A128187: Life ReVoLve AroUnd Me

• Promotion of human rights of trafficking victims and nondiscriminatory treatment of victims, with regard to the obligation of state to respect and enforce international human rights standards, as stipulated in international agreements;
• Cooperation with local and related international agencies and organizations in the field of antitrafficking efforts and prevention and assistance to trafficking victims;
•  Establishment of safe houses, providing legal, medical, psychological, and financial services, as well as providing assistance regarding safe and voluntary repatriation of the victims;
• A campaign aimed at raising awareness; and Cooperation with similar networks or organizations in the region

1.  establishment of a committee responsible for the implementation of the NPA;
2.  increase in border control and law enforcement;
3. support of the victims of trafficking;
4.  building of safe and secure shelters that will provide medical,
5.  legal, and psychological support;
6.  providing victims with language and interpretation services and educational materials;
7.  beginning legal reform;
8.  promoting legal harmonization between the entities and the Brčko District; and
9.  Educating and raising the awareness of all citizens.

Poverty as an Eden for Recruitment

1. According to official statistical data, unemployment in the country, on average, is at 40%.
2. Poverty strengthens the wish to leave the ghetto, which then results in stronger desire for emigration that can further lead to accepting false business offers abroad and entering the world of human trafficking.

1. The sex industry appeared to be a good business, especially in a country such as Bosnia and Herzegovina a country that was one of less developed republics in the former Yugoslavia whose manufacturing industries were destroyed during the war and in which the production of goods was stopped.


2. At this time, the so-called night bars were the most common places to find forced prostitution.


3. A lack of state responsibility concerning the involvement of members of the peacekeeping force in trafficking doubtlessly contributed to the problem

1. The war and the postwar economy have significantly shaped Bosnia and Herzegovina society in the postwar period.

•  The market supply, which is now mainly based on smuggling,

2. The types of goods used for trade are irrelevant only the profit generated by those criminal activities is important.




3. The creation of well-organized groups with ample resources to carry out illegal activities, such as the manpower needed to supervise and track shipments, as well as a network of contacts and acquaintances using corrupted government agents in case something goes “wrong.”.

Some hISTORY review:

Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 1991. Civil war broke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 1992 and ended with the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in Ohioin November 1995.

With the Dayton Peace Agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina was founded. It consists of two equal entities: the Republic of Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to the Dayton Peace Agreement, international supervision has been established by the Office of the High Representative (OHR).

• The OHR has been given the greatest authority in the interpretation of the civil aspects of the peace agreement, which anticipates the authority of appointing and recalling of the Bosnia and Herzegovina officials at all levels of power, as well as making decisions and passing laws

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.

The increase in trafficking in women and children has been motivated by:

•  the globalization of transportation, market economy, labor needs, poverty, women’s socioeconomic insecurity, economic transition, and conflict.

Economic liberalization has unintentionally helped create a fertile environment for transnational crimes, such as:

•  drug trafficking, migrant smuggling, and money laundering.

Organized crime is currently thriving. In fact, this is an era of globalization of crime, corresponding to increases:

• in global trade, personal mobility, and high-tech communications. Traditional forms of transborder crime such as drug, weapon, and motor vehicle smuggling and money laundering continue to exist.
• At the same time, many organizations involved in these activities have expanded their portfolios to include the trafficking of migrants
• According to the U.S. Congressional Research Service in 2002: trafficking in women and children represents the third largest source of profit for organized crime, after drugs and arms.

The reasons are clear: Given the demand, there are profits to be made

Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Introduction

1. 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. 
2. 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). 
3. 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.
4. 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.