Below, you will find research papers (in PDF format) that you can download by right clicking on the titles.

Men Who Buy Sex (Click to download)

Who they buy and what they know

A research study of 103 men who describe their use of trafficked and non-trafficked women in prostitution, and their awareness of coercion and violence. Melissa Farley, Julie Bindel and Jacqueline M. Golding. December 2009. Eaves, London.Prostitution Research & Education, San Francisco

Trafficking in Men (Click to download)

A trend less considered

The case of Belarus and Ukraine by Rebecca Surtees. Nexus Institute, Vienna. Report prepared for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2008

Child Trafficking for Sexual Purposes (Click to download)

Their Protection is in Our Hands

This global Report was compiled by a number of ECPAT International Secretariat staff (Alessia Altamura, Sendrine Constant, Patchareeboon Sakulpitakphon, Vimala Crispin, Manida Naebklang, Mark Capaldi and Carmen Madriñan). Special thanks are extended to Muireann O Briain, Theo Noten and Maria Eugenia Villareal for their technical review of this report. ECPAT International also wishes to gratefully acknowledge the feedback given by Christopher Davis and Myriam Galopin of the International Campaigns Team of The Body Shop International.

Internet study (Click to download)

Trafficking in Human Beings: Internet Recruitment

The rapid development in the use of information technologies, in particular the Internet, has given a new dimension to trafficking in human beings. The Internet is a fast, convenient and inexpensive way of connecting people between cities and across borders, but it also possesses the potential to be misused by criminals. Traffickers now have, literally at their fingertips, an effective, unrestricted and often anonymous means for recruiting their victims. Online employment agencies, in particular model or artist agencies and marriage bureaux, can all be ploys to lure potential victims. Internet chat websites are often used to befriend potential victims. The risks for young people to fall into the traffickers’ net have substantially increased. This study presents the current methods used by traffickers to recruit their victims via the Internet, and identifies legal, administrative and technical means used to combat this misuse. Gender Equality and Anti-Trafficking Division Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs Council of Europe. For more information, visit their website by clicking here.

Trafficking in Persons in Europe 2009 (Click to download)

Human Trafficking: A Crime That Shames Us All

This report was produced in the Studies and Threat Analysis Section of UNODC, under the supervision of Thibault le Pichon. Fabrizio Sarrica is the author of this Study, edited by Raggie Johansen