From 2003 to 2023, 48 percent of the sex trafficking victims in Central America and the Caribbean were minors between zero and 17 years old. This share went down to 27 percent in the neighboring South America.
Share of sex trafficking victims in Central America and the Caribbean from 2003 to 2023, by age group
includes Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, and the Caribbean islands
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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