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      • Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons, is a crime that involves compelling or coercing a person to provide labor or services, or to engage in commercial sex acts. The coercion can be subtle or overt, physical or psychological.
      www.justice.gov/humantrafficking/what-is-human-trafficking
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  2. Human trafficking is when people are brought to (or moved around) a country and forced to work, or do other things, they don't want to do. Traffickers use violence, threats or false promises of well-paid jobs and a better life, to trick victims into working for them, what's known as modern slavery.

  3. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”) consolidated previous legislation criminalising offences of slavery and trafficking for all forms of exploitation. It came into force on 31 July 2015...

  4. The crime of human trafficking consists of three core elements: the act, the means, the purpose. Physical and sexual abuse, blackmail, emotional manipulation, and the removal of official documents are used by traffickers to control their victims.

  5. Human Trafficking is a crime against humanity. It involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transfering, harbouring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them.

  6. Eradicating modern slavery and human trafficking is one of our highest priorities. We work with partners in the UK and around the world to pursue offenders, safeguard victims and to prevent...

  7. Jul 5, 2024 · Trafficking in human beings (THB) is a serious and fast-growing crime area that affects millions of innocent people around the world and involves the severe violation of fundamental human rights. Human traffickers control and exploit vulnerable victims and make use of threats, force, fraud, deception or abduction.

  8. Human trafficking and smuggling are two different crimes. However, the two are related and often intertwined. Human trafficking is involuntary and victims are exploited, whereas smuggling is voluntary, yet still bears life-threatening risks.

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