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Background
Many of those trafficked are also migrating from the "Horn of Africa" paying hundreds of dollars to traffickers to facilitate their journey as they traverse the waters via small boats that are often crammed so tight that some suffer suffocation. Those who make it to the shores of Yemen are often held hostage for ransom and some are continuously traded and sold to other gangs. The number of migrants Yemen was receiving reached a peak in 2012 reaching over 100,000 that year alone. Since there has been a decline being attributed to current conflict in the region with Saudi Arabia. Although Yemen has not expressed any specific plan to reduce the occurrence of human trafficking occurring within their borders causing some to believe that the numbers are inaccurate in order to display a false improvement for global perception. For this reason, one of the greatest areas for opportunity to greatly reduce human trafficking in Yemen is more governance and enforcement within Yemen as well as their countries of origin. The best chance to combat this horrific crime is getting all parties involved in the improvement. Government corruption is also a major contributor to this where some profit monetarily from this fast growing transnational crime creating tens of billions of dollars annually. Studies have also shown that having more women in government positions has an indirect positive effect on the reduction of occurrence.

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