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Approximately 40% of missing children in Romania come from state institutions, is the conclusion reached by the Parliamentary Investigation Commission on the situation of missing children in Romania. This commission, which operated in the Chamber of Deputies, presented its report based on the statements of various representatives of public institutions and NGOs.
“(…) Mr. Chestor Eduard Mirițescu, Deputy Representative of the Inspector General of the Romanian Police, stated that, according to the statistics carried out by this institution, 40% of the cases of missing children come from protection centers (centers of day, reception centers in residential and / or emergency reception centers, centers for children with disabilities, as well as in the case of children in foster care or in foster care with relatives / families), all of them subordinate to the General Directorates of Social Assistance and Protection of Children ”, is shown in the conclusions of the document prepared by the commission.
According to the report, many of the minors trafficked by prostitution networks are captured by traffickers with the consent of representatives of the General Directorates of Social Assistance and Child Protection. Several non-governmental organizations have brought to the attention of the commission several cases that have occurred over time in certain centers, which confirm what the police representative said.
Social workers turned pimps
NGO representatives found that there are links between certain people in the management structures of the DGASPC and the networks dealing with human trafficking. Thus, although they must be protected, the former actively participate in the recruitment of minors for sexual and begging purposes.
According to the document, Iana Matei – president of the Reaching Out Romania Foundation and Monica Boseff, president of the Open Door Foundation demonstrated that underage girls are taken out of the country and taken into prostitution abroad, with false documents or statements to a notary paid, with complicity. those of DGASPC. The young women are “spoiled” by the representatives of the DGASPC management and “put into production by the traffickers.” The two NGO representatives showed that, worse still, girls are encouraged even by the employees of these centers to leave “to earn money” from prostitution.
The Commission heard the representatives of various directorates general for social assistance and child protection in the country, and it was concluded that there were cases of human trafficking in certain centers, such as those of the DGASPC Constanța.
“There were cases of human trafficking (DGASPC Constanța), and the internal investigation provided the necessary documentation to notify the criminal investigation bodies. (…) Regarding DGASPC Constanța, “there was only one case, a few years ago (a young woman between 15 and 16 years old) in a placement center. The case was monitored and all those involved were detained, ”the document says.
Politicians involved in trafficking networks
According to Iana Matei, president of the Reaching Out Romania Foundation, the most problematic DGASPCs (also called “traffic basins”) are in Dolj, Brașov, Teleorman, Călărași, Galați, Brăila, Constanța counties. Human trafficking networks are politically and legally connected to these centers, which protect traffickers.
Romania ranks first in human trafficking in Europe, a statistic proven by numerous international reports (Greta Report, US State Report), the latest of its kind being the third progress report from the European Commission on October 20, 2020 in the fight against trafficking in human beings, in accordance with article 20 of Directive 2011/36 / EU to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings and protect the victims of this phenomenon, states the Commission.
“Trafficking in human beings is more than a simple crime provided for in the Penal Code, it is a social phenomenon, with certain characteristics, due to the causes that generate it and the conditions that favor the development of the phenomenon,” the document reads.
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