Trafficking in women and children for sexual exploitation

Abstract

There are different kinds of women and children exploitation in the world today. The main reasons for women and children being trapped in human trafficking are mostly financial, but beside them there are also other reasons such as the rise of the organized crime, migrations, deterioration of country's institutions, the process of transition, etc. The most present form of women and children exploitation is the sexual exploitation that most often leaves hard psycho-social consequences on victims, where force and frightening are used as the most frequent methods against them. Women and children trafficking is a very profitable activity among the organized crime groups which are engaged in this phenomenon just because of the possibility of gaining high profits. According to specific estimates, it is believed that the crime groups make a year income between one hundred million to several billions of euros just by this form of crime. Considering the existing forms of exploitation of women and children, starting from labor exploitation through the illegal adoption of children, trafficking in human organs, forced marriages, as well as involving in armed conflicts, we believe that sexual exploitation will have prevailing influence in this part of the Europe in the future.

Problem trgovine ljudima u svetu je danas veoma aktuelan. Kao oblik transnacionalnog organizovanog kriminala, on predstavlja samo jednu u nizu kriminalnih delatnosti koji- ma se bave organizovane kriminalne grupe. U širem kontekstu, trgovina ljudima, a pre svega trgovina ženama i decom u cilju seksualne eksploatacije, smatra se najrasprostranjenijim oblikom iskorišćavanja u Evropi. Zemlje članice Evropske unije najčešća su mesta destinacije žrtava trgovine, dok su zemlje centralno-istočne Evrope i Balkana mesta porekla i tranzita. Aktuelna istraživanja ukazuju da više od 80% žrtava potiče iz jugoistočne Evrope i da je većina prisiljena da se bavi prostitucijom. Žrtve su najčešće ženska lica, starosti između 20 i 25 godina međutim oko 30% čine devojčice između 15 i 18 go- dina. U odnosu na ostale oblike trgovine ljudima, trgovina ženama i decom u cilju seksualne eskploatacije ostavlja najteže i najkomplikovanije posledice na žrtvu.