Children can be victims of various forms of human trafficking, including:
forced labour or criminalitybeggingillegal adoptionrecruitment into armed groupssexual exploitationTogether we need to do more to keep children safe from this heinous crime.
If you suspect a person is being trafficked or wish to seek help please call 144/116
The crime of human trafficking consists of three core elements: the act, the means, the purpose. Physical and sexual abuse, blackmail, emotional manipulation, and the removal of official documents are used by traffickers to control their victims. Exploitation can take place in a victim's home country, during migration or in a foreign country.
Human trafficking has many forms. These include exploitation in the sex, entertainment and hospitality industries, and as domestic workers or in forced marriages. Victims are forced to work in factories, on construction sites or in the agricultural sector without pay or with an inadequate salary, living in fear of violence and often in inhumane conditions. Some victims are tricked or coerced into having their organs removed. Children are forced to serve as soldiers or to commit crimes for the benefit of the criminals.
Trafficking In Persons,” “human trafficking,” and “modern slavery” are umbrella terms often used interchangeably, to refer to a crime whereby traffickers exploit and profit at the expense of adults or children by compelling them to perform labour or engage in commercial sex.
When a person younger than 18 is used to perform a commercial sex act, it is a crime regardless of whether there is any force, fraud or coercion involved. As part of the government’s efforts to fight this crime, the Ministry of Internal Affairs established a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) secretariat, in accordance with the Prohibition of the Trafficking in Persons Act 2014.
More for information or help please call the TIP HOTLINE: 114 or the Seychelles Police on 133