ILO action against trafficking in human beings
- Document number
- 2250
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- ILO action against trafficking in human beings
- Author/publisher
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Media/News, Training Material/Resources,
- Keywords
- Prevention, Awareness Raising, Media, Information Campaigns, Empowerment, Advocacy, Civil society, NGO, Human Rights approach, Activism, Education, Training;
- Summary
- According to ILO estimates there are at least 2.4 million trafficked persons at any given point in time. Yet there are only a few thousand convictions of traffickers every year. Most of the victims are not identified and consequently never receive justice for the damage inflicted upon them. Despite growing awareness and more effective law enforcement responses trafficking remains a low-risk criminal enterprise with high returns. The ILO estimates that annual profits generated from trafficking in human beings are as high as 32 billion USD.
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