Trafficking in human beings for sexual and other purposes - Polisen

2. Introduction112. IntroductionThe crime of human trafficking involves situations inwhich several people, usually in different countries,collaborate in order to recruit a victim and theninduce that person to travel from one place to another,where they are then exploited for various purposes.Human trafficking is a global problem that is onthe increase and requires a strategy involving extensiveinternational collaboration, building on nationalmeasures.In its latest report from 2010, The Globalization ofCrime – A Transnational Threat Assessment, theUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNO-DC) reported that more than 140,000 victims ofhuman trafficking for sexual purposes are exploitedevery day in Europe. On an annual basis, around70,000 new victims are drawn into this trade inEurope and, according to the report, there are nosigns of the number of victims reducing.2.1 The purpose of this reportThis year’s situation report provides the SwedishNational Police Board with an overview of the statusin 2011 of human trafficking and criminality relatedto that, within, through and into Sweden and the wayin which its scope and distribution has changed sincethe previous year’s situation report.Separate annexes provide reports on:• the police authorities’ reports to the SwedishNational Police Board.• current Swedish legislation in the field• sentences and information relating to victims, perpetratorsand sanctions concerning various formsof human trafficking, procuring and the purchaseof sexual services/purchase of sexual acts from children• statistics on the numbers of reports