Romania as one of the top five:
According to this EU report: " Of the registered victims [of human trafficking] confirmed as EU citizens, the top 5 countries of citizenship are Bulgaria, Romania, the Netherlands, Hungary and Poland".
Source: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3888793/6648090/ks-tc-14-008-en-1.pdf/b0315d39-e7bd-4da5-8285-854f37bb8801
Most of the victims are female children (see same source as above p. 32)
In addition to extreme poverty in Romania there is this problem: "Romania’s response to trafficking, according to the Global Slavery Index, is among the worst in the EU."
Source: https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/
Here is a ten minute documentary on generational sex trafficking in Romania: https://www.linktv.org/shows/trust-docs/romanian-girls-trafficked-into-europes-sex-industry-for-generations
Like the girl in the above documentary, this woman was trafficked as a child from Romania to Switzerland. At gunpoint.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-3762279
Additional source article: http://projects.aljazeera.com/2015/08/sex-trafficking-in-romania/
"Romania is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced labor and women and children in forced prostitution.Women and children from Romania are victims of forced prostitution in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland [1] Greece, Germany, Cyprus, Austria, and France. Romanian men, women, and children are trafficked within the country for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor, including forced begging and petty theft."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Romania
Clearly, a global problem.
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carmencita ago
I have not been there for decades. Only to visit relatives. My aunt and uncle and parents came from there. I will not tell them for they are all 90 and up. This is all so tragic and sad :(
Laskar ago
I respect you for not telling them.
We need to be aware that since this is an international problem, it has to be facilitated by those with global reach. And what is Switzerland famous for?
carmencita ago
I tried telling my parents about the church, but they can't stop going, although at 90 and 91 they don't go often. They don't have the patience to listen to it all and it will go nowhere. They are in Fla. Coming home soon and then go back to church here. My Dad does know a little about pope ben. but he doesn't make sense anymore. We must choose who to get through to and not.
Switzerland is a beautiful country and very lovely people. But also some very bad people. Nestle is HQ there. Switzerland also has a lot of off shore cash as well.
Laskar ago
It's the banks and those who own them. The bank of all the central banks is there, etc. Don't forget the Gottard tunnel opening and CERN. Nestle is owned by the same group of people. They want to privatize all the water on earth.
carmencita ago
Nestle has been allowed to drain the aquifer in Ca. for decades for pennies, and all the while selling it back to us as bottled water at high prices. I liked Brown years ago, but he has sold us down the river like everyone else. He may be gay and that is how they have blackmailed him, probably tapes of him doing whatever. It's all disgusting really. Don't know how we will combat all of this.