Netherlands: public awareness of types of human trafficking 2018

The survey results suggest that as of 2018, the vast majority of people in the Netherlands conflated human trafficking with the illegal transportation or accompaniment of people across borders. Approximately 85 percent saw illegal movement across borders as human trafficking, while just over 50 percent of the respondents identified organ trafficking as human trafficking.

According to you, which types of situations count as human trafficking?*

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Release date

October 2018

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

September 16, 2018 to September 26, 2018

Number of respondents

1,016 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Dutch consumers

Supplementary notes

* The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Welke van de onderstaande situaties vallen volgens u onder mensenhandel?" (English: "According to you, which of the following situations count as human trafficking?")

The source provides the following information:
The following are not forms of human trafficking:
Illegally accompanying or transporting people to another country
Illegally adopting children

The following are forms of human trafficking:
Sexual exploitation of minors
Exploitation for criminal activities (e.g. forcing children to commit burglary, sell stolen phones or drugs)
Organ trafficking
Labor exploitation (bad conditions, less than minimum wage, etc.)

The results have been weighted to represent the entire population.

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