In addition to the middle East trafficking of Children, the children are also sold from European, British, Canadian and American countries. Blond and Blue eyed children and highly prized among Middle Eastern sex traders.

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The number of child victims trafficked worldwide for sexual exploitation or cheap labour on an annual basis is 1.2 million.1Human trafficking, the third largest international crime, following illegal drugs and arms trafficking, is believed to be worth billions of dollars each year. Driving the trade is the demand for commercial sexual exploitation. Seventy-nine percent of all global trafficking is for sexual exploitation.

SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE EASTWhat is child trafficking?The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation. UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime A child is anyone under the age of 18 years. UN Convention on the Rights of the ChildWhat’s the problem?GLOBAL SEX TRAFFICKINGHuman trafficking is a complex phenomenon fueled by the tremendous growth in the global sex market. Exploitation is driven by poverty, uneven development, official corruption, gender discrimination, harmful traditional and cultural practices, civil unrest, natural disasters and lack of political will to end it. The number of child victims trafficked worldwide for sexual exploitation or cheap labour on an annual basis is 1.2 million.1Human trafficking, the third largest international crime, following illegal drugs and arms trafficking, is believed to be worth billions of dollars each year. Driving the trade is the demand for commercial sexual exploitation. Seventy-nine percent of all global trafficking is for sexual exploitation.

SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE MIDDLE EASTFor the purposes of this fact sheet, the Middle East refers to Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Palestinian Occupied Territories and Yemen .In the Middle East, there are few official statistics on the trafficking of persons. Information concerning victims of trafficking in persons and related crimes is scarce, though victims of sexual exploitation have been reported throughout the region and child victims identified or assisted in a few countries

Trafficked from Ethiopia to Bahrain

“Yeshiwork” was 16 when she left Ethiopia and went to Bahrain where she was subjected to brutal conditions. She was treated like a slave and denied money for 2 years while being prostituted twenty-four hours a day. The Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association contends that the widespread exploitation of Ethiopian women in Bahrain, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE amounts to slavery.17Who creates demand?Traffickers prey on children and young people to meet the sexual demands of paedophiles and people who pay for sex. Any person who patronises the commercial sex market may end up sexually exploiting a child. There is actually no common profile of perpetrators who sexually exploit children – they may be young, old, married, single; they come from all kinds of socio-economic backgrounds and work in all kinds of professions.

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