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ARMENIA IS SOURCE COUNTRY OF TRAFFICKING
Lragir.am
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society22414.html
28/06/2011
The U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons 2011 report ranks
Armenia among Tier 2 countries which is a source country for women and
girls subjected to sex trafficking, as well as a source and destination
country for women subjected to forced labor, and a source country
for men subjected to forced labor. Women and girls from Armenia are
subjected to sex trafficking in Germany, the United Arab Emirates, and
Turkey. Armenian men and women are subjected to forced labor in Russia,
while Armenian women are subjected to forced labor in Turkey. Armenian
boys are subjected to forced labor and Armenian women and girls are
found in sex trafficking within the country. Women from Russia are
subjected to forced labor in Armenia, the report informs.
Although in March 2011, the government enacted amendments to the
Criminal Code that further strengthened its anti-trafficking statutes
but Armenia does not fully comply with the international standards. Of
particular concern was a precipitous drop in the number of victims
identified during the year, as well as the absence of investigations
of forced labor offenses.
The government investigated 15 sex trafficking and no labor trafficking
cases in 2010, compared with nine sex trafficking and six labor
trafficking cases in 2009. During 2010, Armenian courts prosecuted four
new cases against six individuals for sex trafficking offenses and none
for labor trafficking offenses. Armenian courts continued to prosecute
an additional nine defendants whose cases had begun in previous years.
Five trafficking offenders were convicted in 2010, which is down
from 11 convictions in 2009. All five convicted offenders in 2010
were given sentences ranging from three to nine years' imprisonment;
no traffickers received suspended sentences, and no traffickers were
granted early release from prison in 2010. An Armenian court convicted
and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment a former deputy principal
of a state-run special needs school who, in 2008, forced two students
to beg.
The report holds that there were no new reports of government
officials' complicity in trafficking during 2010.
Lragir.am
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society22414.html
28/06/2011
The U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons 2011 report ranks
Armenia among Tier 2 countries which is a source country for women and
girls subjected to sex trafficking, as well as a source and destination
country for women subjected to forced labor, and a source country
for men subjected to forced labor. Women and girls from Armenia are
subjected to sex trafficking in Germany, the United Arab Emirates, and
Turkey. Armenian men and women are subjected to forced labor in Russia,
while Armenian women are subjected to forced labor in Turkey. Armenian
boys are subjected to forced labor and Armenian women and girls are
found in sex trafficking within the country. Women from Russia are
subjected to forced labor in Armenia, the report informs.
Although in March 2011, the government enacted amendments to the
Criminal Code that further strengthened its anti-trafficking statutes
but Armenia does not fully comply with the international standards. Of
particular concern was a precipitous drop in the number of victims
identified during the year, as well as the absence of investigations
of forced labor offenses.
The government investigated 15 sex trafficking and no labor trafficking
cases in 2010, compared with nine sex trafficking and six labor
trafficking cases in 2009. During 2010, Armenian courts prosecuted four
new cases against six individuals for sex trafficking offenses and none
for labor trafficking offenses. Armenian courts continued to prosecute
an additional nine defendants whose cases had begun in previous years.
Five trafficking offenders were convicted in 2010, which is down
from 11 convictions in 2009. All five convicted offenders in 2010
were given sentences ranging from three to nine years' imprisonment;
no traffickers received suspended sentences, and no traffickers were
granted early release from prison in 2010. An Armenian court convicted
and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment a former deputy principal
of a state-run special needs school who, in 2008, forced two students
to beg.
The report holds that there were no new reports of government
officials' complicity in trafficking during 2010.