It sounds like far too many of those children have been "trafficked"...
"Nicolae Ceausescu loved nothing better than a monument to himself. But his
ministerial palaces and avenues paled next to another of his schemes for
building socialism: a plan to increase Romania's population from 23 million to
30 million by the year 2000. He began his campaign in 1966 with a decree that
virtually made pregnancy a state policy. "The fetus is the property of the
entire society," Ceausescu proclaimed. "Anyone who avoids having children is a
deserter who abandons the laws of national continuity."
It was one of the late dictator's cruelest commands. At first Romania's
birthrate nearly doubled. But poor nutrition and inadequate prenatal care
endangered many pregnant women. The country's infant-mortality rate soard to
83 deaths in every 1,000 births (against a Western European average of less
than 10 per thousand). About one in 10 babies was born underweight; newborns
weighing 1,500 grams (3 pounds, 5 ounces) were classified as miscarriages and
denied treatment. Unwanted survivors often ended up in orphanages. "The law
only forbade abortion," says Dr. Alexander Floran Anca of Bucharest. "It did
nothing to promote life."...
"Celibacy tax": A woman didn't have to be pregnant to come under scrutiny. In
1986 members of the Communist youth group were sent to quiz citizens about
their sex lives. "How often do you have sexual intercourse?" the
questionnaire read. "Why have you failed to conceive?" Women who did not have
children, even if they could not, paid a "celibacy tax" of up to 10 percent of
their monthly salaries."
http://www.holysmoke.org/fem/fem0052.htmIn the 90's was when Human Trafficking became more of a problem - esp. out of countries like Romania - with these same children who had been forced conceptions:
Also:
"...The documentary exposed how Western pedophiles were coming to Romania posing as tourists, and were then procuring boys for underage sex. “Tom,” from Britain, had originally come to Bucharest in the aftermath of the collapse of the Ceausescu regime to work in an orphanage. Using hidden cameras, Tom was shown discussing his Internet business—a web site offering to introduce men to Romanian boys. His clients came from throughout western Europe—Britain, Holland, Switzerland. He boasted that he had even supplied boys to a German judge.
From Bucharest, Tipurita travelled to Milan. In one district of Italy’s most prosperous city, the film showed how Romanian boys, some as young as 10, were being pimped for underage sex, often by their own fathers, brothers and cousins.
Posing as a potential customer, and using a secret night-vision camera, Tipurita asked one young boy how much it would cost for one hour. He said he would have to ask his father. Thirty euros ($35), came the reply. Suddenly, a police car drove by, but they were only interested in looking for “illegal immigrants,” Tipurita commented.
International federation Terre des Hommes estimates that 6,000 children between the ages of 12 and 16 are trafficked from eastern Europe each year, with more than 650 being forced to work as sex slaves in Italy. The price of a girl trafficked to Italy can be between $2,500 and $4,000, with up to $10,000 being paid if she is a virgin. According to the French human rights organisation, Albania is the county most involved in the sex trade, with women and children being lured to go to the West with false promises of marriage, jobs or education. When they get there, there is no husband, no job and no education. Alone in a foreign land without any means of support, violence and coercion ensure they are soon earning money for their new “owners.” <more>
http://www.countercurrents.org/hr-tylor251003.htm
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