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60,000 POST-SOVIET GIRLS MISSING IN USA
MOSCOW, January 23. /RIA Novosti/ - Over 60,000 young women from post-Soviet countries--mainly Russians and Ukrainians--were reported missing in the USA over the last twelve months alone, Rebecca Brian, in charge of partner projects and vocational training on the Council for International Studies and Exchanges, said to a news conference in Moscow.
In the contemporary world, slavery has taken the form of trade in women for sexual abuse. This dire evil concerns the whole world as a million to two are illegally taken abroad every year.
The problem is more acute in post-Soviet countries than anywhere else as national economic plight and token earnings at home make women seek overseas employment and fall into underhand dealers' traps, said Ms. Brian.
It is impossible to evaluate the number of women missing on such trips abroad. Though a majority leave Russia legally, only a few exceptionally lucky girls can get back home--others cannot afford the trip, or have been robbed of their papers, or are in fear of their life. The number of Russian and other East European girls who did not come back last year is roughly estimated at 175,000, said Maria Mokhova, manager of the Moscow-based independent care centre for victims of rape and sexual harassment, who was addressing the same news conference.
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