1,500 to 3,000 victims of human trafficking are in Switzerland at any given time, according to law enforcement officials.
A majority of the women who are victims of human trafficking in Switzerland end up working in the prostitution industry. Between 2003 and 2006, human trafficking has increased in the number of prostitutes in the city of Zurich by 20 percent.
Source: “Swiss sex industry is thriving,” swissinfo, June 3, 2006.