From 2003 to 2021, 72 percent of the sex trafficking victims in South America were women. Furthermore, breaking down the data by age group shows that the most common age of victims are between 9 and 17 years old, and between 30 to 38.
Share of sex trafficking victims in South America from 2003 to 2021, by gender
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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