UN human trafficking report: Record number of girls reported as victims
(CNN)A growing number of girls are being reported as victims of human trafficking, according to a new UN report.
Girls account for 23% of all trafficking victims detected globally, according to the 2018 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, produced by the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The figure, which is based on data from 2016, is up from 21% in 2014, and 10% in 2004, the year when the UNODC began collecting data on children.
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