Fake overseas jobs lure Ethiopians into human trafficking, US report finds

Listen to articleInternally displaced persons and refugees were identified as particularly vulnerable due to limited access to justice, education, economic opportunities and basic services. An estimated two million people were internally displaced last year.Thousands of Ethiopians seeking better employment opportunities abroad are increasingly falling prey to human trafficking networks that use fraudulent job advertisements to lure victims into forced labour and sexual exploitation, the 2026 US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has revealed.