Human Rights · Human Rights
Detected trafficking victims
Cases identified by authorities
70,000
This year · Example period
What this number is
Trafficking victims identified by national authorities in a year.
Detected cases are a small and uneven fraction of actual trafficking. This number measures detection, not prevalence.
Why it matters
The gap between detected and estimated cases shows how little of it is caught.
How it is produced
National case reporting compiled by UN monitoring, with modelled comparisons.
Plato's Cave classifies this figure as MODELLED. Modelled figures are outputs of assumptions. Change the assumptions and the number moves, even when the world does not.
How to read it carefully
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Plato's Cave commentary
Rights abuses are measured through the people who were found, reached or recorded. Everyone outside that reach is missing from the total.
A number that only moves when reporting improves should be read carefully. Rising figures sometimes mean better counting, not a worse world.