Top 10 African Countries with the worst human trafficking scores: Latest rankings

A migrant pictured in a crowded room at the Tariq Al-Matar detention centre on the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli on November 27, 2017 - a often obligatory passage on the route of human trafficking networks to Europe.

Human trafficking remains a major organised crime concern across Africa, exposing vulnerable people to forced labour, sexual exploitation and other forms of abuse.

Photo: © Taha Jawashi / AFP Illegal immigrants who were abandoned by traffickers in a remote desert area wait in Dongola, Sudan, after being located by Sudanese and Libyan forces, May 3, 2014.