Russia Human Trafficking Information
1- The Russian Connection: How Russia Became a Leader in the
World’s Human Trafficking MarketWorld’s Human Trafficking M
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6299&context=etd
2- Human Trafficking: The Secret to Putin’s Economy
25.Nov.2020
https://hir.harvard.edu/putin-and-human-trafficking/
3- The War Against Human Trafficking in Russia
https://www.borgenmagazine.com/war-human-trafficking-in-russia/
4- 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report: Russia
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-trafficking-in-persons-report-2/russia/
“The Government of Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so”
5-’Worst Human Traffickers’ Include Russia, Belarus, Iran, Turkmenistan
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belarus-iran-turkmenistan-human-traffickers-report/29326302.html
6- WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS THE TRAFFICKER: STATE-SPONSORED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS:
The 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report includes the following 11 governments with a documented “policy or pattern” of human trafficking, trafficking in government-funded programs, forced labor in government-affiliated medical services or other sectors, sexual slavery in government camps, or the employment or recruitment of child soldiers:
Afghanistan
Burma
China
Cuba
Eritrea
Korea, North
Iran
**RUSSIA [RANKS TIER 3]
South Sudan
Syria
Turkmenista
RUSSIA TRAFFICKING PROFILE
As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Russia, and victims from Russia are exploited abroad.
“There are reports of Russian citizens facing forced labor abroad. Traffickers lure minors from state and municipal orphanages to forced begging, forced criminality, child pornography, and sex trafficking, and use by armed groups in the Middle East.”
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“Women and children from Europe (predominantly Ukraine and Moldova), Southeast Asia (primarily China and the Philippines), Africa (particularly Nigeria), and Central Asia are victims of sex trafficking in Russia. During the 2018 World Cup, Russia relaxed its visa requirements, allowing visa-free entry for all Fan ID holders to enter and exit Russia without a visa through December 31, 2018. According to official government statistics, nearly 5,000 foreigners who entered on Fan IDs remained unlawfully in Russia at the beginning of 2019, including 1,863 Nigerians. Sex trafficking occurs in brothels, hotels, and saunas, among other locations. Homeless children are exploited in sex trafficking. Russian women and children are reportedly victims of sex trafficking in Russia and abroad, including in Northeast Asia, Europe, Central Asia, Africa, the United States, and the Middle East. Russian criminal groups threaten family members in order to coerce women into prostitution in Russia and abroad. Women from Russia’s North Caucasus region as well as women from Central Asia residing in Russia were recruited to join ISIS through online romantic relationships and subjected to exploitation once they arrived. Wives and children of foreign fighters were sold after their spouse or father was killed in action.”
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-trafficking-in-persons-report-2/russia/