An eastern European girl forced into prostitution commits suicide and NYPD Detective Kate Morozov (Mira Sorvino) investigates. She goes to see I.C.E. agent Bill Meehan (Donald Sutherland) and become an agent herself. In Prague, single mom Helena (Isabelle Blais) is lured by a handsome guy to Vienna and kidnapped. In Kiev, Nadia (Laurence Leboeuf) enters a modeling competition run by Sergei Karpovich (Robert Carlyle) which turns out to be a front for a sex trafficking ring. Her father Viktor (Rémy Girard) is tracking her relentlessly. In Manila, 12 year old American tourist Annie Gray is abducted for the sex trade joining other little children.This is a horrifying movie. It doesn't go easy on anything although it is a TV show with certain limits. The Manila story may be scattering the movie too much. I understand the need to expand and encompass as much of the problem as possible in this movie. It probably would make more dramatic sense to have the girl kidnapped by one of Karpovich's man in America. It would tie everything up much easier. Leboeuf and Blais are amazing as the victims. I don't really buy Sorvino as the hardened cop but she's good enough with Sutherland as her boss. This is a really disturbing movie that goes into some dark places.

This movie basically attempts to make the American public think that this social problem comes from isolated, foreign criminal groups. Wrong! There are countless reports of such activities within high-ranking government officials and above. (Yes, above) Remember the Boys town cover-up? Such operations are rarely ever disrupted, because of the very fact that law enforcement agencies are themselves part of the umbrella. Perhaps children education is once again the only solution, trying to address the problem from the bottom up. This is obviously not an easy subject to discuss with children and i'm not sure how this could be done. But one thing is for sure, people shouldn't expect anything from high authorities, other than disinformation like such TV-series.

In Prague, Czech Republic, the single mother Helena (Isabelle Blais) is seduced by a successful handsome man and travels with him to spend a weekend in Vienna, Austria; in Kiev, Ukraine, the sixteen-year-old Nadia (Laurence Leboeuf) is selected by a model agency and travels to the United States with the other selected candidates; in Manila, Philippines, the twelve-year-old American tourist Annie Gray (Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse) is abducted in front of her parents. In common, the girls become victims of a powerful international network of sex traffickers leaded by the powerful Sergei Karpovich (Robert Carlyle). In New York, after the third death of young Eastern European prostitutes, the obstinate Russian-American NYPD agent Kate Morozov (Mira Sorvino) convinces the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Chief Bill Meehan (Donald Sutherland) to hire her, promising him that she would fight against this type of crime and that he would not regret."Human Trafficking" is the third great movie that I have watched about this sad reality. "Lilja 4-ever" and "Anjos do Sol" are extremely pessimist and realistic, but focused in the life of only one character. "Human Trafficking" gives a big picture how these gangs operate, following the drama of three lead characters. Mira Sorvino is wonderful, as usual, and her final speech about this profitable slavery of the Twentieth-First Century and the sexual tourism is very realistic and touching. The direction is excellent, the screenplay is very well written and the whole cast deserves to be congratulated for their magnificent performances. My vote is nine.Title (Brazil): "Tráfico Humano" ("Human Traficking")

I commemorate the director for producing such a moving and eye opener of a movie! I applaud him for bringing public awareness on such an important issue that many around the world aren't aware and needs to be addressed. I strongly recommend that everyone see's this movie because it is more than a movie, it depicts the reality that human trafficking is indeed real and we need to bring this to everyone's attention to hopefully put a stop to the inhumanity that is Human Traffic. Mira Sorvena plays an amazing role, I cannot recall ever seeing her in any other movies but a brilliant performance throughout the movie. What can I say about Donald Sutherland, a master at his best and Robert Carlyle who I think plays a brilliant villain. I've actually seen Robert Carlyle play other villain rolls in other movies which he plays exceptionally well.An excellent movie, well done to all the cast and crew.