Number of total prosecuted traffickers by sex genvio_tra_adm_pros__estat_traff_pros

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Number of traffickers (comparable)
Description:

Trafficking in human beings is a human rights violation that is expressly prohibited in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (Article 5, paragraph 3). In line with Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combatting trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims (adopted in 2011), and a Communication on the EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-2016 (adopted by the Commission in 2012 and endorsed by the Justice and Home Affairs Council), the European Commission has collected data on trafficking at the European level. Comprehensive and comparable data on trafficking in human beings at the European level will allow for a better assessment of the nature of the problem and enable more accurate conclusions.

Data on trafficking has been collected through questionnaires sent to countries’ National Statistical Offices. These questionnaires covered information on victims as well as traffickers.

Please note that the data on trafficking is affected by some comparability issues. These primarily relate to imprecise definitions, improper classifications and differences in units of measurement. More specifically:

  • Not all Member States have provided comprehensive data on all indicators displayed in the Gender Statistics Database. In view of this, and the differences between national definitions and recording systems, figures should be interpreted with caution, and with careful consideration of the methodological notes provided. A higher number of reported cases does not necessarily mean that a country has more victims than another country. Nor is it necessarily an indication of a better identification or recording system.
  • The data have been collected under different registering systems and procedures, which can, for example, apply different counting rules. While careful attention has been given to the way the data were collected, to minimise potential double or under counting, the complexity and the heterogeneous characteristics of the various data collection mechanisms, mean that it is difficult to make reliable comparisons between the data.
  • Measuring trafficking in human beings across countries remains a very complex task. It is important to stress that differences which still exist in the process of recording data, as well as differences between national legal definitions, make it difficult to compare and assess trends across EU Member States
  • The European Commission’s descriptive statistics on trafficking are based solely on official administrative statistical data registered by a range of different organisations. It measures the victims and traffickers that have come into contact with authorities and actors at national level. It does not aspire to measure the full extent of the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings and it does not include estimates. Unlike other reports looking at estimates or prevalence of trafficking in human beings, this data are based on a working paper on statistical data as submitted by national authorities.
EU28
BE
TR
FR
RO
NL
IT
AT
DE
BG
CY
PL
CZ
SK
SI
LT
HU
LU
DK
IE
LV
FI
EE
MT
HR
IS
EL
ME
NO
PT
RS
ES
SE
CH
UK
2016
2015
2014
2012
2011
2010
EU28
2044
2648
2732
3178
2928
2699
BE
(z)
(z)
(z)
653
573
530
TR
648
506
602
FR
1100
999
969
572
495
518
RO
350
467
671
536
480
415
NL
(z)
216
279
311
257
217
IT
(z)
386
460
254
159
209
AT
141
102
(z)
231
234
244
DE
(z)
(z)
(z)
162
148
192
BG
80
99
94
109
125
120
CY
(z)
(z)
(z)
68
49
64
PL
30
22
28
64
124
(z)
CZ
19
17
25
31
31
26
SK
28
23
35
28
61
20
SI
21
23
(z)
25
15
17
LT
64
53
(z)
24
33
21
HU
319
306
234
23
44
24
LU
24
27
47
22
33
29
DK
1
20
4
21
13
(z)
IE
2
0
0
15
8
5
LV
11
8
0
12
27
37
FI
21
23
(z)
8
3
2
EE
(z)
(z)
(z)
5
1
2
MT
4
3
5
4
4
0
HR
1
(z)
(z)
0
3
6
IS
0
0
1
EL
97
117
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
ME
(z)
(z)
(z)
NO
(z)
5
0
PT
17
4
(z)
(z)
8
1
RS
(z)
(z)
(z)
ES
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
SE
8
2
3
(z)
(z)
(z)
CH
(z)
(z)
(z)
UK
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable