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    GLOBAL TRAFFICKING PROFITS REACH $32 BILLION ANNUALLY: ILO

    ARKA
    May 8, 2009

    YEREVAN, May 8. /ARKA/. Global annual profit form human trafficking
    is worth US$32bln, said OSCE Special Representative, Coordinator for
    Combating Human Trafficking Eva Biaudet cited today the International
    Labor Organization (ILO) at the Novosti International Press Centre
    in Yerevan. She said ILO is planning to issue an updated report where
    global trafficking profits estimate to US$82bln.

    Citing global trafficking statistics, Biaudet said the most commonly
    occurring type of human trafficking is sexual abuse, with 80% of
    victims of forced labor and sexual slavery being women.

    According to the OSCE special representative, 50% of trafficking
    victims are people under 18 and minors.
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