human trafficking

The USA’s State Department writes, in its annual report on human trafficking, that the Government of Romania does not meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and criticizes the reorganization of the National Agency against the Trafficking of Persons.

The USA’s State Department writes, in its annual report on human trafficking, that Romania is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically for forced labor, and for women and children trafficked for forced prostitution.

The Bucharest Court of Appeals has issued Thursday, for the first time, a life imprisonment sentence for two pimps who severely battered a young woman and dumped her body in a basement, where it was later found by police officers.

Police have arrested nine Romanian and Ukrainian nationals suspected of forcing 40 Romanians, including minors, to work at a farm in Czech Republic, without payment, Romanian Police said in a statement Wednesday.