ABSTRACT
Trafficking in general and child trafficking in particular has received increased attention over the last decade (ILO-IPEC, 2002; Lazaridis, 2001). International agencies, governments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are clearly eager to take actions to stop trafficking. However, the statistical data available is, at best, illustrative because of the illegal nature of trafficking. A number of indepth studies have been produced in the last decade though these have been uneven in their geographical coverage as well as in the issues they have addressed. For example, there are many more studies covering trafficking for sexual exploitation, with fewer dealing with trafficking for labour exploitation (e.g. Altink, 1995; Bertone, 2000; ILO-IPEC, 2001; IOM, 1995, 1996; Lazaridis, 2001). This imbalance is brought to light in the studies that define trafficking and traffickers only in relation to the sex industry (e.g. Raymond and Hughes, 2001).
