PUBLICATIONS #human trafficking in Sudan

With the outbreak of the current conflict in mid-April 2023, human trafficking has become more widespread due to the lack of control and the collapse of judicial institutions, especially in some states (Khartoum, Al Gezira, and Darfur), allowing armed groups and organized gangs to intensify their activities, whether recruiting children, exploiting women, or smuggling people across borders.

In the absence of state control and weak border surveillance, organized human trafficking networks have exploited the needs of war refugees, especially women and children, subjecting them to various forms of violence, sexual exploitation, forced labor, sale, and abduction. These networks operate along the desert roads used by Sudanese refugees, using smuggling as a cover for human trafficking activities. Often, the victims of these networks are transported to unknown destinations or are forced to perform labor in transit countries.