The organisation’s 2015 report indicates that 58 Portuguese were identified as presumed victims of trafficking abroad, 43 more than in 2014. Two of those cases involved minors.
The report does not specify how many cases of suspected trafficking were confirmed, on the grounds that the data is covered by “statistical secrecy”.
According to the OTSH, most of the cases of Portuguese being trafficked abroad (48) involved exploitative employment practices, particularly in the agricultural sector.
As in previous years the main destination is Spain (45 cases), in particular to farms in Navarre.
According to Spain’s Ministry of Interior, 28 percent of all 134 victims of employment exploitation of this kind identified in Spain last year was in agriculture.
Situations involving trafficking for adoption, sexual exploitation and some other purposes are covered by statistical secrecy, the report states.