As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit foreign victims in Spain and, to a lesser extent, Spanish victims in Spain and abroad. Authorities report Colombian, Paraguayan, and Venezuelan women now make up the largest demographic of sex trafficking victims.

From 2017 to 2021, the government identified 1687 victims of human trafficking (an average of more than one a day); 5% of them were children. [5] In 2023, the Organised Crime Index gave the country a score of 7 out of 10 for human trafficking, noting that most activity was by Romanian, Chinese and Nigerian groups working in Andalusia. [6]

As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit foreign victims in Spain and to a lesser extent, Spanish victims in Spain and abroad. Labor trafficking is under-identified in Spain.

As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit foreign victims in Spain and, to a lesser extent, Spanish victims in Spain and abroad. Labor trafficking is under-identified in Spain.

One of the elements that remained unchanged is the situation of our country as a destination and transit country of the victims of trafficking in human beings. The strategic location of Spain in Europe makes it the door of two continents: South America and Africa.

In Spain, human trafficking is a crime persecuted and punished by the Criminal Code. The purpose of this crime is exploitation, which includes sexual, labor, begging, trafficking of organs, and slavery.

Jun 12, 2023 · The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has urged the Spanish authorities to guarantee effective access to compensation to victims of human trafficking and to increase proactive investigations into trafficking for labour exploitation.

Mar 11, 2024 · Third-country nationals (TCNs) in Spain are disproportionately affected by crimes related to human trafficking and exploitation: traffickers take advantage of the country's proximity with Northern Africa, its cultural connection with Latin America, and migrants' vulnerability.

Spanish nationals continue to be the main perpetrators of trafficking and exploitation, whether for sex or labour. The incidence of human trafficking for criminal activity, begging or forced marriages continues to be low compared to sex or labour trafficking.

Jan 20, 2009 · Unaccompanied migrant children in Spain continue to be vulnerable to sex trafficking and forced begging. Police and other officials have been investigated, charged, and convicted for complicity in human trafficking crimes.