Trafficking in Human Beings for Sexual Exploitation in Croatia and Serbia

Abstract

The paper presents an overview of trafficking in human beings (THB) for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Croatia and Serbia. The paper is based on a legal, descriptive and comparative method of analyzing the international and national legal framework, state and trends. Sexual exploitation is the most common form of exploitation of victims of trafficking. Prostitution, sexual exploitation, child pornography and pedophilia were treated as manifested form. Significant place is held by a comparative critical review of international documents, solutions in the national legislations, analysis of the situation and trends of sexual exploitation. In combating THB, cooperation at national and international level is necessary. The paper is limited to research related to THB for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Croatia and Serbia. The paper, with a critical overview of previous solutions, gives analysis of the situation and trends of sexual exploitation as a form of THB.