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Best Practice for Programming to Prevent Trafficking in Human Beings in Europe and Eurasia

NCJ Number
217905
Author(s)
Ruth Rosenberg
Date Published
September 2004
Length
102 pages
Annotation
This report presents findings of an assessment of prevention measures for trafficking in persons in the countries of Europe and Eurasia, with a view toward developing a framework for trafficking prevention programs in the future.
Abstract
This report recommends criminalizing certain acts involved in and related to trafficking in persons; for example, laws against receiving services from trafficked women and paying for sexual services by trafficked women. The report also recommends the regulation of employment and travel firms. The implementation of systems for registering and regulating employment firms in some countries has exposed exploitative practices and closed offending companies. Another recommendation is the use of guest-worker agreements that involve source and destination countries for the purpose of setting job quotas and protecting migrant workers. Other recommendations are the monitoring of national borders for the purpose of identifying trafficked individuals and addressing their circumstances, as well as the targeting of corruption that profits from such trafficking. The trafficking prevention programs identified are divided into the following broad categories: awareness-raising and education, employment, empowerment/improved community life, crisis prevention, safe migration/job-vetting activities, demand reduction, and prevention policies and legislation. The information available for this assessment was not sufficient to provide an objective comparison of these prevention methods; however, there was sufficient information for the conclusion that in most cases a mix of various types of interventions is required. There was a notable lack of programming that addressed the demand side of trafficking. Campaigns against the use of trafficked persons for sexual exploitation are needed in destination areas. This should include public education in how to identify a trafficked woman and how to assist her in finding help. Appended annotated bibliography, a list of persons interviewed, and a trafficking prevention framework and indicators