Why so few victims of trafficking in human beings are identified?
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https://doi.org/10.14422/icade.i107.y2019.001Keywords:
trafficking in Human Beings, victim, sexual exploitation, prostitutionAbstract
This paper reflects on the number of victims of human trafficking identified in Spain in recent years. 2,209 victims for the purpose of sexual exploitation and 439 for the purpose of labor exploitation have been identified between 2014 and 2017. These are small figures if contrasted with information on the release of victims offered by social media. The data from international organizations place trafficking for labor exploitation purposes higher in volume than sexual exploitation and question the low figures obtained and the possible obstacles that prevent adequate identification. The difficulties of detection and identification of victims of trafficking in human beings are addressed, finding factors related to the personal situation of the victims, aspects that professionals and institutions must improve in order to advance and the need to clarify different social realities, conceptualized as similar.References
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