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Figure 8 is a bar chart that shows a share of persons convicted for THB between 2007 and 2010. The findings are classified according to region and divided according to the gender of the perpetrator. In Africa and the Middle East, males constituted 79 per cent of perpetrators, whilst females constituted 21 per cent. In Western and Central Europe, males constituted 77 per cent of perpetrators, whilst females constituted 23 per cent. Globally, males constituted 67 per cent of perpetrators, whilst females constituted 33 per cent. In South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, males constituted 59 per cent of perpetrators, whilst females constituted 41 per cent. In the Americas, males constituted 58 per cent of perpetrators, whilst females constituted 42 per cent. In East Europe and Central Asia, males constituted 23 per cent of perpetrators, whilst females constituted 77 per cent.