Ireland is a source for sex trafficking, says US report

Ireland is a “destination, source, and transit country” for sex trafficking and forced labour, according to the US government.

In its Trafficking in Persons Report 2013, the US department of state said 48 trafficking victims were identified in Ireland in 2012, 23 of them children, including 19 children in the “commercial sex” trade.

The report called on Ireland to “vigorously implement” its anti-trafficking laws through convictions and “dissuasive sentences”, speedier investigations and better delivery of services to victims.