EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Diffusion of trafficking flows: number of countries where citizens of countries in the given subregions were detected, 2012-2014
56
60
50
50
38 35 32 29
40 30 20 10
North and Central America and the Caribbean North Africa and the Middle East
0 Sub-Saharan Africa
Trafficking victims from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia are trafficked to a wide range of destinations. A total of 69 countries reported to have detected victims from Sub-Saharan Africa between 2012 and 2014. Victims from Sub-Saharan Africa were mainly detected in Africa, the Middle East and Western and Southern Europe. There are also records of trafficking flows from Africa to South-East Asia and the Americas.
69 64
South Asia
Countries in Western and Southern Europe detected victims of 137 different citizenships. Affluent areas – such as Western and Southern Europe, North America and the Middle East - detect victims from a large number of countries around the world.
70
Western and Central Europe
Number of countries detecting
80
South America
Victims are trafficked along a multitude of trafficking flows; within countries, between neighbouring countries or even across different continents. More than 500 different trafficking flows were detected between 2012 and 2014.
East Asia and the Pacific Eastern Europe and Central Asia
1) NO COUNTRY IS IMMUNE FROM TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
Source: UNODC elaboration of national data.
Number of citizenships among victims detected in destination countries, by region of destination, 2012-2014 South Asia
9
7 countries
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
22 24 25 30 34
8 countries
Central America and the Caribbean 7 countries
South America 8 countries
East Asia and the Pacific 8 countries
Central and South-Eastern Europe
13 countries
44 52
Sub-Saharan Africa 10 countries
North Africa and the Middle East
10 countries
93
North America 3 countries
137
Western and Southern Europe 16 countries
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Number of citizenships detected Source: UNODC elaboration of national data.
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