How effective are domestic and international legal measures in dealing with human trafficking?

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How effective are domestic and international legal measures in dealing with human trafficking?

International law is a powerful conduit for combating human trafficking; this law is attempting to deal with this international crime in an efficient and effective manner. The most reputable and recent instruments of international law that have set the course for how to define, prevent, and prosecute human trafficking are the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and its two related protocols: the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, and the United Nations Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea, and Air, which entered into force in 2003-2004. However it is evident that more still needs to be exercised. Trafficking is a lucrative industry; it has been identified as the fasted growing criminal industry in the world, people trafficking has reached epidemic proportions over the past decade, with a global annual market of about $42.5 billion. The United Nations estimates nearly 2.5 million people from 127 different countries are being trafficked around the world. This highlights that although the international community is dealing with crimes of this nature, attempting to protect all individuals, concerning