IOM (International Organization for Migration)
IOM’s sex trafficking project seeks to rescue and rehabilitate women and children from Moldova who have been trafficked, giving them a chance to lead normal lives again. The project also offers young women and children who are at risk of being trafficked practical solutions to improve their situations as alternatives to accepting work abroad.

La Strada
Moldova-based La Strada is part of a pan-European network of organizations working to prevent the trafficking of women in Central and Eastern Europe. They offer direct services for women, including a toll-free hotline and drop-in center, as well as research about trafficking, international anti-trafficking campaigns and discussion forums around local activities.

The Countertraffickers: Rescuing the victims of the global sex trade
William Finnegan chronicled IOM’s work in Moldova in his detailed and well-reported article for The New Yorker (May 5, 2008).

PBS FRONTLINE’S “Sex Slaves”
A page on statistics and trends of sex trafficking and list of other reports on the issue compiled by the producers of FRONTLINE’S “Sex Slaves,” a hidden-camera series on sex trafficking that aired in 2006.

Family Violence Prevention Fund
The fund conducts public awareness campaigns and programs to teach about violence prevention. It also promotes community leadership and legislation changes, such as the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, to transform the way health care providers, police, employers and others address violence.

Polaris Project
Polaris Project operates a national trafficking hotline and provides social services to victims of any form of human trafficking. Founded in 2002 and based in the United States and Japan, the project also advocates for stronger state and Federal anti-trafficking legislation.

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Moldova
The OSCE began its work in Moldova in 1993 in response to the country’s civil war. The mission’s overall aim is to promote greater stability, democracy and economic growth in Moldova. The site publishes reports on human trafficking in the region, including a report on the new legal framework in Moldova established to try to stem the problem.

Center for Social and Economic Development in Moldova
This Moldovan nonprofit, founded in 1996, is working to strengthen ties between Moldova and the United States. Partnering with Drexel University in Pennsylvania, the center runs cultural and educational exchange programs that help bring school children and professionals together from both countries.

Stop Violence Against Women
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights provides an overview of how Moldova’s economic and social conditions have contributed to the country’s sex trafficking. The report also includes links to other studies of sex trafficking in Moldova.

BBC News
This article describes Moldova’s position as Europe’s human trafficking hub, and tells the story of one woman’s journey from her mother’s home into prostitution and her return back home.

Radio Free Europe
This 2004 article describes why young women from rural areas of Moldova are the most vulnerable to being trafficked.

UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund closely follows the sex trafficking of girls and women in Moldova and provides the latest data and information on trafficking, poverty and other related issues.

U.S. Department of Labor
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs tracks the Moldovan government’s attempts to prevent sex trafficking.

U.S. Department of State
This report on human rights in Moldova includes an explanation of the country’s constitution, its police and security forces, and its history of human rights abuses. Section 5 discusses Moldova’s laws regarding sex trafficking and analysis of how those laws have played out.