Prothero, P. Mitchell.
Human Trafficking Fight Out-Gunned. / P. Mitchell Prothero. - UPI, 2002. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 43. Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: Human Trafficking Fight Out-Gunned, Feb. 3, 2002; pp. n.p..
"In the fight against human trafficking, sometimes it's hard to know what is more frustrating in a new country struggling to pull itself together in the aftermath of devastating civil war: Bosnia-Herzegovina's weak central government, its undertrained and underpaid police vulnerable to corruption, or more ordinary hurdles such as penalties that average about a month in jail for a conviction of forced prostitution, if prosecutors indeed manage to get a conviction." (UPI) This article reveals the obstacles faced by the U.N. and its special task force in attempting to end the international trafficking of young girls for prostitution in the Balkan region.
1522-3248;
United Nations--Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Human rights--Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Illegal aliens--Smuggling.
Prostitution--Eastern Europe.
Young women.
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Human Trafficking Fight Out-Gunned. / P. Mitchell Prothero. - UPI, 2002. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 43. Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: Human Trafficking Fight Out-Gunned, Feb. 3, 2002; pp. n.p..
"In the fight against human trafficking, sometimes it's hard to know what is more frustrating in a new country struggling to pull itself together in the aftermath of devastating civil war: Bosnia-Herzegovina's weak central government, its undertrained and underpaid police vulnerable to corruption, or more ordinary hurdles such as penalties that average about a month in jail for a conviction of forced prostitution, if prosecutors indeed manage to get a conviction." (UPI) This article reveals the obstacles faced by the U.N. and its special task force in attempting to end the international trafficking of young girls for prostitution in the Balkan region.
1522-3248;
United Nations--Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Human rights--Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Illegal aliens--Smuggling.
Prostitution--Eastern Europe.
Young women.
AC1.S5
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