Human trafficking is often discussed as a crime involving exploitation and abuse, but it is also closely connected to gender inequality. Around the world, traffickers take advantage of social, economic, and cultural inequalities that already exist within societies. The United Nations Inter-Agency Coordination Group Against Trafficking in Persons explains that gender inequality both contributes to trafficking and is reinforced by […]
Human trafficking is one of the most serious human rights violations in the world today. Millions of people are trafficked each year for purposes such as forced labor, sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, and other forms of modern slavery. Although human trafficking exists in both developed and developing countries, it does not occur in the same way everywhere. The forms of […]
The Hidden Form of Human Trafficking Imagine being trafficked, forced to commit crimes, arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned as a criminal instead of a victim. This is the reality of trafficking for forced criminality, and it is on the rise across Europe. On June 12, 2026, the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) published […]