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Secretary Clinton Releases 9th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report, Including Slovakia Situation

On June 16, in releasing the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton describe it as a tool to guide future actions and called for greater cooperation among nations to combat trafficking. Secretary Clinton said: "The ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report sheds light on the faces of modern-day slavery and on new facets of this global problem. The human trafficking phenomenon affects virtually every country, including the United States. In acknowledging America’s own struggle with modern-day slavery and slavery-related practices, we offer partnership. We call on every government to join us in working to build consensus and leverage resources to eliminate all forms of human trafficking." The Slovak Republic is a source, transit, and limited destination country for women and girls from Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria, the Baltics, the Balkans, and China trafficked to the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, Croatia, and Slovenia for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Roma women and girls are trafficked internally for sexual exploitation and Roma children are trafficked to Austria, Italy, and Germany for the purpose of forced begging.

Hillary Clinton - Remarks  |  TA3 Coverage

2009 Trafficking in Persons Report  |  2009 Trafficking in Persons Report - Slovak Republic