An Update on Human Trafficking

4 June 2020 – Human trafficking is one of the most profitable crimes today. It involves the movement of victims, through force, coercion and abuse for the purpose of exploitation through forced prostitution, forced or bonded labour, forced criminality, domestic servitude, forced organ removal or the exploitation of children through the sex trade, begging or warfare.

The nature and necessities of human trafficking- the requirement for continuous movement, temporary accommodation, supply of low cost products and services and the privacy offered to guests-means that the hotel industry is exposed and vulnerable to being used as a vehicle by traffickers.