Human Trafficking in Eastern Europe Human trafficking in Eastern Europe
Trafficking in persons to Europe for sexual exploitation
The case of Bulgaria

Human trafficking flows in Europe
Domestic trafficking: the unexpected victims
Europe as origin: Central Europe and the Balkans
Europe as destination: A whole world of victims
Trafficking patterns in Europe
Profile of the offenders: The next-door trafficker
The victims and the forms of exploitation. Eastern Europe is among the major sources of migrants who travel for work to other European nations. In this research, in-depth interviews and analysis of legal cases of migration in Bulgaria reveal that the typical kinds of human trafficking in the region are sexual exploitation, labor exploitation, forced servitude, and trafficking of pregnant women for the sale of their babies.