Human trafficking is the trade of human beings and their use by criminals to make money. That could mean forcing or tricking people into prostitution, begging, or manual labour. As many as 500,000 people are trafficked in Europe every year, the majority are women and girls who are forced into prostitution. In Europe, girls and young women are particularly at risk from criminals who promise good jobs or study and then force the victims to be prostitutes. The criminals profit while the girls and women suffer rape and other physical and mental violence. Human trafficking is so common...
thinking of travelling, working or studying or abroad could be vulnerable.

- You - or people you know - may be paying for sex; if so, that money may be used by criminals to traffic and abuse women.

This is happening everywhere in Europe, whether you live in the UK, Italy, Poland, or Romania. And it"s affecting people just like you.

Recruitment

Recruitment is the first link of the trafficking chain. It is the process by which traffickers find their victims. It involves lying to or forcing an individual; taking them into the world of a 21st Century slave.