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Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It is often transnational in character and its victims are of both genders and all ages. Human trafficking is one of the EU’s priorities in the fight against serious and organised crime as part of EMPACT 2022 - 2025.
Vienna (Austria), 24 January 2023. Fewer victims of trafficking in persons are being identified even as the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises are increasing vulnerabilities to exploitation, according to the latest Global Report on Trafficking in Persons launched today by UNODC.
Human trafficking takes place in every region of the world: Human beings are sold, bought and traded much like objects. Victims of trafficking end up in the hands of traffickers because they are being deceived, being forced or abducted. Human trafficking and smuggling are two different crimes. However, the two are related and often intertwined.
Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people through force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them for profit. Men, women and children of all ages and from all backgrounds can become victims of this crime, which occurs in every region of the world.
A Global Report on Trafficking in Persons launched today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) provides new information on a crime that shames us all. Based on data gathered from 155 countries, it offers the first global assessment of the scope of human trafficking and what is being done to fight it.
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation. Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. It is distinct from people smuggling, which is characterized by the consent of the person being smuggled.
Trafficking in Human Beings: Modern Slavery. Get access. Silvia Scarpa. Published: 17 July 2008. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. In recent decades the international community has focused its attention on trafficking in persons, one of the most worrying phenomena of the 21st century.
