Russia
Human Trafficking

Market Overview

Between the years 1995-2005, an estimated 500,000 to 850,000 women were believed to have been trafficked out of the country.   Human Trafficking Expert Louis Shelley writes " many of these women, however, went abroad to work in a variety of difficult labor situations and only a much smaller share went directly into the sex industry." ¹

Russia Black Markets

Number of People:
500,000 - 850,000

Source:   Louise I. Shelley and Robert W. Orttung, " Russia's Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking," Ruling Russia: Law, Crime, and Justice in a Changing Society, edited by William Pridmore, (Rowan & Littlefeild, 2005), available at http://www.american.edu/traccc/resources/publications.html (accessed: March 21, 2007).