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Belarus

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Trafficking

In December 1997, a group of Armenians were caught in Belarus trafficking children to Brest under false pretenses; their destination was Poland. ("Criminal Group Trading Children Apprehended in Belarus," Noyan Tapan, 10 December 1997)

1,000 Ukrainian and Belarusan women are in prostitution in Poland. (Piotr Bazylko "Poland, Ukraine to fight sex slave industry", Reuters ,16 July 1998)

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Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation
Donna M. Hughes, Laura Joy Sporcic and Nadine Z. Mendelsohn