Abstract: The paper considers trafficking in minors from and within
Southeastern Europe (SEE), with particular attention to trafficking for
labour, begging, delinquency and adoption, manifestations of trafficking
that are increasingly being identified in the region. Through a discussion
of these forms of trafficking and an exploration of profiles of affected
victims, the paper seeks to identify trafficking risk, which affords a
carefully derived picture of the contributors to trafficking, individual and
social sites of vulnerability and victim’s recruitment and trafficking
experiences. In addition, this paper considers the existing assistance
framework in the SEE region and how this does (or does not) meet the needs
of minors trafficked for these less-considered forms of exploitation.
Answers to such queries provide potential windows of policy and programmatic
opportunity. The overall objective of this paper is to move toward a more
accurate understanding of the issue and, perhaps most importantly, more
effective policy and programmes.

The paper was prepared by Rebecca Surtees, Researcher for the NEXUS
Institute to Combat Human Trafficking in Vienna. NEXUS is a
multi-disciplinary policy and research centre dedicated to aiding
governments and non-governmental organizations by conducting more rigorous
research and analysis to serve as the basis for more effective
counter-trafficking laws, policies and practices. The NEXUS Institute's
board includes IOM, the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking
in Human Beings, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, the Protection Project of
Johns Hopkins University, and the European Training Centre for Human Rights
and Democracy. NEXUS is also a member of the OSCE Alliance Expert
Coordination Group on Trafficking in Human Beings.

 

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