BRUSSELS—The European Union (EU) on Monday took to task its member-states for not implementing new rules on human trafficking, as a report revealed that convictions of traffickers have been in decline even though the number of victims is on the rise.

“As we speak, men, women and children are being sold for sex, hard labor.... They are forced into marriages, domestic servitude, begging or have their organs removed for trade,” EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom noted.

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