Hi Don,

Did you check Frontex risk analysis? http://frontex.europa.eu/publications/

Best regards,

Mariusz

Serdecznie Dziekuje Mariusz!

:-) przyjemność po mojej stronie

Hi Don,

a very good study on this topic is: Sophie Tschorr, Trafficking of human beings, Oldenburg 2015.

Best regards

Volker Boehme-Neßler

Hi Don,

My book, Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman: Myths and Misconceptions about Trafficking and its Victims, published this year by Ashgate, has extensive data on trafficking from Europe into Ukraine.

You may also be interested in:

“The Cinderella syndrome: Economic expectations, false hopes and the exploitation of trafficked Ukrainian women,” Women Studies International Forum, 35 (2012): 53-62.

“Stigma, stereotypes and Brazilian soap operas: Roadblocks to ending trafficking in Vietnam, Ghana and Ukraine,” Gender, Place and Culture, 20(8) (2013): 1015-1032.

Best wishes,

Ramona

Dear Ramona - thanks so much - data mining now.

Cheers

Don

Hi Don,

The main trafficking route used to be through Balkan. I am attaching one report of US government a recent one compiled by the US Embassy. It is quite hard as the statistics on Balkan countries are tricky to deal with and especially with ex-communist countries. Generally there are anti trafficking units established at each government.

Try with OSCE and Europe organisations. I guess you would need to build data as a jigsaw puzzle.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/balkan-countries-shows-mixed-progress-in-fighting-against-human-trafficking

https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/1612-balkans-shifting-landscape-of-human-trafficking

http://www.academia.edu/2163826/Trafficking_in_Human_Beings_and_the_post-conflict_Balkans_as_suitable_grounds_for_continuous_criminal_process

http://balkan-criminology.eu/en/projects/trafficking/ - contact them as are in connection with Max Planck - German centre with high research reputation.

Regards

Eva

Hi Don,

It depends on what data you are looking for. If it is prevalence, then the data are very limited. If you are looking to measure progress over time, that will be challenging as reliable base line data do not exist in most countries. You can find numbers of arrests, prosecutions, and convictions of traffickers, but that tells you very little about prevalence or about other efforts a country might be making.

I was part of an Institute of Medicine study committee that looked at sex trafficking of minors in the US. It did not cover Europe or labor trafficking (that was not our mandate), but it has a chapter that talks about the challenges of measuring trafficking. It can be downloaded free: http://iom.nationalacademies.org/Reports/2013/Confronting-Commercial-Sexual-Exploitation-and-Sex-Trafficking-of-Minors-in-the-United-States.aspx

I'll be interested to hear what you find.

Best regards,

Jonathan

for quantitative data you can check eurostat https://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking/publications/trafficking-human-beings-eurostat-2015-edition_en

and global slavery index report by Walk Free Foundation for human trafficking all over the world including Europe http://www.globalslaveryindex.org 

Polaris In Washington DC can outfit you with NGO's who can give you this data. Also Shared Hope International sharedhope.org can do the same

Best regards

John

Dear Don,

Unfortunately there is no reliable data.  This is because trafficking in human beings in the EU has a wide scope.  It includes people smuggled by sea and no one really knows how many of these people become victims of human trafficking.  I know that in the UK, for example, human trafficking for the purpose of forced labour is more widespread than trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and this could be explained by the fact that the UK has a very harsh law on legal migration.  Irregular migrants are more likely to become victims of human trafficking because they live in a state of hiding and smuggled migrants also because they have to repay the price for their journey.  The problem is complex and data is often inconsistent.

Kindest Regards,

Matilde

Thanks Matilde - yes, even the FRONTEX data is complicated to read, and I suspect it is still missing more than it is capturing.  It is a "hidden" crime that is very hard to detect and track, much less attack.  

I know when I lived in London the Brits were working very hard on this - they have the advantage in that they are sort of the "end of the line" for smuggling and exploitation in Europe.  There are also ethnic enclaves that are very hard to penetrate - for example in Manchester - that adds to the general sense of "what don't we know"?

Cheers

Don

"Child survivors of Nepal earthquake ‘being sold’ in the UK

"The home secretary Theresa May has urged police to investigate claims that child survivors of the Nepal earthquake and other vulnerable children are being sold to British families to work as domestic slaves. An investigation by the Sun newspaper suggests that boys and girls as young as 10 are being sold for just £5,250 by black market gangs operating in India’s Punjab province.

The paper says the gangs are preying on the children of Nepalese refugees, as well as destitute Indian families.

May called child trafficking a “truly abhorrent crime” and urged the National Crime Agency to investigate the newspaper’s findings. She said the paper should “share its disturbing findings” with the agency, “so that appropriate action can be taken against the vile criminals who profit from this trade.”

Our colleague here at RG, Gouravjeet Singh Ghumaan, of Punjab, reports that the economic conditions there are horrible [so you might inquire of him if he has any further information on the trafficking of the Nepalese children said to be occurring there, see second link below] 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/child-survivors-of-nepal-earthquake-%e2%80%98being-sold%e2%80%99-in-the-uk/ar-BBrj2W0?ocid=spartandhp

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_do_you_think_about_squandering_throwing_away_things_such_as_money_time_opportunities_etc_etc_as_a_individual_person_family_government/3

Dear Don,I have seen that some people have advised you on the Eurostat edition, that is the more reliable source on formal identified THB victims. Furthermore, you can check individually the GRETA group reports on each country.

As for the smuggling, regarding to the mediterrenean route you can check UNHCR website:

http://data.unhcr.org/mediterranean/regional.php

Also IOM and red cross