According to an article in The New Yorker, “one to two percent of all Moldovan migrants may find themselves trafficked at some point.” Source: William Finnegan, “The Countertraffickers,” New Yorker, May 5, 2008.  

An article in the Washington Post stated that “The International Organization for Migration considers Moldova the main European source of women and children for forced prostitution in Western Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East.” Source: Peter Baker, ” In Struggling Moldova, Desperation Drives Decisions,” Washington Post, November 7, 2002.

Women who are trafficked into Israel comes from the following countries:  Russia; Moldova; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Belarus.

Organ sellers in Moldova receive between $2,500 to $3,000, with recipients paying between $100,000 to $250,000. Source: Carl Kovac, “Kidney trafficking is ” big business,”says Council of Europe,” British Medical Journal, August 2, 2003,(accessed: March 13, 2007).

In Moldova, brokers are paid $100 or $200 for each person they recruit to sell their kidneys. Source: Peter Baker, “In Struggling Moldova, Desperation Drives Decisions,” Washington Post, November 7, 2002,(accessed: March 13, 2007).