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Trafficking
for labour exploitation is on the rise across Europe. In several countries, it
has overtaken sexual exploitation as the main form of human trafficking.
Official figures underestimate the true scale of the problem and there have
been few successful prosecutions and convictions. These are among the main
findings of the latest annual report from
the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human
Beings (GRETA), published today. Based on GRETA’s country-by-country monitoring
work, the report says that labour exploitation has emerged as the
predominant form of trafficking in several European countries including
Belgium, Cyprus, Georgia, Portugal, Serbia and the United Kingdom. However, all
countries that have been evaluated twice by GRETA so far have indicated an
upward trend in trafficking for labour exploitation in recent years. The report states that most identified victims are men,
although women and children are also affected. Men are often exploited in
industries including agriculture, construction and fisheries whereas women tend
to be exploited in more isolated settings such as domestic or care work – where
they are sometimes victims of both labour and sexual exploitation.
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