“The issue of trafficking has to do with sexual exploitation, but mainly labor exploitation, i.e. some form of forced labor,” said Rafael Pardo, Colombia’s minister of labor
Though combatting labor exploitation is necessary, Pardo understated the elephant in the room — sexual trafficking.
According to a 2012 report from the United Nations, the majority of human trafficking in Colombia and worldwide is for sexual exploitation.
It is widely considered that Colombian officials are under-informed, underfunded, and generally unprepared to tackle the massive domestic human rights issue.