 |
| Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Introduction
- Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of forced prostitution has been the most typical form of criminal exploitation of women and children in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the postwar period and continues to be an important issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina has unfortunately become a safe route for the trafficking in human beings and other forms of smuggling into Western European countries. According to Europol’s analysis, Bosnia and Herzegovina is considered to be the primary Balkan route for trafficking in human beings to the European Union (Europol, 2001).
- The geopolitical map of Eastern and Southeastern Europe has changed dramatically in the past decade. The fall of the iron curtain created a flow of migration from east to west. Additional factors that have certainly helped cause the problem of trafficking in women and children have been globalization of the economic sector, followed by globalization of crime, as well as the outbreak of conflicts in the region.
- The breakdown of the social, economic, and political structure resulting from the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina caused the expansion of various forms of organized crime.
0 comments:
Post a Comment