Rapport Complet sur le Trafic d'humains : les enfants, premières victimes

The exploitation of one human being by another is the basest crime. And yet trafficking in persons remains all too common, with all too few consequences for the perpetrators.
Since 2010, when the General Assembly mandated UNODC to produce this report under the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, we have seen too little improvement in the overall criminal justice response..
More than 90% of countries have legislation criminalizing human trafficking since the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, under the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, came into force more than a decade ago.
Nevertheless, this legislation does not always comply with the Protocol, or does not cover all forms of trafficking and their victims, leaving far too many children, women and men vulnerable. Even where legislation is enacted, imple- mentation often falls short.
As a result, the number of convictions globally has remained extremely low. Between 2010 and 2012, some 40 per cent of countries reported less than 10 convictions per year. Some 15 per cent of the 128 countries covered in this report did not record a single conviction. The pre- vious Global Report similarly found that 16 per cent of countries recorded no convictions between 2007 and 2010.
At the same time, we have continued to see an increase in the number of detected child victims, particularly girls under 18.
Most detected trafficking victims are subjected to sexual exploitation, but we are seeing increased numbers traf- ficked for forced labour.
Between 2010 and 2012, victims holding citizenship from 152 different countries were found in 124 countries. It should be kept in mind that official data reported to UNODC by national authorities represent only what has been detected. It is clear that the reported numbers are only the tip of the iceberg.
It is equally clear that without robust criminal justice responses, human trafficking will remain a low-risk, high- profit activity for criminals.
Trafficking happens everywhere, but as this report shows most victims are trafficked close to home, within the region or even in their country of origin, and their exploit- ers are often fellow citizens. In some areas, trafficking for armed combat or petty crime, for example, are s