Sex trafficking: Children groomed in Romania sent to UK

Abstract:

The BBC has found that children as young as 10 are being groomed in Romania, to be trafficked to the UK.  Once they arrive as teenagers, they're kept captive and pimped out for sex.  With police struggling to stop this brutal trade, BBC correspondent Jean Mackenzie has spent two years travelling between Romania and the UK.  She uncovers why this industry is thriving, as she meets the girls being bought and sold.

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News

The Guardian: 30/11/20: Silent victims: the hidden Romanian women exploited in the UK sex trade https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/nov/30/silent-victims-the-hidden-romanian-women-exploited-in-the-uk-sex-trade

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Official

Council of Europe: GRETA, 2021: Country Monitoring Reports: Romania https://www.coe.int/en/web/anti-human-trafficking/romania

Council of Europe: GRETA, June 2021: Evaluation Report Romania: 3rd Evaluation Round: Access to justice and effective remedies for victims of trafficking in human beings https://rm.coe.int/evaluation-report-on-the-implementation-of-the-council-of-europe-conve/1680a2b0f8

Council of Europe: News Room, 03/06/21: Romania urged to effectively prosecute human traffickers and ensure access to compensation for their victims https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/romania-urged-to-effectively-prosecute-human-traffickers-and-ensure-access-to-compensation-for-their-victims

Council of Europe: Press Release, 03/06/21: Romania urged to effectively prosecute human traffickers and ensure access to compensation for their victims https://search.coe.int/directorate_of_communications/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectId=0900001680a2b3df

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European Commission: Press remarks by Vice-President Schinas on EU Strategies to tackle Organised Crime and fight Trafficking in Human Beings (14 April 2021) https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_21_1745

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ESO Records

Centre for the Study of Democracy: Reports, December 2018: Financing of Organised Crime: Human Trafficking in Focus https://www.europeansources.info/record/financing-of-organised-crime-human-trafficking-in-focus/

European Commission: COM (2021) 171, April 2021: Communication on the EU Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings 2021-2025 https://www.europeansources.info/record/communication-on-the-eu-strategy-on-combatting-trafficking-in-human-beings-2021-2025/

European Parliamentary Research Service: EPRS Briefings, 2021: Understanding EU action against human trafficking https://www.europeansources.info/record/understanding-eu-action-against-human-trafficking/

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