CSD Policy Brief No. 54: Child Trafficking Among Vulnerable Roma Communities
CSD Policy Brief No. 54: Child Trafficking Among Vulnerable Roma Communities

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences
Published by: Център за изследване на демокрацията
Summary/Abstract: Trafficking in persons is a lucrative crime and a gross human rights violation, which affects all EU Member States. Trafficking in children merits special attention of anti-trafficking efforts as children are especially vulnerable to trafficking, re-trafficking and victimisation and the number of children trafficked throughout the EU is on the rise. While there is some empirical evidence on trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation of women, other forms of trafficking have not drawn attention of researchers, academics and policy makers. This means that victims of exploitation fall outside the radar of identification and thus cannot access the available assistance. Having this in mind, a consortium of seven partner organisations sought to explore three specific under-researched forms of child trafficking in order to contribute to the knowledge on how and why children fall prey to exploitation. The three forms studied are child trafficking for the purpose of begging exploitation, child trafficking for the purpose of pickpocketing and child trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation of boys.

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