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Council of Europe: ‘Modern-Day Slavery’ on the Rise

The number of identified victims of labor trafficking has increased in every European country monitored twice by the Council of Europe, according to a new report. The human rights body says that men working in...

by LibertiesEU

The number of identified victims of labor trafficking has increased in every European country monitored twice by the Council of Europe, according to a new report. The human rights body says that men working in hospitality, fisheries and agriculture are at greatest risk of exploitation. Labor exploitation has overtaken sex trafficking as the primary form of human trafficking in a number of European countries, and migrant workers are particularly at risk of exploitation. The Council of Europe calls European countries to prosecute traffickers and to improve monitoring by cooperating with NGOs.

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