Action speaks loader than words!

1. Measuring human trafficking:
current state of affairs and
prospects
February 12, 2015

2. 128 countries covered

3. Main destinations of transregional trafficking
flows and their significant origins, 2010-2012

4. Most detected victims are trafficked cross borders
within the same subregion
Domestic
34%
Cross-border
within same
subregion
37%
From nearby
subregion
3%
Transregional
26%

5. Most detected traffickers are nationals of the
country where they are convicted
Foreigners
from other
regions
14%
Foreigners
from the
same region
22%Nationals
64%

6. Detected forms of exploitation globally, 2011
Sexual
Exploitation
53%
Forced Labour
40%
Organ
Removal
0.3%
Others
7%

7. Detected forms of exploitation, by region, 2010-2012
66%
26%
48%
53%
26%
64%
47%
37%
8%
10%
4%
10%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Europe and Central Asia
East Asia, South Asia and Pacific
Americas
Africa and the Middle East
Sexual Exploitation Forced Labour, Servitude and Slavery like
Organ Removal Other forms of exploitation

8. Detected victims by age and gender, 2011
Adult men
18%
Adult women
49%
Girls
21%
Boys
12%

9. Increasing detection of child victims, 2004-2011
10% 13%
17% 21%
3%
9% 10%
12%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2004 2006 2009 2011
Girls Boys

10. Detected child and adult victims by region, 2011
18%
36%
31%
62%
82%
64%
69%
38%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Europe and Central
Asia
South Asia, East Asia
and the Pacific
Americas
Africa and Middle East
Children Adults

11. Most countries criminalize trafficking in persons
33
(19%)
97
(56%)
135
(78%)
146
(84.5%)40
(23%)
32
(18.5%)
22 (13%)
18 (10.5%)
100
(58%)
44
(25.5%)
16 (9%) 9 (5%)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
November2003 November2008 August 2012 August2014
Covers Most/All Forms Partial No Specific Offence

12. Number of convictions recorded per year,
share of countries
Not available
17%
No convictions
15%
Less than ten
26%
Between
10 and 50
26%
More
than 50
16%

13. • Factors that increase vulnerability to TiP
– Age
– Gender
– Economic disparity
– Presence of organized crime
– Weak criminal justice response
– Conflicts

14. • Prospects in the post 2015 development
agenda
– Target 5.2
• Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and
girls in the public and private spheres, including
trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
– Target 16.2
• End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of
violence and torture against children
– Indicator
• Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000
people, by gender, age and form of exploitation

15. Known cases
of TiP
Estimation of
hidden cases
of TiP
The future

16. Thank you!
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