Participation of the UNODC 2024 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
20th December 2024
Dear All,
PROFOH relationship with the United Nations started from day one of our existence as an
organization, during Jesse Fire Disaster in Nigeria, Oct 1998 with UNICEF and WHO, while our
journey with UNODC began in 2011 during the United Nations Conference of States parties,
Marrakesh Morocco, since then, the relationship has grown in weight, height and length .our work
load has also been equally heavy. Across many communities, poverty is walking with six legs.in
addition to climate disasters, conflicts, and displacement converge and their consequences are
profound.
PROFOH will participate at this historic event in Vienna, Austria on the 8th January 2025, in
2022, we highlighted the medical implications of trafficked young women and girls along the West
Africa Corridors during our previous meeting in Vienna, as a public benefit organization, we have
seen many trafficked victims and provided medical consultations and treatments. I am also glad to
inform you that PROFOH and partner organization in Boston, Massachusetts have perfected plans
to have solution driven workshop in the United States, April /May 2025. Where the Executive
Director of PROFOH-Dr. Gbemuotor Kama will join other as key speakers for the much-awaited
event.
According to the UNODC 2024 report, human trafficking continues to target the vulnerable, and we
see this in persistent as well as emerging trends. Women and girls remain the biggest share of
detected victim’s worldwide, accounting for 61% of the total in 2022, and most of them continue to
be trafficked for sexual exploitation, a pattern that has carried on for many years now. In parallel,
the number of children among detected victims is growing rapidly and alarmingly, increasing by a
third over the space of three years. In particular, the number of girls detected has surged, increasing
by 38%. In several regions, children now account for the majority of trafficking victims detected.
Furthermore, we are also seeing a rise in trafficking for forced criminality, as organized crime models
evolve and use trafficking victims to conduct online scams and other crimes in a spiral of
victimization. It is critical to highlight the role of organized crime in human trafficking more broadly,
and to dispel any misconception that trafficking is largely an isolated or disorganized form of crime.
Our findings suggest that most traffickers operate as structured groups or loose networks, and that
these organized traffickers exploit more victims
Dr. Gbemuotor Kama
Executive Director
Info@profohmed.org
www.profohmed.org
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