Eurojust casework on Trafficking in Human Beings (THB)

27 October 2021|PUBLICATION
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THB cases registered

There was a slight increase in case numbers in the period 2016-2020. The number of THB investigations and prosecutions coordinated by Eurojust nevertheless remains low considering the large number of victims and suspects in the EU.

Victims of human trafficking

THB cases registered by Eurojust in the period 2017-2019 show that most victims were trafficked for sexual or labour exploitation. In the 91 cases analysed, the vast majority of victims were adult females. Most cases (84) involved EU citizens from Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary and Lithuania. 8 cases involved third country nationals from Nigeria, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Eurojust assisted national authorities in locating, identifying, rescuing and protecting these victims, irrespective of where their recruitment, transit and exploitation took place in the EU

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