GENDER
MAJORITY STATUS
AGE
Children are less likely to be trafficked through official border control points: out of all the children in our sample, official border control points are used in 56% of cases, against 80% for adults.
Once again, analysis shows that children are less likely to be trafficked through official border control points. Otherwise, the two age distributions are similar.
Trafficking for forced labour is more likely to pass through official border control points than trafficking for sexual exploitation (labour exploitation makes up 83% of official border control points crossings, but 64% of the crossings which do not go through an official border control points, while the equivalent figures for sexual exploitation are respectively 15% and 22%).
Victims exploited in the construction sector make up nearly half (43%) of all trafficking for forced labour through official border control points, against 35% for trafficking routes which do not pass through official border control points. Manufacturing is next, accounting for 21% of cases (7% for non-official), while agriculture make up 15% of cases (9% for non-official). Finally, domestic work accounts for 11% of all trafficking for forced labour through official border control points (8% for non-official) .
The percentages do not sum to a hundred, since not all sectors of exploitation are shown on this graph. Other sectors include begging and illicit activities, and accounted for very few border crossings.
TRAFFICKING DURATION
Victims who are not trafficked through official border control points tend to be trafficked for a longer period of time: 25% of them are trafficked for more than two years, while the same figure for victims trafficked through official border control points is 19%.
About a third of official border control points are crossed by bus, another third by train, and 20% by plane. In comparison, trafficking routes which do not pass through official border control points used car (28%), buses (26%) and trains (15%).
Victims often travel in groups: nearly 80% of official border control points crossings are carried out with other victims. In 62% of cases, victims who travel with others through an official border control point are exploited at some point during their journey. When they travel in groups through official border control points, victims are more likely to be travelling by bus (39%) and by train (38%) than by plane (11%).