The first global report on human trafficking from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime was published in February.  (I’m a little late in posting about it!)  The UN site quotes the Executive Director of the UNODC, Antonio Maria Costa, that “This Report increases our underestanding of modern slave markets, yet is also exposes our ignorance.” According to the BBC, the report states that although awareness has been increasing, a lack of understanding about what exactly human trafficking is and whom it affects is still a fundamental problem. You can download the full PDF on the UN website. (Check out pages 6-10 for a summary of the 292 pages!)

The BBC article also has an audio clip of a Ukranian woman’s story of being trafficked around Europe.