Human trafficking is the act or using aperson for profit
means of force, fraund or coercion
Number of people are being traffcked world wide
(estimates by the 2012 International Labor Organization):
24.9 million people across the world
11.7 million in Asia and Pacific 3.7 million in Africa 1.8 million in Latin America and the Caribbean 1.5 million in developed economies (US, Canada, Australia, European)
It affects milions of man, woman and children araund the world
it is most often found in industries with a lot of workers andlittle regulation. These include -
- Griculture and Fishing
-Domestic work -Costructio, mining, quarrying and brinck kilns -Manufacturing, Processing and pack againg -
National Human Trafficking Resources Center (NHTRC)