WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
2006 Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report (PDF)
United Nation's Definition of Human Trafficking
“Trafficking in persons” shall mean: the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control overanother person, for the purpose of exploitation.
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Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude.
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