Horrors of human trafficking revealed

There were 57 alleged victims of human trafficking — including 13 children — reported to gardaí in 2011.

Of those, 37 were victims of sexual exploitation, 13 of labour exploitation, two were victims of both labour and sexual exploitation and five were victims of “uncategorised exploitation”.

The Annual Report of Trafficking in Human Beings in Ireland was compiled by the Department of Justice’s Anti-Human Trafficking Unit.