According to the 2021 Global Estimates published by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Walk Free, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 49.6 million people are in situations of modern slavery on a daily basis. This translates to one in every 150 people across the world being subject to human trafficking and modern slavery (HT/MS). The Global Organized Crime Index 2021, published by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Crime, refers to human trafficking as “the most pervasive of criminal markets,” which is almost a ubiquitous market to varying degrees across jurisdictions. According to figures reported in the Global Estimates, around 7 million people live in conditions of HT/MS in Africa – 3.8 million in conditions of forced labour and 3.2 million in forced marriages. However, the number of persons from Africa trafficked to different regions across the world is much higher. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that “trafficking flows out of sub-Saharan Africa have a global dimension, with victims detected in Western and Southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, and North America.” Desperate socioeconomic conditions, poverty, high unemployment, demand for cheap labour, mass displacement, conflict, crime, and corruption are some of the key factors contributing to the scourge of HT/MS.