In recent years, cases of labour trafficking and exploitation have been uncovered around the world, as well as in Europe in sectors such as construction, restaurants, cleaning and agriculture. Evidence suggests that labour exploitation is highly lucrative, but the risk of being apprehended is low. Perpetrators exploit their victims by making use of legal structures and practices to hide their activities from the authorities. Furthermore, labour trafficking and exploitation are often connected to the shadow economy and financial crimes. To tackle this problem, strengthened multidisciplinary cooperation, specialization and proactive measures are needed to make labour exploitation and trafficking a high-risk, low-profit crime.