Overview

• Spanish authorities liberated 1,794 trafficking victims in 2024, marking a 22% increase from the previous year.
• Catalonia’s forensic unit, created in 2022, has conducted over 100 victim examinations to support judicial efforts against forced criminality.
• NGOs such as Cruz Roja and Fiet are expanding legal, medical and psychological services to address severe mental health impacts and legal challenges among survivors.
• Traffickers are increasingly using social media and false job advertisements to recruit undocumented migrants into sexual exploitation, forced labor and cannabis cultivation.
• A report from Mexico’s Consejo Ciudadano finds that 28.7% of trafficking victims first contact exploiters through fake employment offers, illustrating a transnational digital recruitment trend.