Human Trafficking Market Value: $32 Billion

Posted on May 10, 2008
Filed Under Black Market Index, humans |

$10 billion is generated based on the initial sale of a person.

If the profits from the activities that is produced by the person who is trafficked is included, then the International Labour Organization (ILO) states that the market value of human trafficking stands at $32 billion, leading to a profit of $13,000 per trafficked person.

Source: International Labour Organization, “A global alliance against forced labour,” International Labour Conference 93rd. Session 2005, Report I (B), (Geneva, 2005), pg. 55, (last accessed: September 8, 2006).

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