Moldova

Airports:

10 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 1,980 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 1,138 km
broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 12,666 km
paved: 12,117 km
unpaved: 549 km (2007)

Waterways:

424 km (on Dniester and Prut rivers) (2007)

Merchant marine:

total: 39
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 32, chemical tanker 2, combination
ore/oil 2, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 17 (Egypt 1, Romania 3, Russia 3, Syria 1, Turkey 3,
Ukraine 5, Yemen 1) (2008)

Military
Moldova

Military branches:

National Army: Ground Forces, Rapid Reaction Forces, Air and Air
Defense Forces (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for compulsory military service; 12-month service
obligation (2006)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,161,924
females age 16-49: 1,187,771 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 877,070
females age 16-49: 994,091 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 33,053
female: 31,712 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

0.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues
Moldova

Disputes - international:

Moldova and Ukraine operate joint customs posts to monitor the
transit of people and commodities through Moldova's break-away
Transnistria region, which remains under OSCE supervision

Trafficking in persons:

current situation: Moldova is a major source and, to a lesser
extent, a transit country for women and girls trafficked for the
purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; Moldovan women are
trafficked to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe;
girls and young women are trafficked within the country from rural
areas to Chisinau; children are also trafficked to neighboring
countries for forced labor and begging; labor trafficking of men to
work in the construction, agriculture, and service sectors of Russia
is increasingly a problem
tier rating: Tier 3 - Moldova does not fully comply with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making
significant efforts to do so; the government failed to fol