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corruption in, 140

La Strada, 11, 12, 104–105

orphanges in, 15, 16

recruiting in, 10, 11–13

TIP reports on, 276

trafficking in/from, 21, 45, 46

trafficking to U.S. and,211–212, 214–216

Ukrainian Exotic Escort Agency, 81

United Arab Emirates, 12, 93–94

pimps in, 12

police in, 94

ROC in, 49

United Nations

in Bosnia,99–100, 109, 157–183

cover-ups and,160–183 DynCorp and ( see DynCorp)

Human Rights Office and, 162, 167, 258

International Police Task Force,159–173

in Kosovo, 29, 100–104, 109, 132–133, 230

Office of Internal Oversight,167–169, 250

report on Israel to,196trafficking and, 21, 29–30, 46–47, 122, 137, 157–183

Trafficking and Prostitution

Unit, 101

trafficking protocol and, 259, 267

United States

anti-trafficking legislation, 105

( see also Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act)

Army, Criminal Investigation

Division, 176

Border Patrol,210–212, 221

Committee on International

Relations,179–180, 197, 200–202, 207

ease of entering, 57

economic sanctions and ( see under TIP reports)

embassies and consulates,186

Immigration and Naturalization

Service (INS), 210, 212

military in Korea, 132, 225–226, 227

“national interest,” 188

police,151–155 ( see also FBI)

as police,185–187, 208

refugees in, 63

ROC in, 49, 52

sex tourists from, 224

State Department, 55, 62, 139,

149, 154, 160, 169, 181, 186, 273–278, 280–283, 286, 288( see also TIP reports)

TIP reports on, 205, 209

trafficking from Ukraine, 210, 211–212, 214–216

trafficking in, 23, 57–59, 60, 62, 149–156, 209

trafficking reports and, 205, 209

visas, 58, 59, 62, 64, 149–150

Valhiev (pimp),69–70

Vandenberg, Martina,136–137

Vankovn, Alex, 217, 218

Victims of Trafficking and Violence

Protection Act, 186, 187, 193, 198, 206, 208

reports and ( see TIP reports)

Vinitsky, Garik, 216, 220, 223

Vladivostock, Russia, 48, 69–71

Vlorë, Albania, 22, 108, 117

weapons, 155

trafficking in, 4, 20, 21, 45, 208

websites. See internet

Werner, Kevin,176–178

Wheeless, Charlene A., 178

World Bank, 187

World Sex Guide. See under internet

Yugoslavia. See also Albania; Bosnia;

Kosovo; Serbia

Country Report on, 192

organized crime in,20–21, 30

TIP reports on, 188, 190, 192, 198

trafficking in/through,21–22, 29–31

United Nations police in, 29–30, 228

Gut Instinct

Merchants of Misery

Haven’s Gate

Hey… Malarek!

VICTOR MALAREK has been a journalist for more than thirty years. In 1971, he broke a front-page story that set the stage for his move into the world of investigative journalism. It involved the tragic suicides of three teenage boys in a mismanaged Montreal juvenile detention center. In 1976, Malarek joined The Globe and Mail, where he garnered three prestigious Governor General’s Awards for “meritorious public service journalism.” From 1990 to 2000, he was host of CBC’s investigative documentary program the fifth estate . His work on the show earned him a Gemini Award as Canada’s top broadcast journalist in 1997. He is the author of four books, including the bestselling Hey… Malarek!, and is now an investigative journalist on CTV’s current-affairs show W-FIVE .

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The Natashas : the new global sex trade / Victor Malarek.

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