Romania has one of the highest economic growth rates in the EU, but it also has one of the bloc's highest rates of poverty. Adult and Underage Victims of Human Trafficking In Romania, the victims are recruited especially among girls and young women aged between 13 and 33 years (a quarter are minors, more than half are aged between 18 and 23). 211 - Trafficking in Minors, Art. Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2012. She was attacked and kidnapped in last summer and although she had called the emergency number three times, the police started to look for her only many hours later. A total of 29 potential victims, aged between 20 and 40 years, were recovered in London and brought to safety. Laetitia Gotte is the president of Asociatia Free, a group that supports sex trafficking survivors in Romania. In the same period, DIICOT investigated and dismissed other 4,329 would-be human trafficking files. Government officials have been convicted of human trafficking crimes, and there have been reports of local officials obstructing trafficking investigations. Human trafficking is a serious and terrible breach of human rights and a violation human dignity, yet it remains a lucrative illegal market globally. In subway stations in the capital of Romania, a poster warns people about human trafficking. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article is based partially or entirely on public domain works of the U.S. government, and thus may require cleanup. 263 - Trafficking in Migrants and Law 678/2001 on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (Article 12 - Trafficking in Human Beings and Article 13 - Trafficking in Minors). International Human Rights Day Thursday, December 10, 2020 As delivered Today marks a positive, historic, and monumental achievement in the fight against human trafficking within Romania. Law no. Human trafficking unquestionably impinges on human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Romanian suspect is alleged to have participated in trafficking in persons, ongoing pimping and money laundering. On a nondescript street in the capital of Romania, my colleague and I duck into a small, unmarked doorway and make our way up four narrow flights of stairs. Romanian men, women, and children are subjected to labor trafficking in agriculture, construction, hotels, manufacturing, and domestic service, as well as forced begging and theft in Romania and other European countries. Traffickers subject Romanian men, women, and children to labor trafficking in agriculture, construction, hotels, manufacturing, and domestic service, as well as forced begging and theft in Romania and other European countries. Romania remains a primary source country for sex trafficking and labor trafficking victims in Europe. However, by taking small steps such as raising awareness for the most vulnerable groups, establishing harsh sanctions on traffickers (or those pursuing sexual services) and delivering better health care to victims and assistance to their reintegration, Romania could make significant progress towards the eradication of human trafficking. The number of human trafficking cases is continuously growing in the EU. Liberté, Egalité, Mbappé: How France’s World Cup Success Highlights its Urban “Territorial Apartheid”, profits from human trafficking reach 150 billion US dollars every year, 23.6% of the population living below the national poverty line, one of the countries within the EU with the highest levels of corruption, Not everyone plays ball at the world’s first Indigenous Games, “A Welfare Program for Journalists”: A Look at a Donald Trump Presidential Campaign, Sweden and Taiwan: Fighting Coronavirus With Different Strategies, Climate Litigation: David Versus Goliath 2.0, Money behind bars – prisons and profiteering. Romania is a destination country for a limited number of foreign trafficking victims, including sex trafficking victims from Italy and Armenia. Human trafficking is a very complex problem and the efforts of governments are not sufficient as they cannot reach all victims and potential victims. Child trafficking and child prostitution are problems in Romania and represent a large threat throughout Eastern Europe. This place is also home to prominent inventors, scientists (insulin, without which many humans would not be able to survive, was discovered by the Romanian-born doctor Paulescu! One of the countries in the European Union (EU) that is affected the most by the horrifying reality of human trafficking is Romania, where thousands of young women and children are recruited, smuggled and forced into prostitution or other types of modern slavery in other EU or non-EU countries. Human trafficking in Romania Last updated September 26, 2019. [4] The normative acts on the basis of which the persons accused of trafficking in persons have been convicted are: the Criminal Code of Romania, art.