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IOM – International Organization for Migration
ADDRESSING HUMAN TRAFFICKING & EXPLOITATION IN TIMES
OF CRISIS – WOMEN & GIRLS
Direct Link to Full 13-Page 2015 Study Report:
http://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/press_release/file/CT_in_Crisis_FINAL.pdf
Exploitation and trafficking of victims, is a
growing phenomenon in a world awash in conflict and natural
disasters. “Trafficking in persons not only flourishes during a disaster,
it is a direct result of disasters, every bit as much as the infrastructural
damages, the loss of life or the food shortages which garner far more
attention,” said IOM Director General William
Lacy Swing . “In all three categories of disaster – conflict zones,
natural calamities, or man-made disasters – this study found that the lack of
normalcy allowed traffickers to exploit existing or crisis-induced
vulnerabilities.”