ABSTRACT
Human trafficking constitutes one of the gravest forms of human rights abuses, whereby people are exposed to, and maintained in, conditions of severe exploitation, by means of deception, coercion, or force. It is a worldwide phenomenon, with few – if any – countries unaffected. Attempts to quantify and qualify human trafficking at the global level are complicated by its clandestine nature, definitional ambiguities, interpretational differences, or time and resource constraints. Amongst the reports published, the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Global Estimate of Forced Labour is arguably one of the most comprehensive and systematic efforts.
