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Updated estimate of the illicit monetary profits of modern slavery and human trafficking

July 31, 2023

Authors: Hope for Justice

At Hope for Justice, we estimate that modern slavery and human trafficking generate illicit profits of well over US$245 billion every year (excluding forced marriage). This paper shows how we calculated this and the data sources.

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