Destination Country

A Destination Country is a country where victims of human trafficking are brought for exploitation. These countries can be both developed and developing nations, and may be either the final destination for trafficking victims or a transit point to another destination. The demand for cheap labor or commercial sex, as well as weak law enforcement and social protection systems, can make a country an attractive destination for traffickers.

Slavery Unravelled – Conversations PODCAST: Modern Slavery – A history and introduction

Slavery Unravelled – Conversations PODCAST: Modern Slavery – A history and introduction

Be Slavery Free (beslaveryfree.com) has a new awesome resource… a weekly podcast! We have more enslaved people in the world now than any other point in human history. It’s called Modern Slavery, but slavery has been around for a long time. The trade is in people but the currency is hope. Stories and history, laws…

Indonesian Police uncovers organ trafficking syndicate while investigating a human trafficking case – The Online Citizen Asia
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Indonesian Police uncovers organ trafficking syndicate while investigating a human trafficking case – The Online Citizen Asia

INDONESIA — The recent revelation of a human trafficking case has led the police to uncover an organ trafficking scheme. A syndicate has been sending a number of Indonesian citizens abroad to have their kidneys harvested. The victims have been deprived of adequate medical care. The Minister of Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD,…

20+ Sex Trafficking Statistics in 2023
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20+ Sex Trafficking Statistics in 2023

Editor’s note: Reminder that all human trafficking statistics are difficult to gather, since it is a crime. We present the best information we can find, but data changes frequently and is often influenced by the group collecting the information and the amount of funding available.  Sex trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery that occurs…

Death in search of a better life – The Express Tribune
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Death in search of a better life – The Express Tribune

By Nabil Tahir | PUBLISHED March 12, 2023 KARACHI: Everyone in this world wants to live a good life. The meaning of a good life can mean different things to different people – it is subjective and can be influenced by personal values, beliefs, and experiences. But all are in search of a better life than…

Addressing Human Trafficking in India – BORGEN Magazine
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Addressing Human Trafficking in India – BORGEN Magazine

NEW DELHI, India — India is a source, transit and destination country of human trafficking. The U.S. Department of State cites a study estimating a minimum of 8 million human trafficking victims in India. Human trafficking has become the easiest and most profitable trade for traffickers who lure, kidnap and abduct disadvantaged people for exploitation….

Human trafficking picks a new fight | WORLD – WNG.org
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Human trafficking picks a new fight | WORLD – WNG.org

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: It’s Thursday, the 9th of February, 2023. Thanks for listening to WORLD Radio today! Good morning, I’m Myrna Brown. MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. First up on The World and Everything in It: human trafficking. Estimates are that more than 27 million people endure forced labor around the world. To…

South Africa is a hotspot for human trafficking, according to a recent report – TDPel Media
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South Africa is a hotspot for human trafficking, according to a recent report – TDPel Media

The research, which was developed for the Laser Pulse Project in conjunction with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), attempted to analyze the available data and/or lived experiences connected to human trafficking in South Africa. The researchers noted out that there is no centralised database on South African human trafficking data; consequently, the evidence…

Can monitoring of persons convicted of child sexual offenses through registries keep our children safe?
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Can monitoring of persons convicted of child sexual offenses through registries keep our children safe?

PRESS RELEASE: 23 January 2023 BANGKOK—35 participants from Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, UAE, UK and the US from government, law enforcement, civil society, academia and the UN, attended a 3-days experts’ roundtable exploring how child sex offenders’ registries are used across various countries, learning from existing practices, and how these can…

Trafficking in Persons | Ukraine | Fact Sheet | U.S. Agency for International Development
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Trafficking in Persons | Ukraine | Fact Sheet | U.S. Agency for International Development

THE CHALLENGE Ukraine has been a source, transit, and destination country for human trafficking since the early 1990s. Men, women, and children are trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and begging and sexual and other forms of exploitation. The main countries of destination for trafficked Ukrainians have been the Russian Federation, Poland, and Turkey,…