https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh 2016 Trafficking in Persons-Romania en-us 2016-11-18 21:28:48 UTC 2026-01-14 08:08:26 UTC hello@padlet.com aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138840622 Children of Romania are particularly vulnerable to forced begging criminality. ]]> 2016-11-18 21:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138840622 aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138840984 "Romanians living in privately run institutions for the mentally disabled were vulnerable to forced labor."]]> 2016-11-18 21:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138840984 aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138841109 "Romania is a destination country for a limited number of foreign trafficking victims, including sex trafficking victims from Moldova and Poland and labor trafficking victims from Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, and Serbia."]]> 2016-11-18 21:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138841109 aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138841922 "The government and NGOs identified a large number of victims, but assisted only 37 percent, leaving most victims without services and vulnerable to re-trafficking." ]]> 2016-11-18 21:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138841922 aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138842126 "Victims had difficulty obtaining medical services, psychological counseling, and identity protection during criminal trials. Official complicity was not adequately addressed."

]]> 2016-11-18 21:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138842126 aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138842337 Recommendations for Romania include: "Allocate public funding for NGOs to provide services to victims; significantly increase training of police, judges, state attorneys, and other relevant officials; increase efforts to identify potential victims proactively among vulnerable populations, such as undocumented migrants, foreign workers, Roma, and children involved in begging."]]> 2016-11-18 21:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138842337 aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138848881 "Article 210 prohibits all forms of trafficking and prescribes penalties of three to 10 years’ imprisonment, which are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape."]]> 2016-11-18 23:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138848881 aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138849067 "Authorities initiated or continued to investigate 858 trafficking cases in 2015, compared with 875 in 2014. Prosecutors initiated or continued prosecution of 480 suspected traffickers in 2015, compared with 534 in 2013. Courts convicted 331 traffickers in 2015, an increase from 269 in 2014. In an increase from the previous year, 68 percent of convicted traffickers were sentenced to time in prison—as opposed to suspended jail sentences or educational measures—compared with 67 percent in 2014. "]]> 2016-11-18 23:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138849067 aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138849549 "The government sustained prevention efforts. In June 2015, the government approved an updated 2015-2016 national action plan. The National Agency against Trafficking in Persons continued to publish monitoring reports, statistics, and research reports on trafficking. The national agency implemented and assisted a wide array of awareness campaigns targeting sex trafficking, forced labor, and forced begging."]]> 2016-11-18 23:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138849549 aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138849986 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rcw5ujQFSQA4YwUpxYV0x0UZqNKvK7kUdk4hNxMmCE0/edit]]> 2016-11-19 00:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138849986 aawilkins18 https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138850005 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UvITUchHpIE_9J_pOI-KLf6PgcyOmhd_fxkT3-fSJeU/edit]]> 2016-11-19 00:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aawilkins18/o3usln998gqh/wish/138850005