Organized crime plays a significant role in human trafficking in countries worldwide. The criminal act not only involves trafficking an individual, but also the demand for exorbitant fees to transport a person and create fraudulent passport documents. Once an individual has arrived in a new country, the organized crime members remain in control and usually force the immigrant into prostitution or forms of slavery such as working in a sweatshop.

Transnational human trafficking is believed to have become one of the least risky and most profitable enterprises for organized crime groups. Organized crime has easily adapted to the technology changes mandated for travel abroad and many different criminal groups all over the world work together and often share profits, which makes controlling human trafficking next to impossible for law enforcement.