Geographical Dynamic of Human Trafficking in South Africa
According to the 2003 IOM Report “Seduction, Sale and Slavery: Trafficking of Women and
Children for Sexual Exploitation in Southern Africa,” using data from informants in the sex
industry and official migration statistics, nine distinct patterns of trafficking activity have
emerged in Southern Africa:
1. Trafficking of women from refugee-producing countries to South Africa;
2. Trafficking of children from Lesotho to towns in the Eastern Free State of South Africa;
3. Trafficking of women and girls from Mozambique to Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal;
4. Trafficking of women from Malawi to Northern Europe;
5. Trafficking of girl and boy children from Malawi to Northern Europe;
6. Trafficking of women and girls from Malawi to South Africa overland;
7. Trafficking of women from Thailand to South Africa;
8. Trafficking of women from China to South Africa;
9. Trafficking of Eastern European women to South Africa.