Human Trafficking Worldwide: More Profitable Than Arms Trafficking Carolina Gomez Mena - La Jornada
go to original April 13, 2013

Polaris Project, Liberty Asia, and LaStrada International are tackling the question of how to connect local, national, and regional anti-trafficking helplines through a data-driven network, an idea conceived at the Google Ideas INFO Summit. We're excited to announce this 'Global Human Trafficking Hotline Network,' an international collaboration between nonprofits that will enable better coordination and victim protection across borders, a project funded by Google's Global Impact Awards. (GoogleIdeas)

According to various specialized estimates, human trafficking worldwide is the second most profitable illegal business, over arms trafficking, bringing in estimated revenues of $32 billion annually; and 73 percent of the victims are women, affirmed members of World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations (WUCWO).

In the context of the first Latin American Conference on Human Trafficking, organized by WUCWO and sponsored by the Latin American Catholic Bishops Council (CELAM), [held in Mexico City,] the Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Gustavo Rodríguez Vega, a member of the CELAM Department of Justice and Solidarity, had this warning about trafficking:

"To the now classic definition of slavery, I would add another form that occurs in today's world, which is slavery for criminal purposes."

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