GLOBAL TRAFFICKING PROFITS REACH $32 BILLION ANNUALLY: ILO
ARKA
May 8, 2009
YEREVAN, May 8. /ARKA/. Global annual profit form human trafficking
is worth US$32bln, said OSCE Special Representative, Coordinator for
Combating Human Trafficking Eva Biaudet cited today the International
Labor Organization (ILO) at the Novosti International Press Centre
in Yerevan. She said ILO is planning to issue an updated report where
global trafficking profits estimate to US$82bln.
Citing global trafficking statistics, Biaudet said the most commonly
occurring type of human trafficking is sexual abuse, with 80% of
victims of forced labor and sexual slavery being women.
According to the OSCE special representative, 50% of trafficking
victims are people under 18 and minors.