Sexual exploitation drives 37% rise in profits from forced labour, ILO says

Sexual exploitation drives 37% rise in profits from forced labour, ILO says

International Labour Organization report says profits have risen to £184bn a year, with 27m people globally trapped in modern slavery

Sex traffickers are making an average of £21,000 a year from each of their victims as profits from forced labour around the world soar, according to new estimates from the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

The ILO, a UN agency, said the annual global profits from forced labour had risen to $236bn (£185bn) as record numbers of people were forced into modern slavery.

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