Europe EU must do more to fight child trafficking

3 Jul 2009 |

The Fundamental Rights Agency of the EU (FRA) released a report on Child Trafficking in the European Union – Challenges, perspectives and good practices. The report notes that many children fall victim to trafficking every year and that there are few convictions in child trafficking cases. Overall, the report finds that the EU must do more to address the issue and calls for better legislation to combat child trafficking. The FRA website quotes Director Morten Kjaerum: “Every year, a significant number of children in the EU fall victim to trafficking for sexual exploitation, labour exploitation, adoption and organ extraction. These are alarming signals. We must make every possible effort to protect and support these children”.

Source : FRA