UAE – In 2016, the UAE recorded 25 trafficking cases, most of them linked to sexual exploitation. The cases involved 34 victims, all of whom were women, three cases were connected to the selling of children, according to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and chairman of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking Anwar Gargash. Official statistics indicate that 106 people accused of human trafficking were arrested, nine cases have been judged leading to jail sentences of one year to life imprisonment, The remaining cases are before the courts according to the website of the UAE Foreign Ministry