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| - Croatia is a destination, source, and transit country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced prostitution and forced labor. Croatian women and girls fall victim to sex trafficking within the country, and women and girls from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other parts of Europe are subjected to forced prostitution in Croatia and in Europe. Men reportedly are subjected to forced labor in agricultural sectors, and children, including Roma, are subjected to conditions of forced begging and theft. In 2017, Taiwan women and men, as well as Croatian and Bosnian women, were subjected to forced labor and forced criminality in an illegal call center. (en)
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| - Croatia is a destination, source, and transit country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced prostitution and forced labor. Croatian women and girls fall victim to sex trafficking within the country, and women and girls from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other parts of Europe are subjected to forced prostitution in Croatia and in Europe. Men reportedly are subjected to forced labor in agricultural sectors, and children, including Roma, are subjected to conditions of forced begging and theft. In 2017, Taiwan women and men, as well as Croatian and Bosnian women, were subjected to forced labor and forced criminality in an illegal call center. The Croatian Government fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. In 2009, the government continued to investigate and prosecute trafficking offenders, increased the minimum imposed penalty for convicted traffickers, and for the first time, ordered a trafficker to pay compensation to a victim. Croatia provided significant funding to NGOs providing assistance and shelter to trafficking victims during the reporting period and continued proactive training and outreach on victim identification. However, the government identified very few trafficking victims in 2009 and failed to protect some victim witnesses. In 2010, some victims came forward and told their stories. Kikka Cerpa told of how she was persuaded to leave Venezuela in 1992 to live in New York with a cousin of her boyfriend at the time in order work as a nanny. Instead, she was raped and forced into prostitution to pay her boyfriends debts. She spent 3 years prostituting until a customer helped her to escape, and was then forced to be his slave. She remained with him for 10 years, during that time in which she had 2 daughters. When she finally managed to seek out help and get a court order of protection, she was accused of being a criminal and her daughters were taking into custody. With the help of Sanctuary for Families, she was able to be freed. 14-year-old Charlotte Awino shared the same fate in 1996 when Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army abducted her from boarding school. From there she was taken to Sudan where she was raped and beaten and forced to work. At the age of 22, and after bearing two children, Charlotte managed to escape. Kumar Ramjali was recruited in Nepal in 2004 in order to go work for a Jordanian company in America. Instead of being moved to America he was sent to a U.S. Military base in Iraq where he was forced to stay for 4 years. Human-rights activist, Jana Kohut also came forward with her story. She was trafficked to Slovenia from Croatia in 2004, for sexual exploitation. A female friend had tricked her, which lead to her abduction, and eventually being forced into prostitution and rape until she managed to escape a year later. The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) publicized an assessment in September 2010, which focused on labour exploitation. With the help of data collected in 2007,2008 and 2009, it was able to be determined that Croatia was no longer a transition destination but a source and destination country. The majority of victims being male, being trafficked and forced into labour. The two main forms of exploitation being first off prostitution, then secondly forced labour. Where as labour exploitation seems only to be less visible. Data collected by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Croatia: Number of Victims of labour exploitation by gender (2007 – 2009): Number of victims of labour exploitation by age: Number of victims of labour exploitation by citizenship: Number of victims in various areas of exploitation: Number of foreigners detected in illegal employment in Croatia: In the 2012 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, it was noted that the report by the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CoE-GRETA) concluded that the extent of trafficking in Croatia could be considerably higher than that identified by the government. U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 2" in 2017. The 2019 TIP report states that the government has implemented measures to proactively identify trafficking indicators, increased funding for NGO shelters, and launched the 2018-2021 National Action Plan. (en)
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