http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=238Reining in Child Trafficking in the New EU
By Lisa Kurbiel
UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
July 1, 2004
"The accession of 10 new Member States to the European Union on May 1, 2004 profoundly changed the political, economic, and judicial landscape in a part of the world where child trafficking is on the rise. In this newly transformed union, new policies, legislation, and efforts to establish an EU Convention Against Human Trafficking present key opportunities to provide special protection to child victims."
