"Sisters" – a film exposing the experiences of Serbian women
trafficked into the sex trade, produced with technical assistance
from IOM, premiered in Belgrade this week and will be screened on
Serbian national television in May.

The film tells the story of two young women who are forced into
the sex trade after being tricked into believing that they have
been offered jobs in Italy.

The story is factually based and reflects the nature of human
trafficking in Serbia, where 90 per cent of trafficking victims are
young women, who are sold for sexual exploitation.

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and other senior
government figures, as well as diplomats and leading film industry
figures attended the premiere.

The Prime Minister said that Serbia has formed special
anti-crime units which in 2009 succeeded in arresting 200 people
involved in human trafficking.

"Serbia is committed to fighting human trafficking and is
reviewing its anti-human trafficking regulations with the
assistance of IOM, UNHCR and UNODC," he said.

"The film does not have explicit scenes of sex and violence, but
shows the consequences. It is emotional, but we intentionally did
not make it identical to the true stories, as we wanted to protect
the victims," said Bojana Malijevic, who produced the film for the
Monte Royal Production Company.

The production was funded by IOM, the European Union and the
Serbian Ministry for Culture.

For more information, please contact:

Gregoire Goodstein

IOM  Belgrade

Tel: +381 11 382 17 03

E-mail: "mailto:ggoodstein@iom.int">ggoodstein@iom.int