Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns

Publishers United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Zones International Type Report / Study / Data Date of publication 2006 Document main thematic Child Trafficking Total pages 128

This Report was designed to accomplish several things, all relevant in the general effort to overcome the information gap. First, to compile and make sense of existing disparate sources, so as to highlight trends concerning countries of origin, transit and destination. Second, to lay down a challenge to UN Member States to improve the quality of their reporting (…). Third, to make readers painfully aware that we are all affected by the human trafficking tragedy.