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1,631documented cases
112countries
1981–2025years covered

631 of 1,631 cite a source · Updated

Sex TraffickingForced Labor
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Forced Labor2015

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015

Argentina AR

Employment agencies in El Alto, Bolivia, recruit workers for textile workshops in Greater Buenos Aires, where many are subjected to labor exploitation. About 3,000 Bolivians were among the roughly 4,500 people rescued from labor exploitation in Argentina between 2008 and 2015, most of them from textile workshops in Greater Buenos Aires and the capital, and some from agriculture.

1 source
Sex Trafficking2011

La Plata, Argentina, 2011

Argentina AR

Police conducted "Operation Sentinel" and raided 5 brothels in La Plata and Florencio Varela. 4 brothel owners were arrested for intent to traffick women across borders. The brothel owners took the women's identification upon arrival to the brothel.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

Mar de Plata, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

Victim was picked up by a man claiming to be her "cousin". Then sent to a brothel.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

San Rafael, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from a different Argentine province).

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

San Rafael, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from a different Argentine province).

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

San Rafael, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from a different Argentine province).

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

San Rafael, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from a different Argentine province).

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

San Rafael, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from a different Argentine province).

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

San Rafael, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from Columbia).

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

San Rafael, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

Gave permission to the victim to return to Paraguay after victim escaped from bondage. Since the victims escaped the trafficker has not been tracked down.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

San Rafael, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

Gave permission to the victim to return to Paraguay after victim escaped from bondage. Since the victims escaped the trafficker has not been tracked down.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

San Rafael, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

Gave permission to the victim to return to Paraguay after victim escaped from bondage. Since the victims escaped the trafficker has not been tracked down.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

San Rafael, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

Gave permission to the victim to return to Paraguay after victim escaped from bondage. Since the victims escaped the trafficker has not been tracked down.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016