Measuring human trafficking: current state of affairs and

prospects

February 12, 2015

128 countries covered

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

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%

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%

Detected forms of exploitation globally, 2011

Sexual Exploitation

53% Forced Labour

40%

Organ Removal

0.3% Others

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

Detected victims by age and gender, 2011

Adult men 18%

Adult women 49%

Girls 21%

Boys 12%

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

Detected child and adult victims by region, 2011

18%

36%

31%

62%

82%

64%

69%

38%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Europe and CentralAsia

South Asia, East Asiaand the Pacific

Americas

Africa and Middle East

Children Adults

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

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%

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

• 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

Known cases of TiP

Estimation of hidden cases

of TiP

The future

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