1、 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Human Trafficking: New Global Estimates of Forced Labor and Modern Slavery name redacted Specialist in International Crime and Narcotics October 18, 2017 Introduction As part of long-standing congressional interest in glo
2、bal human trafficking, some Members have consistently sought greater fidelity in quantifying human traffickings prevalence. In September, the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the advocacy organization Walk Free Foundation, in partnership with the International Organization of Migration (IO
3、M), released a new report on the global prevalence of modern slavery (including forced marriage) and forced labor (including sex trafficking and government-imposed forced labor). The report estimated that 40.3 million people were victims of modern slavery in 2016including 24.9 million people in forc
4、ed labor and 15.4 million people in forced marriage (see Figure 1). The estimate was based on a new methodology, derived from multiple data sources, household surveys, probabilistic modeling, and analytic reviews of secondary sources. Using 2012-2016 as the reference period for the study, it conclud