Tackling Human Trafficking Importance of Counter Trafficking in International Development: Sharing IOM’s Best Practices

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Published Online: Apr 01, 2019

Introduction

“It ought to concern every person, because it’s a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because it tears at the social fabric. It ought to concern every business, because it distorts markets. It ought to concern every nation, because it endangers public health and fuels violence and organized crime. I’m talking about the injustice, the outrage, of human trafficking, which must be called by its true name—modern slavery.”