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‘Israel among worst human traffickers’

Named in UN’s list of ’top 10’ destinations for forced labor, sexual slavery.

A report released this week by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has cited Israel as among the top destinations in the trafficking of human beings, either for sexual exploitation or forced labor. Entitled “Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns,” the report claims that, “virtually every country in the world is affected by the crime of human trafficking.” However, Israel, along with nine countries, was named as the worst offenders of illegal trade in human beings

The Jerusalem Post, 2006