Human traffickingmay be acomplex issue that affects every corner ofthe world,andthere'snotonecountrythat'sunaffected bythe consequencesof contemporarydayslavery. Victims of human traffickingarefoundin an exceedinglybig selectionof legal andillegal business settings, and this frequently hidden population ismostfrequentlyexploitedwithin thecommercial sex industry, agriculture, factories, hotels,restaurants, as domestic workers, and by marriage brokersand a fewadoption firms. TheInternational Labour Organisation estimates that 25 million individualsround theworld arevictimsof recentslaverywithin thevariety offorced labour and sex trafficking. Humantrafficking disproportionately affects underserved womenand kids, withover70% oftrafficking cases involving women and girls andover90% of victims trafficked into the sexindustry.it'sestimated to be a 150 billionannuallyindustry. The profit gained from humantraffickingand also theability to evadeenforcementmake human trafficking a difficultproblemto deal with.it'simportantto noticethat these estimates for global and domestichuman traffickingarecriticized and questioned,whichdata regardingcriminalityis difficulttogather. However, these estimates are widelyemployed bygovernment agencieset al.toqualify the prevalence and effect of human trafficking. This Committee Opinion has beenupdatedto incorporatescreening questions and indicatorsto spotvictims of humantrafficking, additional information regarding reporting obligations for suspected humantrafficking,and extraresources for survivors of human trafficking.South Africa is internationally recognized as a main destination for trafficking.it'sboth a“country of origin and transit for people trafficked to and from Africa and globally’’. Despitethe knowledge of high traffickingaliveforAfrican country,there'slittle or noresearch doneonthe difficulty.‘’While international literature onthe subjecthas been growing exponentially, onlyatinylowportionof thosestudies have focused on Africa anda fairsmaller portion on southernAfrica’’. Because minimal informationis thoughtabout the extent of traffickingwithintheSouthern African context,there'sa desperate need for more research. Moreresearchwouldn'tonly help to contribute valuable information for thosewithin thefield, butwould also help togo withinternational laws and protocols which require states to developtrafficking prevention strategies. These designs would helpto deal withvictim vulnerabilitiesand circumstances.Understanding the underlying issues and dynamics which contribute to vulnerabilities incommunities wherethere'sevidence of high trafficking would be valuablewithin thefield forfuture prevention strategies inAfrican country, better legislation, and better protection andresources for victims.
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