Citation

Tavcer DS. Police Pract. Res. 2006; 7(2): 135-147.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15614260600676817

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Statistics that report women are trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation range from 4 million globally and annually to 500,000 annually from Eastern to Western Europe alone. Moldova, a post-Soviet country, contributes to the trafficking of women as a result of diminished women’s rights, the feminization of poverty, corruption and government hesitation to commit to prevention, legal and prosecution reform, all of which make Moldova a prime country of origin.