 The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe can (OSCE) is trying to facilitate a negotiated settlement and has had an observer mission in place for several years.The country remains divided, with the Transnistrian region controlled by separatist forces, supported "de facto" by a contingency of Russian troops posing as a peacekeeping mission.Due to the high rate of poverty, Moldova remains a large source-country of illegal sex workers that are exported to Western Europe, Russia and the Middle East.