human trafficking

noun

the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or other forms of exploitation.

First recorded in 1985–90

I understand that this is human trafficking, but I know that my people have no other option.

Now, the recent actions of ISIS and Boko Haram are drawing attention to the role of human trafficking.

Human trafficking was once a crime associated primarily with a range of small to large crime groups.

Rather, human trafficking, like slavery in the past, is a way of demoralizing the conquered.

Between 2001 and 2011, cases of sex-based human trafficking shrank by 10 percent.

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