Exploitation and trafficking of victims, is a growing phenomenon in a world awash in conflict and natural disasters. “Trafficking in persons not only flourishes during a disaster, it is a direct result of disasters, every bit as much as the  infrastructural damages, the loss of life or the food shortages which garner far more attention,” said IOM Director General William Lacy Swing . “In all three categories of disaster – conflict zones, natural calamities, or man-made disasters – this study found that the lack of normalcy allowed traffickers to exploit existing or crisis-induced vulnerabilities.”

Direct Link to Full 13-Page 2015 Study Report:

http://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/press_release/file/CT_in_Crisis_FINAL.pdf

Source: WUNRN 31.07.2015