafficking in Moldova in brothels, saunas, and massage parlors. Increasingly, girls aged 13 to 15 are victims of sex trafficking. Child sex tourists, including from the EU, Australia, Israel, Thailand, and the United States, subject Moldovan children to commercial sexual exploitation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The uncontrolled separatist region Transnistria is mentioned as a source of human trafficking:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The breakaway region of Transnistria remains a source for victims of both sex and labor trafficking<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The report reads that the legal framework is still underdeveloped and the prosecution doesn&#8217; work all the time: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Official complicity in trafficking is a significant problem in Moldova.<\/p>\n<p>The Government of Moldova does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Corruption, particularly in law enforcement and the judiciary, impeded prosecutions and influenced the outcomes of cases, including cases against complicit officials. The judiciary often imposed sentences on convicted traffickers that did not correspond with the severity of the crime, including fines alone, and at times reversed convictions on appeal. Legal and organizational obstacles, including changes in the national anti-trafficking investigative body, hampered law enforcement efforts. Authorities identified and assisted more victims, but victims continued to suffer from intimidation. Prosecutors charged some victims with crimes committed as a direct result of their trafficking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The entire report can be read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/documents\/organization\/258876.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class='heateorSssClear'><\/div><div  class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing' data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/us-department-state-human-trafficking\/' data-heateor-sss-no-counts=\"1\"><div class='heateor_sss_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\" ><\/div><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"heateor_sss_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moldova.org%2Fen%2Fus-department-state-human-trafficking%2F\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:32px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\"><span class=\"heateor_sss_svg\" 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