An analysis of Trafficking in Human Being in Southeastern Europe

Conflicts in Southeastern Europe have marked the last decade of the 20th century and have reshaped the geopolitical map of the region.

• The area has been militarily, politically, and economically divided; new states have been created, and new borders established. 
• The countries of Southeastern Europe have been seriously affected by the problems of organized crime and corruption, which have been the main obstructions to further development and regional stability.

Because of the limited economic resources available, governments in the region have not been able to establish an effective control over economic fraud and other forms of organized crime, including trafficking in women.


The region of Southeast Europe has been an area of destination and transit, as well as an origination point, of trafficking in women and children for the last 15 years.

• Organized criminal groups in the region have successfully exploited insufficiently controlled borders, corruption, a legislative vacuum, and the lack of regional cooperation in the fight against organized crime.