UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020

This is the fifth global report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), mandated by the General Assembly through the 2010 Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The report comes at a time when global suffering has vastly increased vulnerabilities to trafficking. Extreme poverty is expected to rise for the first time in decades, with the continuing COVID-19 crisis casting a long shadow over our societies and economies.

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UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2016

Since the last Global Report on Trafficking in Persons in 2014 there have been a number of significant develop- ments that reinforce this report’s importance, and place it at the heart of international efforts undertaken to combat human trafficking. Perhaps the most worrying develop- ment is that the movement of refugees and migrants, the largest seen since World War II, has arguably intensified since 2014.

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