It is important that the Organization and its staff cite the same global estimates on trafficking in persons so that one organizational voice is ensured. The below provides a discussion on the main global estimates in circulation. It also offers guidance on how to cite and contextualize the estimates in IOM reports, press releases and other print documentation, or when asked for information by an internal or external counterpart, such a journalist. It is important to note that IOM does not promote the estimates outlined below. They should instead serve only as points of reference and should always be attributed to the agency or researcher that proposed them.