Human Trafficking Defined
Human Trafficking is:
Process |
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Way/Means |
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Goal |
Recruitment or Transportation or Transferring or Harboring or Receiving |
A N D |
Threat or Coercion or Abduction or Fraud or Deceit or Deception or Abuse of Power |
A N D |
Prostitution or Pornography or Violence/Sexual Exploitation or Forced Labor or Involuntary Servitude or Debt Bondage or Slavery/Similar practices |
If one condition from each category is met, the result is trafficking. For adults, victim consent is irrelevant if one of the Means is employed. For children consent is irrelevant with or without the Means category.