A study conducted by the International Labour Union found that boys are at higher risk of being victims of agricultural trafficking, drug trafficking and petty crime. Girls had a higher risk of being forced into the sex industry and household chores. In 2004, the Ministry of Labour found that 1,087 minors were employed in situations that violated unsafe employment standards. In the same year, 5,480 children were employed and violated child labour laws. Due to the secretive nature of human trafficking, it is difficult to get an accurate picture of the magnitude of the problem. A common process is for the trafficker to first gain the victim`s trust, which is called the care phase. They try to make the victim dependent on them. [26] The trafficker may express his love and admiration, make great promises, such as making the victim a star, offering him a job or education, or buying him a ticket to a new place. [27] The main types of work offered are in the restaurant and hospitality industry, in bars and clubs, model contracts or au pair work. Once the victim feels comfortable, the pimp enters the seasoning phase, where he asks the victim to perform sexual acts for the pimp, which the victim can do because she believes that this is the only way to get the affection of the trafficker. Requests progress from there and it can be difficult for the victim to escape. [26] Although unusual, victims were abducted. [28] Social media was used to feed and promote victims.

[29] In 2012, the International Labour Organization (ILO) reported that 20.9 million people were subjected to forced labour and 22% (4.5 million) were victims of sexual exploitation. [4] The ILO reported in 2016 that of the estimated 25 million people subjected to forced labour, 5 million were victims of sexual exploitation. [5] [6] However, due to the concealment of sex trafficking, it is difficult for researchers to obtain accurate and reliable statistics. [7] Global trade gains for sexual slavery are estimated at $99 billion, according to the ILO. [8] In 2005, the figure was $9 billion for total human trafficking. [9] [10] In 2011, the United Nations reported that victims of girls accounted for two-thirds of all victims of human trafficking. Girls accounted for 15-20% of the total number of victims discovered, while boys accounted for about 10%. The UN report was based on official data from 132 countries.

[141] Similar reasons have been given to justify the assessment of other countries. Another school of thought attributes women`s migration to work in the context of strict immigration controls as the main factor in women`s susceptibility to sex trafficking. The number of women migrating within and across borders has increased. Duong cites a call for migrant workers to promote migration. [71] The globalization of neoliberalism has shifted the focus of the global economy to export production.