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Greece is a transit and destination country for women and children who are subjected to human trafficking, specifically forced prostitution and conditions of forced labor for men, women, and children. Female sex trafficking victims originate primarily in Eastern Europe and former Soviet bloc countries. Traffickers use physical, emotional, and sexual abuse for coercion. Greece's European Union membership, coupled with a shared border with Turkey, means the country sees massive flows of illegal immigrants looking to enter the EU. Traffickers also use Greece not only as a destination but a transit stop on the way to Western Europe.〔Papanicolaou, Georgios. "The Sex Industry, Human Trafficking and the Global Prohibition Regime: A Cautionary Tale from Greece." Trends in Organized Crime 11.4 (2008): 379-409. Springer. Web. 19 Sept. 2012. The Government of Greece does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. The government made clear progress in prosecuting labor and sex trafficking offenses, identifying victims, implementing a child victim protection agreement with Albania, and advancing prevention activities. Concerns remain about trafficking-related police complicity, inadequate victim identification among the Hellenic Coast Guard, border police, and vice police, as well as inadequate funding for anti-trafficking NGOs.〔"Greece". (''Trafficking in Persons Report 2010'' ). U.S. Department of State (June 14, 2010). 〕 The economic crisis in Greece also places strains on allocation of funding and resources towards anti-trafficking efforts.〔 ==Overview of human trafficking== ''Main Article:'' Human Trafficking The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) defines human trafficking as "the recruitment, transport, transfer, harboring or receipt of a person by such means as threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud or deception for the purpose of exploitation." 〔UNODC (2012). Human Trafficking FAQs. Retrieved March 26, 2012, from http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/faqs.html〕 All of the world’s countries are affected by human trafficking, either as a source, destination, or transit country, or a combination of the three. According to the International Labor Organization, an estimated 2.4 million people are victims of trafficking at any given time.〔ILO Trafficking in persons (2009). Retrieved February 20, 2012, from http://www.ilo.org/public/〕 Global trade in women is estimated to be worth between 7 and 12 billion dollars annually; the chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) stated that human trafficking may even have overtaken drug trafficking as a lucrative criminal enterprise.〔Hughes, Donna M. "The "Natasha" Trade: The Transnational Shadow Market of Trafficking in Women." Journal of International Affairs 52.2 (2000): 625-51. Print.〕〔Konrad, Helga. "Trafficking in Human Beings: The Ugly Face of Europe." Helsinki Monitor 13.3 (2002): 260-71. Print.〕 As of 2010, an estimated 270,000 people are trafficking annually in Europe, with 40,000 women and children aged 12–25 trafficked annually to Greece, as well as an even larger number that are trafficked through Greece to the rest of the European Union.〔Kim, Jeong-Yeoul. The EU's Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation: Recent Legislation and Measures, and Focal Points Requiring Attention. Diss. Masaryk University, 2010. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.〕 Foreign men are also trafficked into Greece for purposes of sex work but their numbers are largely unknown.〔Lazaridis, Gabriella. "Trafficking and Prostitution: The Growing Exploitation of Migrant Women in Greece." European Journal of Women's Studies 8.1 (2001): 67-102. Print.〕 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 Greece」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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