Information on the activities of the Chechen mafia in the Ukraine, including its involvement in the trafficking of young girls, could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

For information on organized crime in the Ukraine, please refer to UKR40370.E of 9 December 2002, UKR40034.E of 23 October 2002 and UKR31026.E of 4 February 1999.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

IRB databases

NEXIS

Oral sources:

The programme director of the Winrock International Trafficking Prevention Project in the Ukraine was unable to provide information

Unsuccessful attempts to contact one academic source specializing in trafficking of women, including in the trafficking of women in the Ukraine

Unsuccessful attempt to contact the Organization for Security and Cooperation in the Ukraine

Internet sites, including:

BBC

Center for the Study of Transnational Organized Crime and Corruption

Coaliton Against Trafficking in Women, Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation of Women

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Congressional Research Service report, "Trafficking in Women and Children: The U.S. and International Response"

Council of Europe

Eurasianet.org

European Commission

European Country of Origin Information Network

Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW)

Human Rights Watch

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights

International Organization for Migration

Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption

National Institute of Justice, United States

OSCE

Radio Free Europe

"The Transnational Political Criminal Nexus of Trafficking in Women from Ukraine." In Trends in Organized Crime. Spring-Summer 2001. Vol. 6, no. 3-4.

UNIFEM

United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention

United Nations Criminal Justice Information Network

University of Rhode Island, Trafficking in Women from Ukraine Research Project

Winrock International, Trafficking Prevention Project in Ukraine

World Bank

World News Connection

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