If they do not bring back a certain amount of money a day, they may be punished. ![]() Victims are lured by promises of jobs, brought to the cities from other Russian provinces or foreign countries and then forced to beg in the streets. 16 This type of forced labour mainly occurs in large cities. 13 There are also reports of workers from Ukraine 14 and Myanmar 15 who have experienced forced labour in Russia’s fishing sector, involving recruitment agencies that deceived these workers about their working conditions.Ĭhildren exploited in forced begging is also increasingly an issue. These migrants come to Russia searching for work and are tricked into forced labour by recruiters offering fraudulent employment opportunities, 12 but then kidnapped or drugged and brought to far away Russian republics, such as Dagestan, where they are forced to work against their will. 11 This involves unscrupulous recruiters who target migrants at train stations in major Russian cities. Internal migrants from Russia’s poorer regions and migrants from the former Soviet satellite states are reportedly trafficked (sometimes involving drugging and kidnapping) and then forced to work against their will in brick factories and small farms in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan. Seventeen workers have reportedly died on World Cup stadium sites in Russia. 9 Workers also reported having to work outside in extremely cold temperatures and facing retaliation or threats for raising concerns about their labour conditions. 8 Research conducted by Human Rights Watch identified a range of abuses among these construction labourers, including non-payment and delayed payment of wages, as well as lack of employment contracts and other documentation required for legal employment. There were documented cases of exploitation of construction workers working on stadium sites for the 2018 FIFA Soccer World Cup. 6 Migrant workers who fall victim to exploitation primarily originate from Central Asian countries (such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan), Ukraine, Vietnam, China, and North Korea. 4 Forced labour involves migrant workers, who are either already in the country (including irregular migrants 5), or foreign citizens who are brought to Russia for the purpose of exploitation. Forms of labour exploitation can be found in a variety of sectors, such as agriculture, construction, domestic work, begging, trash collection, and illegal logging. 3 Forced labourįorced labour in Russia predominantly occurs in informal and less regulated industries. Additionally, 1,473 individuals were prosecuted, and 1,196 individuals were convicted for trafficking or trafficking-related offences in 2015. 2 The number of cases investigated for trafficking in persons and other related offences under those criminal code articles amounted to 2,717. ![]() Eighty-three of those were confirmed as victims of trafficking in persons and slave labour, and 202 were child victims of trafficking or other types of sexual exploitation. ![]() The latest statistics provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), based on statistics collected by the Russian government, show that in 2015, there were 285 detected victims of trafficking under the different trafficking-related articles 1 of Russia’s criminal code. ![]() The Global Slavery Index estimates that 794,000 people lived in conditions of modern slavery in Russia on any given day in 2016, reflecting a prevalence rate of 5.5 victims for every thousand people.
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