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The theme for the 2025 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is “Human Trafficking is Organized Crime – End the Exploitation.” The focus is on dismantling human trafficking networks and the critical role that the criminal justice system plays in breaking up criminal syndicates.Human trafficking continues to be a global threat driven by organized crime. More and more victims are being trafficked every year, across greater distances, with greater violence, for longer periods of time and for greater profit. From 2020 to 2023, there were more than 200,000 detected victims globally, which is just the tip of the iceberg. The actual number of unreported cases is believed to be significantly higher.Organized criminal networks are driving this victimization and exploitation, using migration flows, global supply chains, legal and economic loopholes and digital platforms to facilitate cross-border trafficking at a massive scale. They profit from forced labour, sexual exploitation and coercion into criminal activities, such as online scams and drug smuggling.The United Nations urges us to keep victim-centered approaches at the heart of our work to end trafficking. This highlights the ongoing importance of trauma-informed and survivor-informed care.

The Alliance to End Human Trafficking is a U.S. based organization that remains steadfast in the commitment to advocate for freedom and to end the exploitation of human trafficking. The Alliance will be hosting a webinar on July 30 at 2 p.m. ET to discuss human trafficking as organized crime and explore what each of us can do to help stop it. Please visit here to register.

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