This document summarizes key information about Moldova and the Transnistria region, including their location and demographics. It also provides an overview of the proposed impact of a film that would tell the stories of victims of human trafficking from this region, exposing the violence, deceit and corruption they experienced before and during the trafficking process. The film would feature a cast representing the ethnic diversity of the area and include subtitles to accommodate the different languages spoken.

1. Location:
Moldova: landlocked country between
Romania to the west and Ukraine to the east.
Transnistra is a region between Moldova and
The Ukraine Border
500 sq. km
Demographics:
Republic of Moldova (Transnistria included)
4.5 Million
60% Moldovan
14% Ukrainians
13% Russians,
Transnistria: 500,000
Moldovans 40%
Ukrainians 28%
Russians 23%

8. Stories of victims before being trafficked –
-True stories of victims of domestic violence, poverty, refugees from the civil
war,
lack of social and economic opportunities.
Stories of victims being trafficked – showing violence, deceit, and exposing
corruption.
Stories of victims being exploited- exposing realities about life of trafficked victims in
destination countries.
Cast – representing different ethnic groups in this region
Language: spoken: hybrid of Russian and Romanian and always subtitled in the
language that is not being spoken at the time.

9. Proposed Impact

10. Positive
-Increase awareness
-Reduction in rate of trafficking
-Less crime
-increased government accountability
Negative
-Increase vulnerability of trafficked
victims
-Increase conflict in the areas of
language and ethnic issues