Résumé
The background for this report is based on a three-country study on the links between organised crime and trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Sweden, Finland and Estonia .The structure has been revised for national purposes and thus this report deals only with the results of the Finnish study.
Contenu
1. Introduction -- 2. Relevant concepts and legislation -- 2.1.Trafficking in human beings -- 2.2. Human smuggling -- 2.3. Organised crime -- 2.4. Prostitution and procuring -- 3. The current situation in Finland -- 3.1. Short history of combating human trafficking -- 3.2. Trafficking in human beings cases -- 3.3. Prostitution in Finland -- 3.4. Procuring in Finland -- 3.5. Organised crime in Finland -- 4. Data and methods -- 4.1.The analytical model -- 4.2. The data -- 4.3. Excerpts from the data.
The Recruitment Phase -- 5. Recruiting the women to Finland -- 5.1.Who are the victims? -- 5.2. Recruiting the women: methods of recruitment -- 5.3. The question of consent and use of deception in the recruitment phase -- 5.4. Summary.
The Transport Phase -- 6. Transporting the women to Finland -- 6.1. Finland as a transit country—the case of the Georgian women as an example -- 6.2. The problem of distinguishing between human trafficking, arrangement of illegal immigration and tourism -- 6.3. Travelling routes to Finland -- 6.4. Travel arrangements -- 6.5. The organisation behind the transport -- 6.6. Summary.
The Procuring Phase -- 7. Criminal networks and their structure -- 7.1. The organised crime context -- 7.2. Criminal networks and their structure -- 7.3. Duration of the activity and the profit made -- 7.4. Other activities -- 7.5. Police activities and precautions taken by the criminals -- 8. Different actors engaged in procuring -- 8.1. Criminal actors -- 8.2. Legal and semi-legal actors -- 8.3. Authority involvement and corruption -- 9. Sex buyers -- 9.1. Characteristics of sex buyers -- 9.2. The law on sex purchases and the demand for prostitution -- 9.3. Recent changes -- 10. Marketing and trading places -- 10.1 marketing -- 10.2. Trading places -- 10.3. Prices of the sexual services -- 11. Methods of controlling the women -- 11.1. Financial control -- 11.2. Limits and rules -- 11.3. Violence and threats -- 11.4. Summary of the procuring phase -- 12. Views on victim services and trafficking legislation -- 12.1. Victims -- 12.2. Victim services -- 12.3. Trafficking legislation -- 13. Summary and conclusions -- 13.1. Summary of the main findings -- 13.2. Conclusions and discussion.
Collection
Publication series (European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations), 1237-4741 ; no. 62.