Human trafficking in Russia

In 2009, efforts to crack down on human trafficking in Russia focused not only on the men, women, and children who were illegally shipped out of Russia to undergo forced labor and sexual exploitation in other countries, but also those who were illegally brought into Russia from abroad.[1] The Government of the Russian Federation has made significant progress in this area since 1999, but a report commissioned by the United States Department of State in 2010 concluded that much more needed to be done before Russia could be taken off its Tier 3 watchlist.[2]

Russia ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol in May 2004.[3]

The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 3" in 2017.[4] The country was still at Tier 3 in 2023,[5] with the U.S. report noting that it was one of eleven countries which were seen as having a documented government policy or pattern of human trafficking.

In 2023, the Organised Crime Index noted that children in the occupied areas of Ukraine were at risk of human trafficking.[6]

  1. ^ "Farhad Mehdiyev, Human Trafficking: Russia as a country of Origin, Journal of Qafqaz University, no 26, 2009, p.27". Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
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  3. ^ United Nations Treaty Collection website, Chapter XVIII Penal Matters section, Section 12a, retrieved August 19, 2024
  4. ^ "Trafficking in Persons Report 2017: Tier Placements". www.state.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  5. ^ US Government website, Trafficking in Persons Report 2023
  6. ^ Organised Crime Index website, Russia retrieved August 19, 2024