However, the report said 712 adult victims and 234 child victims were reported last year to the National ReferralMechanism, the official body that identifies and looks after those caught up in trafficking.
From the latest National ReferralMechanism statistics available for Scotland, in the period April 2009 until 10 February 2012, two hundred and twenty eight (228) referrals were made and of those one hundred and twenty six (126) actual cases were confirmed as victims of trafficking.