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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.
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 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 (THB) is a serious and fast-growing crime area that affects millions of innocent people around the world and involves the severe violation of fundamental human rights. Human traffickers control and exploit vulnerable victims and make use of threats, force, fraud, deception or abduction.
The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, in force since1 February 2008, is an international treaty which provides a comprehensive framework for combating human trafficking following a human-rights based and victim-centred approach.
