EU reports surge in human trafficking as female victims outnumber male
Although sexual exploitation was the predominant form of exploitation in 2023, there was a jump in the number of registered victims trafficked for forced labour or services.
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Although sexual exploitation was the predominant form of exploitation in 2023, there was a jump in the number of registered victims trafficked for forced labour or services.
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00:00The number of victims trafficked for forced labour increased over a five-year period.
00:10More than 10,000 victims of human trafficking were registered in the EU in 2023.
00:16This shows a 6.9% increase from 2022, marking the highest total record between 2008 and 2023.
00:25In 2023, there were 24 registered victims of trafficking per 1 million inhabitants in the EU.
00:32The highest rates in the EU were observed in Luxembourg, Greece and the Netherlands.
00:37By contrast, the lowest rates were observed in Croatia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic.
00:43Nearly two-thirds of the registered victims of human trafficking were women or girls.
00:48Meanwhile, less than a quarter of suspected and convicted traffickers
00:53were women at 24% and 23% respectively.
00:58The number of suspected traffickers was over 8,400,
01:02an increase of 5% compared to the previous year.
01:05The number of convicted traffickers increased in the EU by 10.1% between 2022 and 2023.
01:13The number of people convicted of trafficking in human beings
01:17also saw a rise in 15 out of 26 EU countries.
01:21Between 2008 and 2023,
01:24the number of suspected and convicted traffickers reached the highest level in 2021.