to Europe for sexual exploitation
Trafficking in Persons
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To Europe1 for sexual exploitation
Route
Source: Vector to destination: Destination: World (main origin: the Balkans and former Soviet Union) Mainly by land, also sea and air West and Central Europe
Dimensions
Annual flow of new victims: Volume of market (stock): Value of market (stock): About 70,000 victims (based on two-year turnover) About 140,000 victims US$3 billion per year
Traffickers
Groups involved: Residence of traffickers: Western European, Balkan, Eastern European, North African, Turkish, Nigerian and Chinese groups Origin and destination countries
Threat
Estimated trend: Potential effects: Likelihood of effects being realized: Stable Human rights violations Very high
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Trafficking in pErsons
What is the nature of the market? A greater variety of nationalities has been found among human trafficking victims in West and Central Europe than in any other part of the world, and most of these victims (84%) were trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Both the detection rate and the type of exploitation detected are affected by enforcement patterns, however. In 2006, the entire Western Hemisphere only recorded some 150 convictions for human trafficking, which is about the same number as Germany alone. It is difficult to...