| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year
2000, the ILO projects that there will be 0 economically active children
between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
*
In 1995, there were 0 economically active children between the ages
of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Child labour is
not used in industry, although children living in rural areas often assist
in the agricultural sector. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* The government specifically
prohibits forced and bonded labour by children, and there were no reports
that it occurred, except for instances of trafficking in girls.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
|
| Child
Trafficking |
ADULT STATISTICS
* A prominent
women's rights activist and member of Parliament states that more
than 10,000 Moldovan women are working as prostitutes in other countries.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
*
Although no statistics are available, Moldova is a source country
for women and girls, who are trafficked to various locations, including
Turkey, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, and Israel for forced prostitution.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* Women and
girls reportedly are trafficked to Italy and Greece through Romania,
Serbia-Montenegro, Albania, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, France,
Spain, and the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
*
Trafficking in girls is a very serious problem.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Police cracked a
network that was smuggling prostitutes from Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, and
Romania via Albania to Italy. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
|
| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Police cracked a
network that was smuggling prostitutes from Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, and
Romania via Albania to Italy. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
|
| Children
in Crime |
GENERAL JUVENILE
CRIME STATISTICS
* 2.3% of total
prisoners are juveniles. (UNDP, Human Development Report, 1999)
* In 1998 there
were 5,320 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 14.70%
of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 21 cases of murder
(5.70% of all murders), 25 cases of serious assault
(6.10% of all cases), 5,227 cases of all types of theft (20.80%
of all cases), 1,027 cases of aggravated theft (19.80% of all cases),
271 cases of robbery and violent theft (19.90% of all cases), 289
cases of breaking and entering (15.20% of all cases), 74 cases of
theft of motor cars (12.70% of all cases), 4,158 cases of other
theft (21.00% of all cases), 42 cases of fraud (2.80% of all cases),
4 cases of counterfeit currency offences (3.00% of all cases), 52
cases of drug offences (6.00% of all cases) (INTERPOL,
International Crime Statistics for 1998, citing National
Statistics)
|
| Child
Soldiers |
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
* All men between
18 and 40 years were liable for military service. (CSUCS,
Europe Report, October 1999, citing War Resisters' International, The CONCODOC
Project, 1998)
NOTES ON GOVERNMENT
FORCES
* It is not
known if there are any under-18s in government armed forces due
to lack of information on voluntary recruitment age. There are no
reports of child participation in the conflict over the breakaway
republic of Trans-Dnestr. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
SPECIFIC SECTORS
* Street Children
- 1,000 street children are living in Chisinau and other urban areas.
(US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
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