Saturday, July 08, 2006

[Bulgaria] MORE THAN 30 PER CENT OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN BULGARIA SUBJECTED TO RE-TRAFFICKING / & Jul 2006

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"More than 30 per cent of the Bulgarian human traffic victims were subjected to re-trafficking, once they returned to their home places. Social re-integration programmes for human trafficking victims in Bulgaria were inefficient. Victims needed long-term therapy, medical, social and psychological care. According to a report of the US department of state Bulgaria was part of the human trafficking transit route. Trafficking channels to Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic passed through Bulgaria. The number of male victims of human trafficking has increased. These people were sent abroad mainly for labour exploitation. During the past year Bulgarian police investigated 134 cases of sexual exploitation and only seven labour exploitation instances. [Brief]