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Fewer people are convicted for human trafficking in Europe than for rarer crimes like kidnapping. Only 9,000 victims were reported in 2006, a figure about 30 times smaller than the total estimated number of people trafficked.
The information in Trafficking in Persons: Analysis on Europe shows that a great deal of people are being trafficked within the European Union, both domestically and regionally (predominantly from South-Eastern Europe to Western Europe). European victims represent just a fraction of the total number of victims detected in Europe. Recent trends show a marked increase in victims from China and countries in Central Asia.
Most of the victims of human trafficking identified in Europe are young women who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation. Around 10 per cent of trafficking victims in Europe are children. Cases have also been detected of men who have been forced to work in construction and agriculture.
