04 June 2008 Tirana
A U.S. State Department report describes Albania as a source for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labour.
Albanian victims are being trafficked to Greece, Italy, Macedonia, and Kosovo with many trafficked onwards to West European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands, the report says.
Approximately half of all Albanian trafficking victims are under the age of 18. Internal sex trafficking of women and children is also on the rise.
According to the report, the government of Albania does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is noted that it is making significant efforts to do so.
The report recommends that Albania vigorously investigate and prosecute human trafficking offences as well as law enforcement officials' complicit in trafficking cases.
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