ABSTRACT
In the last 20 years, human trafficking has become a global problem of unforeseen proportions. Human trafficking affects every country in the world, regardless of socioeconomic status, history, or political structure and most countries are a source, transit, and destination for victims of human trafficking. It is an abhorrent crime of which many of the victims are from the developing and transitional nations. The profits from human trafficking are immense and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime places human trafficking as the fastest growing and second most profitable form of transnational crime. The trafficking in human beings is one of the greatest criminal phenomena facing the international community today.
