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Algeria is a transit and, to a lesser extent, a destination and source country for women, and, to a lesser extent, men subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; criminal networks, which sometimes extend to sub-Saharan Africa and to Europe, are involved in both human smuggling and trafficking; sub-Saharan adults enter Algeria voluntarily but illegally, often with the aid of smugglers, for onward travel to Europe, but some of the women are forced into prostitution; some Algerian women are also forced into prostitution; some sub-Saharan men, mostly from Mali, are forced into domestic servitude

Algeria does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so

"Trafficking in persons" covers various forms of exploitation including, in the words of the international Palermo protocol, "sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs".

A large part of the problem in the wealthier Arab countries is the extensive use of foreign labour

While the law is officially being presented as a means to protect the wife’s financial rights, should the husband make the marriage temporary, a large number of activists and rights groups see it as facilitating a disguised form of human trafficking.

Women rights activist Nehad Abul Qomsan traced back the progression of the law, or rather “deterioration,” of it.

Israel is still a destination for men and women trafficked for forced labour and sexual exploitation.

In 2008, the Israeli government gave US$1.25 million to a local NGO, Ma’agan, which provides shelter to foreign victims of sex trafficking.

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Aged 19, her mum returned home one day with a weighty proposal. “She insisted that I travel abroad for the sake of the family,” Amen explained, adding that a certain man was prepared to ‘help’. At that point, Amen had never left her state, talk less the country!

Escaping attempted rape and a violent sandstorm were just some of the horrific experiences she encountered.

Millions of men, women and children around the world were victims of modern slavery last year, according to a new U.S. report of human trafficking.

he dark underbelly of human trafficking, an umbrella term that includes sexual exploitation, child prostitution, forced labour and debt bondage

First-hand accounts from victims highlighted the physical and psychological toll of modern slavery.