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In 2001 the Council of Europe launched the "PACO Networking" project as an activity under the PACO Programme against Corruption and Organised Crime in South-eastern Europe. Social, economic and political conditions combined with restrictive migration regimes, discrimination against women, lack of information, and the demand for sexual services - in some countries created by the large international presence - make women and girls vulnerable to trafficking. This situation is exploited by traffickers who organise internal trafficking to local prostitution markets, trafficking within the region as well as trafficking to Western European countries and other regions. Participants in the Portoroz seminar recognised that enhanced cooperation between criminal justice institutions, law enforcement agencies and anti-trafficking organisations would make a difference in the prevention and control of trafficking in human beings. They identified a number of problems in this respect but also opportunities and examples of successful cooperation. Report on the regional seminar, Portoroz, Slovenia (19-22 June 2002). |
