Human Trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. Many victims of human trafficking are forced to work in prostitution or the sex industry, but trafficking also occurs in forms of labour exploitation, such as domestic servitude, restaurant work, janitorial work, sweatshop factory work and migrant agricultural work and it also includes organ trafficking and forced marroages.

They are all part of a growing global phenomenon of human exploitation, directly involving approximately 40 million people, generating $150 billion in profit to traffickers, making it the third largest trafficking crime after goods and drugs, a top 10 criminal market (6th largest overall), and of most concern likely one of the fastest growing. 

This intelligence briefing (coming soon and expected to be published on 2nd December 2019 – on the UN’s International Day for the Abolition of Slavery) is provided to support a better understanding of the threat faced from Human Trafficking, and to enable A more effective response.