The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 45
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Trafficked men. The Special Rapporteur has regularly raised concerns about the lack of appropriate assistance to men and boys who have been trafficked. Low identification rates are a widespread problem. Many States have been slow to recognize the issue of trafficking in men, a situation that is explained, at least in part, by the continuing strong focus on trafficking for sexual exploitation at the expense of trafficking for labour exploitation. For cultural and other reasons, male victims of trafficking are often reluctant to self-identify. Even where victim support assistance is available, it may be inaccessible or not properly adapted for them and declined for those reasons.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children