Trafficking in persons is a vile crime that feeds on inequalities, instability and conflict. Human traffickers profit from peoples’ hopes and despair. They prey on the vulnerable and rob them of their fundamental rights.
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![Women and children are disproportionately affected. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), young girls are the most demanded and profitable prey for traffickers. Above, a child stands in a curtained doorway in Yemen. UNHCR/Rocco Nuri](https://minujusth.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/yemen-human-traffic-unhcr-04.jpg?itok=Da1WY1NY)
Women and children are disproportionately affected. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), young girls are the most demanded and profitable prey for traffickers. Above, a child stands in a curtained doorway in Yemen. UNHCR/Rocco Nuri
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UN police known as UNPOL (pictured) patrol in Timbuktu, in northern Mali, offering protection to people in the city against terrorist threats and organized crime. © Harandane Dicko, UN, 2018
![A woman cradles her child in Kavimvira transit centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu Province. She is among hundreds of vulnerable Burundian refugees actively seeking safety there.](https://minujusth.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/featured-image-background.jpg?itok=gAOymlHt)
A woman cradles her child in Kavimvira transit centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu Province. She is among hundreds of vulnerable Burundian refugees actively seeking safety there.
![Nayma Haque and Tamanna-E-Lutfi are the two first female pilots to serve in a peacekeeping operation. © UN](https://minujusth.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/photo_23.jpg?itok=PAZPOpzO)
Nayma Haque and Tamanna-E-Lutfi are the two first female pilots to serve in a peacekeeping operation. © UN