MARCH 2020 – COMPILED PRACTICES FOR THE SAFE ACCOMMODATION OF CHILD VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING,
COVERING THEIR ARRIVAL AND INITIAL PLACEMENT, THE RULES AND RESPONSES TO VIOLATIONS AND SAFETY
The Koutcha project has facilitated for a of discussions on the care of child victims of trafficking. Professionals from eight European countries exchanged during a workshop organized in Paris in November 2019 on their practices concerning the arrival of the child in the reception structure, the management of rules and responses to transgressions and balance between security and freedom. This collection reports on the exchanges.
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union.
FEBRUARY 2020 – RELUCTANCE TO REPORT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN RELATED TO TRAVEL AND TOURISM (FR)
FEBRUARY 2020 – QUALITY STANDARDS FOR LOW-THRESHOLD REPORTING MECHANISMS ON REPORTING SUSPICIOUS CASES OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
Children in all countries of the world are exposed to the risk of human trafficking, sexual exploitation and online dangers such as grooming, sextortion, and the spread of abusive representations. The travel and tourism sector and the number of travellers are growing steadily. In several destinations, an uncontrolled development of tourism with no consideration for human rights puts children at higher risk. This makes it easier for travelling child sex offenders to locate new victims. Furthermore, in many places there are inadequate legal frameworks, cases of sexual exploitation of children remain unprosecuted and corruption has continued to persist. In order to effectively hold perpetrators criminally responsible, knowledge and evidence must be of good quality, in order to make decisions and initiate measures.
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union.
MARCH 2019 – RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL AND CRIMINAL GROUPS IN TRAFFICKING OF NIGERIAN GIRLS AND WOMEN
In an innovative manner, Packing research addresses human trafficking from Nigeria to Europe, beyond the perspective of the ‘victim/madam’ duo as classically analysed. It postulates the involvement of several social groups whose activity does not originate in the practice of human trafficking, neither is reduced to it. The offense of trafficking is therefore perceived as based on an organization that, beyond the criminal activity itself, has a highly structured and legitimized social, community and religious base.
More precisely, this research describes the operation – activities and development – of each of religious groups (such as the neo-traditional Temples in Edo State, Nigeria), women’s groups (such as the Ladies’ clubs) and cultist groups (including Black Axe (Aye) and Supreme Eiye Confraternity) in Nigeria and France and then identifies their role and level of involvement in human trafficking.
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union.
NOVEMBER 2016 – REACT EUROPEAN REPORT
This report provides a snapshot of the manner in which children who may have been trafficked into and within five EU states were or were not identified and protected in and up to 2016. It should be read in the context of other key
research1 in this area, which has identified many of the same issues and shortcomings.
For the purposes of this report, a trafficked child may be a foreign national, a national of an EEA state or a national of Belgium, France, Germany, the
Netherlands or the United Kingdom. This last group of trafficked children share many characteristics of the first two groups, but, as they do not require immigration status, they are unlikely to have their age disputed and may gain access to suitable care and accommodation more easily.
