Some 200,000 women victims of human trafficking in Balkans

Some 200,000 women victims of people trafficking in Balkans
Tanjug - September 23, 2003

15:37 BELGRADE - About 200,000 women from the Balkans have become victims of a smuggling network that covers this region and is expanding into countries of the European Union, and the four largest "exporters" are Moldavia, Romania, Ukraine and Russia, the London Insitute for War and Peace Reporting assessed.

Romania is the main source for acquiring the women, while Albania is the main trafficking center. The roads of the trade go across Albania, Serbia and Hungary, as well as across Montenegro and the Adriatic Sea to Italy and to the south across Bulgaria and Greece.