- Traffickers force victims into sex trafficking and forced labour in domestic service, criminal activities, and agriculture. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)
- Syndicates facilitate trafficking in the commercial sex industry. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)
- To a lesser extent, syndicates recruit South African women to Europe and Asia, for commercial sex, domestic service, or drug smuggling. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)
- Traffickers force women from Lesotho into sex trafficking in South Africa. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)
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The most common form of exploitation in cases reported in South Africa is forced labour; the highest recorded at 308, 305, and 238 in 2019, 2017, and 2018 respectively. The number of cases of sex trafficking greatly increased in 2019, recording 4 times the numbers of the previous reporting year. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)