Shocking: In Britain alone, nearly 1,000 Albanian girls were trafficked for one year

947 Albanians have been trafficked for sexual exploitation or forced labour in Great Britain last year. The disturbing figures are published by the National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom. It has identified 6993 victims of different nationalities. About 36% more than in 2017. Albanians make up one of the largest groups, as 13% of the identified victims are of that nationality. They are exploited for forced labor, prostitution, or criminal activity. Trafficking in human beings, according to project leaders at the International Organisation for Migration for Patrick Burland, has resulted from limited financial, educational services, employment, health care, and lack of real opportunities to improve living standards in their countries. The IOM says the phenomenon has become part of discussions in the Parliament of Great Britain through the “report between two fires” drafted by this organisation and Bedfordshire University.

The title of the study, according to his leading researcher Patricia Hynes, was born from statements by several Albanian women who have described how they ended up in situations of exploitation. The countries of origin of these victims are highlighted in the report must increase defence mechanisms, supporting women and their families while facing social discrimination. While earlier it was the US State Department, which June 2108 in the report on trafficking of persons, states that the Albanian government does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

Later, in the latest Human Rights Report, Albania was criticised for its lack of enforcement of human trafficking laws, noting that only a small number of perpetrators have been prosecuted or convicted. Other criticisms went against the lack of enforcement of laws designed to protect women and girls from violence and sexual assault. /abcnews.