Problem
Trafficking in children
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Commercialization of childrenSale of children
Enslavement and exploitation of minors
International traffic in minors
Nature:
Children are bought from mothers, especially in countries where there is great poverty, who, perhaps, hope their children will have a better future. Children are also kidnapped to be sold for the purposes of economic exploitation, criminal activities, begging, child pornography or child prostitution, medical experimentation and organ transplants and adoption.
Incidence:
In Romania babies were sold for export to earn foreign currency. Foreigners who wanted to adopt children had to pay thousands of dollars different expenses and bribes.
Broader Problems:
Traffic in personsVictimization of children Narrower Problems:
Child pornographyTrafficking in children for adoptionTrafficking in children for sexual exploitationTrafficking in children for medical exploitationTrafficking in children for economic exploitation Related Problems:
Commercialization of family relationships Strategies:
Trafficking in childrenResisting commercializationCommercializingExploiting displaced childrenExploiting displaced childrenExploiting displaced childrenExploiting childrenRespecting sexual immaturity Subject(s):
Commerce → Commerce Commerce → Merchants
Commerce → Trade
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Society → Adolescents
Society → Infants
Transportation, Telecommunications → Traffic
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
14.05.2019 – 17:39 CEST