Responding to the Trafficking of Children and Young People

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

This year the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has chosen ‘responding to the trafficking of children and young people‘ as the theme for the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. This theme highlights the fact that almost a third of trafficking victims are children. The theme draws attention to the issues faced by trafficked children and to possible action initiatives linked to safeguarding and ensuring justice for child victims.

“Trafficking in persons is a vile crime that feeds on inequalities, instability and conflict. Human traffickers profit from peoples’ hopes and despair. They prey on the vulnerable and rob them of their fundamental rights. Children and young people, migrants and refugees are especially susceptible. (UN Secretary-General António Guterres) Read more…