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- Tier 1 Category: Local government officials are not ignorant of the prevalence of human trafficking in the Netherlands. The U.S. Department of State designated the Netherlands as Tier 1, meaning the Dutch government fully complies with the minimum requirements for eliminating trafficking as set forth by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, passed by the U.S. government in 2000.
- Legalizing Prostitution: The prostitution industry has been legal in the Netherlands since 2000. Once it was legalized, the demand for services increased but the supply did not.
- Labor Exploitation: In addition to sexual exploitation, human trafficking also takes place in economic fields where victims are subject to employment under deplorable conditions.
- Criminality: Another form of human trafficking involves forcing individuals to commit crimes. Criminal exploitation is when an individual is forced to steal, beg or otherwise illegally acquire goods or monies and hand them over to the individual doing the exploiting.
Oct 25, 2022 · In 2021, the Netherlands identified 791 new victims of trafficking compared to 1013 in 2020, claims a recent report by the CoMensha - a Dutch non-profit that monitors and raises awareness of human trafficking.
- Recommendations of Herman Bolhaar
- Alternatives to Judicial Punishments
- The Victim Centred Approach
Following the report, Bolhaar outlined three main areas of focus to tackle Human Trafficking in the Netherlands: 1. A focus on prevention of perpetrators, specifically amongst youths as the report revealed that one in three domestic sex traffickers is younger than 23. 2. Research into whether the resocialisation approach works with regard to recidi...
Prevention and Probation were also touched upon in the National report on Human Trafficking, this is especially interesting to us as they are two areas which the Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) works on extensively. With regard to prevention, we highlight the importance of recognising the perpetrators of human trafficking and knowing the motiv...
The perpetrators pulled focus in the report. However, it was the high number of victims that was remarkable as Human Trafficking disproportionately affects the victims with regard to coercion, exploitation of the victim’s vulnerability and the threat or use of violence. Therefore, in line with European Union policies, and as highlighted in our BAN ...
Oct 18, 2022 · The Netherlands is in the top 5 countries with the most human trafficking, finishing behind Romania and Nigeria, according to a report the Coordination Center for Human Trafficking (CoMensha) will publish on Tuesday - the European Day Against Human Trafficking.
According to the United States Department of State, human trafficking in the Netherlands is a problem which affects particularly women and girls, who are forced to work in the sex industry. In the year of 2009 there were 909 registered victims of human trafficking.
We are committed to the interests and rights of (potential) victims of human trafficking in the Netherlands in all it's guises, including sexual exploitation, labour exploitation, criminal exploitation, forced begging and forced organ removal. CoMensha: provides insight into the nature and extent of human trafficking through registration;
Jul 3, 2019 · The new proposals are an effort to protect sex workers from gawping tourists and to combat a rise in human trafficking, Ms Halsema said. But there are no plans to outlaw prostitution altogether,...
