Dear Reinhard:
Thank you for bringing up the point of addressing all forms of trafficking. While sex trafficking appears to be the focused topic, we should certainly pay attention to trafficking for forced labor.
In fact, you probably already knew about this since you collect studies. The International Labor Organization (ILO) just released a new report yesterday, A global alliance against forced labor. The report estimates that a minimum of 2.4 million people are victims of human trafficking worldwide.
The ILO report is the first one to show that trafficking in human beings generates an estimated 32 billion US dollars in profits ı exceeding the Gross Domestic Product of over 100 countries. Nearly half these profits are made in the worldıs wealthiest countries. And by far the highest sums are made from forced commercial sexual exploitation.
A copy of this report can be found on the ILO website: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2005/22.htm
I think this report is of significance and encourage everyone to read it.
Wenchi Yu Perkins, Anti-Trafficking and Human Rights Program Manager,
Vital Voices Global Partnership
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