Trafficking and prostitution: the growing exploitation of migrant women from central and Eastern Europe

The trafficking of women from East to West is increasing rapidly. This form of exploitation and abuse of human rights is no longer confined to women from developing countries. Increasingly women from Central and Eastern European countries are entering Western Europe where they are forced or trapped into prostitution. The violence and exploitation endured by these women often goes beyond the exploitation suffered by other trafficked migrants. The full scale of the problem remains unknown, however, because few women are prepared or able to report what has happened to them to the police.

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