Exploitation for profit

Trigger warning: some content may be distressing.

Human trafficking is a term we rarely hear of in this country. But the reality is that, right now, about 24.9 million people are enslaved in forced labour. Of this, 4.8 million are victims of forced commercial sexual exploitation. That’s about the population of New Zealand.

Human trafficking is the second-largest criminal industry in the world, generating hundreds of billions of dollars. But when three Kiwis became aware of this horrific