Trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation in the Americas
2001PAHO Pan-american health organization
The trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation is a high-profit, low-risk trade for those who organize it, but it is detrimental to the millions of women and children exploited in slavery-like conditions in the global sex industry. This trade, which UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called an outrage and a worldwide plague, is conducted throughout the world with near impunity, in many cases carrying penalties far less severe than drug trafficking.
Key wordsgender based violence / Human trafficking
CountriesGlobal
CategoryPublication