ECPAT Europe Law Enforcement Group has conducted a study on trafficking in children in Belarus.  After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus gradually turned into a transit territory.  Belarus is both a country of origin and a country of transit in human trafficking.  In 2002, the government of Belarus tightened procedures applicable to children leaving without their parents.  The State Border Guards Committee claimed that attempts to transport children illegally abroad have practically stopped since the introduction of the increased restrictions.  According to this study, trafficking in children has not stopped; rather “the problem of trafficking in children is not recognized at national level by the state authorities, is invisible and understudied

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Crime & Servitude:

An Exposé of the Traffic in Women for Prostitution from the Newly Independent States - A report prepared by Gillian Caldwell, Steven Galster, and Nadia Steinzor of the Global Survival Network.

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