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ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING DAY: CURRENT PROSTITUTION POLICIES ANALYSED.

Biased Amnesty International Report revealed Today, we celebrate the 11th EU Anti-Trafficking day .  Human trafficking is a prevalent practice globally, with instances of exploitation and human rights violations being reported in many nations each year . There are an estimated 21 million people in forced or coerced human trafficking worldwide according to the International Labour Organization Estimate on Forced Labour , which was published in 2012.  Moreover, according to the International Organization on Migration, 70% of trafficked victims are led to prostitution. One would expect, that this correlation between trafficking and prostitution, would lead national governments and non-government organizations to join efforts in putting barriers to prostitution. On the contrary, Germany and the Netherlands decriminalized prostitution and Amnesty International published a controversial report that supports the view that the decriminalization of prostitution can help in protec