Global Issues
Iceland
• Destination and transit country for women subjected to forced prostitution.
• In 2009 Icelandic Red Cross report claimed at least 59 and possibly as many as 128 cases of human trafficking in Iceland over the three years prior.
• Female victims of human trafficking in Iceland came from Eastern Europe, Russia, Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia.
• Activists complain burden of proof in rape cases too heavy and discourages victims from reporting rapes and authorities from prosecuting them.
Sources: U.S. Department of State 2010 Human Rights Report; U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2011