Recente ontwikkelingen m.b.t. de handel in personen en de seksuele uitbuiting van kinderen en vrouwen, die jaarlijks zo'n 7 miljard US-dollars oplevert, welk geld weer door handelaren gebruikt wordt om anderssoortige criminele handelingen, zoals handel in harddrugs en het witwassen van zwart geld te financieren. Overzicht van methoden, motieven, maatregelen van Europese Unie, Europol, VN en de G-8-landen.
Research on the sexual exploitation of children through trafficking. The primary focus is on socio-economic structural conditions in South Africa that provide the push and pull for the increase in child prostitution. Next to in-country trafficking, also cross-border trafficking is researched. Another focus is on adults (parents and gangs) who are responsible for facilitating the child's involvement in the exchange of sex for money or items. The report also provides a voice to children who have experienced such sexual exploitation. And it highlights international, continental and national legal measures taken in the areas of child prostitution, trafficking of children for this purpose, pornography, sex tourism and extra-territorial legislation.