TRAFICUL DE PERSOANE. TRAFICUL DE MINORI Human Trafficking. Trafficking in Children

900 thousand children are working in their own households and 70 thousand were victims of worst forms of child labor, including sexual exploitation, forced work, trafficking in children, involvement in criminal activities and risk exposure. Also, approximately 3 thousand street children were involved in: products selling in the street, beggary or windshields washing. In Roma communities, the work of young children (even of 5 years old) is still a frequent practice. Isolated cases of girls involved in prostitution were discovered and sexual exploitation of children remained a major problem. From a total of 100 trafficking cases assisted by International Organization for Migration, 26 involved trafficking in minors (girls). A number of nongovernmentmental organizations emphasized that many institutionalized girls are exposed to a high risk of being trafficked.