Human Trafficking & Slavery

All over the world people are trapped in human trafficking and slavery- a violation of their human rights. Unaccompanied children, migrants and the economically disadvantaged are most at risk of suffering this kind of exploitation. World Vision is working to stop human trafficking and slavery. In Australia and elsewhere we are advocating for rigorous anti-trafficking policies. Through our field work we seek to prevent trafficking through empowering vulnerable communities and providing support to victims.

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  1. In Niger, World Vision helps boys working in the gold mines.
  2. In India, some children work long hours sewing beads onto saris.
  3. Sokchan dropped out of school to work in a brick factory.
  4. Chey works with her parents in a brick factory in Phnom Penh.
  5. Nights are dangerous for street children in Phnom Penh.
  6. Every day Rattanak picks through rubbish to find scraps to sell.

What is this about?

Human trafficking is the recruitment and/or receipt of human beings through force or other deceptive means. The end purpose of trafficking is exploitation. This can take many forms including slavery, debt bondage and servitude.

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Who is it happening to?

After arms and drugs, human trafficking and slavery is the third most profitable transnational organised crime. And it's growing at an alarming rate. So why are governments, researchers and organisations struggling to fully gauge the magnitude of the problem?

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Why is it happening?

The trade in human lives is a question of 'supply' and 'demand'. Traffickers seek out vulnerable members of communities where laws are lax and rarely enforced.

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Where is it happening?

Human trafficking and slavery is a global phenomenon that straddles many geographic locations and crosses several country borders. One of the key areas World Vision currently works in is the Mekong Delta region in Southeast Asia. We're beginning to see some real progress.

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How you can help?

We can all help to end child exploitation by learning more about the issues and taking action on behalf of vulnerable children around the world.

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Let's talk about it

Your vision

Thisis Wong
Mar 13, 2010

"This is an awful thought that this is happening all over the world, and we have not noticed. We are absorbed in our own financial worries, tiny in comparison to the..."

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Hannah
Mar 12, 2010

"i cant believe they can still let this happen"

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cardealuis
Mar 06, 2010

"human trafficking is a terrible thing <br /><br />"

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Anne
Feb 22, 2010

"Those poor children. Why are we as a national still letting this happen"

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