Trafficking Survivors Are Being Failed the World Over

Human trafficking is a booming business. The recent arrest of Jeffrey Epstein in the US on charges of trafficking and sexual exploitation of girls is just one example of an urgent problem that claims an alarming number of victims around the world.   The International Labour Organization estimates that worldwide about 16 million people are exploited for labour, and five million are currently being subjected to forced sexual exploitation, the overwhelming majority of them women and girls. Expand “I do not know exactly or remember how I got into the new house…When I woke up, I saw a man but…

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