Global Report on Trafficking in Persons Released

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The 2024 UNODC ‘Global Report on Trafficking in Persons’ is the eighth of its kind

Launch of 2024 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons

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• 25 per cent increase of detected victims and more children being exploited 
• It covers 156 countries and provides an overview of the response to the trafficking in persons by analyzing trafficking cases detected between 2019 and 2023.
• Chapter 1 presents a global picture of the trends, patterns and flows of trafficking  
• Chapter 2 produced with the purpose of unveiling trafficking patterns and flows within the African continent. The chapter is based on unprecedented number of African countries covered for the Global Report.

• Chapter 3 Detailed regional analyses

• Special Points of Interest  

  • The number of victims of trafficking detected globally is on the rise again after falling back during the Covid-19 pandemic.

    • A 25 per cent rise in the global detection of victims was recorded in 2022 compared to 2019.

    • The increase is 43 per cent when compared to 2020, when the number of detected cases fell sharply during the pandemic. 

    • Preliminary data for the year 2023 confirms a continued increasing trend. The trend is not, however, seen across all regions.

  • Child victims are increasingly detected globally with distinct patterns emerging for boys and girls

    • The majority of girl victims detected (60 per cent) continue to be trafficked for
      the purpose of sexual exploitation. 

    • Some 45 per cent of boys detected are trafficked for forced labour and another 47 per cent are exploited for other purposes, including forced criminality and forced begging

  • Trafficking for forced labour is on the rise but the criminal justice response is lagging behind.

  • Women and girls continue to make up the majority of victims detected worldwide. 

  • Most trafficking in persons is perpetrated by organized crime groups operating in business or governance types of structures. 

  • Victims are trafficked globally through an increasing number of international routes, with African victims trafficked to the highest number of destinations

  • Displacement, insecurity and climate change are exacerbating the vulnerability of Africans to being trafficked.

The data collected by UNODC since the first edition of the Global Report in 2009, the largest existing dataset on trafficking in persons, with information on victims and their profiles and (suspected) offenders detected worldwide between 2003 and 2023, is now available on the UNODC data portal.

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