From 2003 to 2021, 27 percent of the sex trafficking victims in South America were minors between zero and 17 years old. Moreover, about seven out of every ten victims were women.
Share of sex trafficking victims in South America from 2003 to 2021, by age group
includes Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname
Supplementary notes
The source defines sex trafficking as “the range of activities involved when a trafficker uses force, fraud, or coercion to compel another person to engage in a commercial sex act”.
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