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First of its kind, this report was designed to identify — in 40 OSCE participating States — the market-leading online sites and platforms for the explicit and non-explicit selling of sexual services where victims of THB for sexual exploitation could be advertised. The report's findings are based on the mapping and analysis of almost 2,900 sex services websites across the OSCE region, containing over 3 million advertisements; detailed information about how these websites operate is provided. The research also lists information and data associated with the sites and, through an analysis based on trafficking indicators, examines whether they can be exposed to human trafficking's risks.

Trafficking in human beings (THB) for labor exploitation is a complex phenomenon in and a pressing issue in that today’s global economy, which is characterized by highly complex and multi-layered supply chains containing goods, materials, and labor from all corners of the globe. The problem has been recognized at the international level since the adoption of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children.