Truth: Trafficking involves 3 universal elements:
force, fraud and coercion

Human Trafficking happens everywhere—both in developing and developed nations.
​Human Trafficking is truly a global problem. As seen on the right, the victims are distributed across the globe in alarming numbers. Additionally, it is important to remember that these numbers solely contain reported cases—every day thousands go undetected, while their perpetrators go unpunished.
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Source: Abolishing Injustice in the 21st Century (A21)
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Source: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Why is the forced labor industry so profitable all around the world?
​a) There is a market that uses trafficked services unintentionally and intentionally everyday:
  • ​Unintentionally: Consumers use products made in industries /services such as hospitality, agriculture, domestic and food services, factories and sales that often use forced labor. 
  • Intentionally: When individuals buy sex. More often that not, coercion, threats or frauds are involved—and the victims (sellers of sex) are punished.
b) With even witnesses unaware, perpetrators are more likely to walk away free, make even more money and get away with these grave human right violations.

Where there is a demand, there is a supply...
... and from the above graph, there seems to be demand everywhere.