Male Trafficking in Serbia

Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović

• The methodological approach used during the collection and analysis of literature about male trafficking
• The scope of male trafficking
• The scope of male trafficking in the world
• The scope of male trafficking in Serbia
• The characteristics of male trafficking
• The characteristics of the victims: who are the trafficked men?
• The routes of male trafficking: countries of origin, transit and destination
• Ways of victims’ recruitment
• Transport of victims
• Forms of victim exploitation
• Characteristics of the perpetrators of male trafficking
• Conclusion

• The subject and goal of the research
• The method and sample

• The scope and structure of male trafficking in Serbia
• Introduction
• Data from the state institutions’ reports
• Data on male trafficking and smuggling from the interviews and court verdicts
• The characteristics of male trafficking in Serbia
• Introduction
• The characteristics of men as victims of trafficking in persons
• The characteristics of committing male trafficking in Serbia
• The characteristics of male smuggling in Serbia
• The routes of male trafficking and smuggling
• Conclusion

• Introduction
• Factors that influence the risk of victimization
• by male trafficking
• Economic situation, war, social disorganization and gender identity
• Restricted visa regime, illegal markets of documents and corruption
• Special factors that push male children towards becoming victims of trafficking
• Expected possibility of wage and better life
• The criminogenic factors of male trafficking
• Etiological characteristics of male trafficking as individual criminal activity and form of organized crime
• The criminogenic influence of war and transition: economic problems, gray economy and gender identities
• Social marginalization and gray economy
• Inadequate reaction of the state agencies and corruption
• Conclusion

• The legal and the institutional framework of the social reaction to the problem of trafficking in persons in Serbia
• Introduction
• Domain of combating trafficking in persons
• Domain of victim protection and prevention
• Cooperation and current challenges in the work of various persons in the prevention of trafficking in persons and protection of victims – research results
• Sensibility of professionals and the recognition of male victims of trafficking
• Introduction
• Recognition of the victimization of males in Serbia – the results of the research
• Conclusion
• Support, assistance and the protection of male victims of trafficking: results of the research
• Introduction
• State bodies and male victims of trafficking in persons
• Non-governmental organizations and male victims of trafficking
• Provision of safe accommodation and leaving the country
• Refusal of assistance by the victim
• Victims in criminal proceedings
• Conclusion
• Criminal prosecution of perpetrators of male trafficking
• Introduction
• Persons accused and convicted of trafficking and smuggling of males
• The penal policy of the courts in Serbia
• Problems identified in practice
• Conclusion
• Proposals of social reactions given by the interviewees
• Introduction
• The proposals of the interviewed professionals
• The approach to the solution of the problem from the aspect of those convicted of trafficking in persons
• Conclusion
• Concluding remarks on the social reaction to male trafficking in Serbia