US DEPARTMENT OF STATE: ARMENIA LARGE SOURCE OF TRAFFICKING

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
June 6 2006

Yerevan, June 6. /ARKA/. Armenia is a large source of trafficking aimed
at sexual exploitation of women, says a report of the US Department
of State.

According to the document, Armenia women are mostly taken to United
Arab Emirates and Turkey.

Armenia is in part both a transit country and a final destination,
the report says.

The persons involved in human trafficking in Armenia, mostly women,
transport the victims to Dubai either directly or through Moscow.

Women are transported to Turkey by buses via Georgia. According to
the report, profit from trafficking of Armenian women has recently
considerably increased.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress