6. Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire
Human trafficking mostly takes place within the country. Most of the identified victims are children and to somewhat lesser extent women. Girls and women are often subjected to forced labor in domestic services and exploited in sex trafficking. In his book The World of Child Labor: An Historical and Regional Survey, H. Hindman finds that the majority of children involved in cocoa work, among others, are Baoule children from Yamoussoukro area that ranks 6th on the list of top 15 cities with highest human trafficking in the world.
