Noun
human trafficking (uncountable)
A criminal activity in which people are recruited, harboured, transported, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose, such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery.
Human trafficking is not a business model, it is a crime. Barack Obama
Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time... Condoleezza Rice
We tend to think of human trafficking as a foreign issue, not something that could happen here in our own back yards. But it's a fast-growing problem in the United States, in every area, with no real defined demographic. Lori Foster
Brewer commended the excellent work of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph Green and Alexandra F. Foster, as well as FBI agents and members of the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force, on a case that resulted in tremendous pain for the victims. Source: Internet
I commend the U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, our new Human Trafficking Prosecutions Unit, but also the nonprofits that are there to help rehabilitate the kids. Source: Internet
As we said already that this is the Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we also have the Super Bowl, which is a little over a week away, and the Super Bowl sadly does seem to be a magnet for human trafficking. Source: Internet