10 mn people around the globe work as bonded labour: UN
More than 10 mn people might be in bondage worldwide with sexual exploitation and forced labour being most common forms of human trafficking, a new UN report has said.
By PTI |
NEW YORK: More than 10 mn people might be in bondage worldwide with sexual exploitation and forced labour being most common forms of human trafficking, a new UN report has said.
The number of people trafficking is rising with the countries paying little attention to the misery suffered by these people, 20 per cent of whom are children, it stresses.
The global economic crisis could lead to a greater number of people becoming vulnerable to trafficking, especially for labour-related forms of exploitation, United Nations Office of Drug and Crime (UNODC) warned.
Besides, financial difficulties encountered by many businesses, including "internationals", could very well induce them to use cheap sources of labour, including those stemming from modern slavery, it said.
The number of convictions for human trafficking is increasing only in a handful of the countries. In most States, conviction rates rarely exceed 1.5 per 100,000 people which is below even the level normally recorded for rare crimes (like kidnapping in Western Europe), and proportionately much lower than the estimated number of victims.
The number of people trafficking is rising with the countries paying little attention to the misery suffered by these people, 20 per cent of whom are children, it stresses.
The global economic crisis could lead to a greater number of people becoming vulnerable to trafficking, especially for labour-related forms of exploitation, United Nations Office of Drug and Crime (UNODC) warned.
Besides, financial difficulties encountered by many businesses, including "internationals", could very well induce them to use cheap sources of labour, including those stemming from modern slavery, it said.
The number of convictions for human trafficking is increasing only in a handful of the countries. In most States, conviction rates rarely exceed 1.5 per 100,000 people which is below even the level normally recorded for rare crimes (like kidnapping in Western Europe), and proportionately much lower than the estimated number of victims.
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