Children are trafficked both within and between countries for the purposes of forced labour, sexual exploitation, forced marriage, domestic work, begging, service to armed groups, and many other forms of exploitation.
Slavery can involve sexual exploitation, forced labour, domestic servitude or forced criminality, he said.
It is the least protected people who fall into the trap of exploitation, forced begging and various forms of abuse".
Without the right documents, the migrant workers are easy targets for sexual exploitation, forced labour and modern-day slavery.
"They kept unloading crates and crates of new Dell laptops," said one Pentagon official who complained that the exploitation force lacked resources.
Many victims are promised jobs in the hotel or leisure industry, or as interpreters, but when they arrive they are "groomed or threatened" and used for sexual exploitation, forced labour or both, he said.
There has been a notable increase in victims of trafficking, especially from Albania, whether for sexual exploitation, forced labour, begging or a combination.
Furthermore, exploitation includes "the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, or the removal of organs".
In this dramatic scenario, the increase in trafficking of immigrant children who are captured by the cartels for sexual exploitation, forced labor or used as child soldiers in the drug wars in the country becomes particularly worrisome.
In a continent ravaged by refugee crisis, wars and conflicts and the dislocation of whole populations, women in Africa continue to be vulnerable and susceptible to violence, exploitation, forced labor, and sexual abuse.
