More and more men are becoming victims of human trafficking in Switzerland. This is the finding of Plateforme Traite, the Swiss Platform against Human Trafficking which, since 2020 has brought together the four specialised agencies that provide counselling and assistance to trafficking victims.
As the platform announced on Wednesday, on the occasion of the European Day against Human Trafficking, the four Swiss specialised agencies identified 177 new victims of human trafficking in Switzerland in 2022. This is 30 fewer than in the previous year.
Of these 177 persons, 136 were women and 41 were men. This corresponds to a male share of 23%. In 2019, the proportion of men among newly identified victims was just 9%.
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