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Human trafficking in Georgia is common, where people are subjected to forced prostitution and forced labor. In 2009, women and girls from Georgia were forced into prostitution in Georgia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Greece. In recent years, cases of forced prostitution of Georgian victims were also documented in Russia, Germany, and Austria. Men and women have been forced into labor in Georgia, Libya and Turkey. Men from Turkey are also forced into labor in the breakaway region of Abkhazia, which is outside the Georgian government’s control.〔 The government of Georgia fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government demonstrated strong efforts to identify and assist victims of trafficking and again increased its victim assistance funding to $312,000. The government also demonstrated impressive law enforcement success, significantly increasing the number of individuals convicted of trafficking, and again ensuring all convicted trafficking offenders served some time in prison. The Georgian government also demonstrated strong prevention efforts and continued its close partnership with anti-trafficking NGOs in both victim assistance and prevention efforts.〔"Georgia". (''Trafficking in Persons Report 2010'' ). U.S. Department of State (June 14, 2010). 〕 == Youth trafficking and sex work == Street children in Georgia, are particularly susceptible to exploitation through means of trafficking. Whether it be through begging or theft by third parties, including their parents, this subcategory of the population is considered to be at risk. Children working in agriculture and in the informal urban economy are especially vulnerable to forced labor.〔 Trafficking of children is a large concern within this area. Thousands of children living in the streets and in orphanages are trafficked annually.〔 Some families experiencing economic hardship have been forced to separate, which has directly increased the number of children living on the streets in Georgia.〔 This is a direct result of familial stress on the children, which often leads to youth feeling responsible to take on means of supporting the family in hard times, by then bringing in money through illegal means.〔 As a large portion of children, who are susceptible to be drawn into the realm of trafficking, are first noted as high-risk youth and street children, it is relevant to note that statistic that UNICEF estimated that 28.8 percent of children ages 5 to 14 years in Georgia were working in 1999.〔 While the majority of working children work in family businesses, and in agriculture in rural areas, there are reports of significant numbers of children, some as young as 5 years old, engaged in begging or working on the streets.〔 Children as young as 9 years old are found working in markets, sometimes at night, and involved in carrying or loading wares.〔 Children also work in cafes, bistros, gas stations, and for street photographers. The relevance of these statistics annotate the sense that a majority of these working children are out in the community, as opposed to working within the safer confines of their homes. Having to go outside the home to work within the community at a young age plays a role in the risk of being a youth in this area. According to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, police violence against street children is a problem.〔 In general, there is a lack of social safety services for children living on the street, with disabilities or from dysfunctional households.〔 Children, especially young girls are commonly trafficked for the purposes of Commercial sexual exploitation of children, particularly for prostitution and pornography.〔 In 2003, the statistical bureau of the Supreme Court reported 24 registered cases of the use of children in the drug trade and trafficking.〔 This burden can then lead to negative impacts the female as they mature on both their sexual health, as well as concerns about their mental stability.〔 The government of Georgia fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking where children are involved.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/georgia.htm )〕 During the year, however, local experts expressed serious concerns about the government’s view of its trafficking problem and its lack of effective efforts in the first half of the reporting period to proactively identify victims of this serious crime.〔 In the duration of the reporting period, the government increased the number of trafficking cases investigated and the percentage of prosecutions that resulted in convictions of trafficking offenders.〔 The government also significantly increased funding for anti-trafficking training and trafficking prevention activities, including in the budgets of its shelters for victims.〔 The government significantly increased the number of Georgian officials provided training on victim identification.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Human trafficking in Georgia (country)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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