The UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, … See more

There are many different estimates of the number of victims of human trafficking.
According to scholar Kevin Bales, author of Disposable People (2004), estimates that as many as 27 million people are in "modern-da… See more

According to the 2018 and 2019 editions of the annual Trafficking in Persons Reports issued by the U.S. State Department: Belarus, Iran, Russia, and Turkmenistan remain among the worst countries when it comes to p… See more

Trafficking arrangements are sometimes structured as a work contract, but with no or low payment, or on terms which are highly exploitative. They may also be structured as debt bondage, with the victim not being permitted o… See more

A complex set of factors fuel human trafficking, including poverty, unemployment, social norms that discriminate against women, institutional challenges, and globalization.
Poverty and … See more

Human trafficking victims face threats of violence from many sources, including customers, pimps, brothel owners, madams, traffickers, and corrupt local law enforcement officials and even from family members w… See more