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2014

GLOBAL REPORT ON 

TRAFFICKING

IN PERSONS

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UNITED NATIONS

New York, 2014

Global Report on

Trafficking in Persons

2014

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

Vienna

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PREFACE

The exploitation of one human being by another is the 
basest crime. And yet trafficking in persons remains all 
too common, with all too few consequences for the 
perpetrators. 

Since 2010, when the General Assembly mandated 
UNODC to produce this report under the UN Global 
Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, we have 
seen too little improvement in the overall criminal justice 
response.. 

More than 90% of countries have legislation criminalizing 
human trafficking since the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress 
and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and 
Children, under the United Nations Convention against 
Transnational Organized Crime, came into force more 
than a decade ago.

Nevertheless, this legislation does not always comply with 
the Protocol, or does not cover all forms of trafficking and 
their victims, leaving far too many children, women and 
men vulnerable. Even where legislation is enacted, imple-
mentation often falls short. 

As a result, the number of convictions globally has 
remained extremely low. Between 2010 and 2012, some 
40 per cent of countries reported less than 10 convictions 
per year. Some 15 per cent of the 128 countries covered 
in this report did not record a single conviction. The pre-
vious Global Report similarly found that 16 per cent of 
countries recorded no convictions between 2007 and 
2010. 

At the same time, we have continued to see an increase in 
the number of detected child victims, particularly girls 
under 18. 

Most detected trafficking victims are subjected to sexual 
exploitation, but we are seeing increased numbers traf-
ficked for forced labour. 

Between 2010 and 2012, victims holding citizenship from 
152 different countries were found in 124 countries. It 
should be kept in mind that official data reported to 
UNODC by national authorities represent only what has 
been detected. It is clear that the reported numbers are 
only the tip of the iceberg. 

It is equally clear that without robust criminal justice 
responses, human trafficking will remain a low-risk, high-
profit activity for criminals. 

Trafficking happens everywhere, but as this report shows 
most victims are trafficked close to home, within the 
region or even in their country of origin, and their exploit-
ers are often fellow citizens. In some areas, trafficking for 
armed combat or petty crime, for example, are significant 
problems.

Responses therefore need to be tailored to national and 
regional specifics if they are to be effective, and if they are 
to address the particular needs of victims, who may be 
child soldiers or forced beggars, or who may have been 
enslaved in brothels or sweatshops. 

Governments need to send a clear signal that human traf-
ficking will not be tolerated, through Protocol-compliant 
legislation, proper enforcement, suitable sanctions for con-
victed traffickers and protection of victims. 

I hope the 2014 report, by providing an overview of pat-
terns and flows of human trafficking at the global, regional 
and national levels, will further augment UNODC’s work 
to support countries to respond more effectively to this 
crime.  

We have seen that governments and people everywhere 
are approaching human trafficking with greater urgency. 
This year, we marked the first ever United Nations World 
Day against Trafficking in Persons on 30 July, which pro-
vided a much-needed opportunity to further raise aware-
ness of modern slavery. 

But we need to advance from understanding to undertak-
ing, from awareness to action. The gravity of this continu-
ing exploitation compels us to step our response. 

Yury Fedotov

Executive Director

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime