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25.09.2007. The main hearing in the indictment against Zdravko Lakovic and Mladen Dalmacija, scheduled for September 2, 2007 before the Third Municipal Court in Belgrade did not take place because the defendant Dalmacija was not brought from the Sremska Mitrovica Correctional Facility. Mladen Dalmacija, whom the Serbian police believe to be one of the major […]

20.09.2007, Source: BETA Kevin Kline’s new film on the epidemic trafficking of human beings, with girls forced into prostitution and children into slave labor, opened on Wednesday at the United Nations. The film entitled “Trade,” inspired by a three-year-old New York Times magazine article, tells the story of a 13-year-old Mexican girl and a young

12.09.2007, Source: Vecernje Novosti JAGODINA – Criminal police from Jagodina department begun large search for the seventeen years old Mirjana Lazic from Cuprija, who is missing since 9 September. Silvana Lazic, mother of the missing girl, reported her disappearance on Monday, as Mirjana didn’t come home last night, nor her mobile phone was available. Mirjana

Source: Vecernje novosti KOSOVO is the point of origin, transit and destination for trafficking in women and children who are trafficked internally or outside Kosovo for the purpose of sexual exploitation. With this statement, the US Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking points out in this year’s report for the territory

07.08.2007. Geneva Greece: Trafficking legislation must be fully applied to a Nigerian victim The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) welcomes the decision by the Deputy Prosecutor of the Appeals Court of Athens, Leonidas Lazarakos, to order the indictment of the two men who trafficked E.L. from Nigeria into Greece. In May 2007, OMCT issued an

30.07.2007, Source: B92 Požarevac – Internal control of the Ministry of Internal affaires arrested several inspectors from Požarevac police department for bribe, abuse of office and falsifying documents. Police inspectors from Požarevac Radovan Brkić and Vladimir Tušek are placed under arrest on bribe charges as well as Vladan Milenković. Mirko Vilimonović, police officer from Veliko

30.07.2007. Sigma Huda, United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children, has been under house arrest for two months now upon the order of the Government of Bangladesh on the grounds of being a “security risk for Bangladesh as she may give statements detrimental to this Government.” Ms. Huda is

Novi Pazar – Coordinator of NGO “Damad” from Novi Pazar Zibija Šarenkapić stated her satisfaction with the fact that police has finally arrested suspected persons from this region in relation with human trafficking. For Beta agency she said that the police had information that Novi Pazar is an important point in trafficking in women and

  12.07.2007. Izvor: B92 Novi Pazar – Several persons suspected for human trafficking arrested over human trafficking in Novi Pazar. B92 reported on the problem. In nightclub “Jet Set” several potential victims of human trafficking were discovered, including Marija K. from Sombor, Leposava P. from Loznica and Milica B. from Belgrade; they were transferred to