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  2. Human trafficking - Wikipedia

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    Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation. [1] Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. It is distinct from people smuggling, which is characterized by the consent of the person being smuggled.

  3. Human trafficking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Human trafficking is a form of slavery, involving the illegal smuggling and trading of people for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Trafficking is officially defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by means of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, or abuse of power from a position of ...

  4. Sex trafficking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Sex trafficking in the United States is a form of human trafficking which involves reproductive slavery or commercial sexual exploitation as it occurs in the United States. Sex trafficking includes the transportation of persons by means of coercion, deception and/or force into exploitative and slavery-like conditions. [1]

  5. Human trafficking in Cambodia - Wikipedia

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    Despite human trafficking being a crime in Cambodia, the country has a significant child sex tourism problem; some children are sold by their parents, while others are lured by what they think are legitimate job offers like waitressing, but then are forced into prostitution. Children are often held captive, beaten, and starved to force them ...

  6. Human trafficking in California - Wikipedia

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    Slavery. Human trafficking in California is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced labor as it occurs in the state of California. Human trafficking, widely recognized as a modern-day form of slavery, includes. "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or ...

  7. Human trafficking in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Human trafficking and the prostitution of children has been a significant issue in the Philippines, often controlled by organized crime syndicates. [1] [2] Human trafficking is a crime against humanity. [3] With the Philippines having a large migrant population, the men are used for fishing, construction, and farming.

  8. Human trafficking in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Related. v. t. e. Human trafficking in Texas is the illegal trade of human beings as it occurs in the state of Texas. It is a modern-day form of slavery and usually involves commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor, both domestic and agricultural. Human trafficking is particularly relevant to Texas because of its close proximity to the U ...

  9. Human trafficking in India - Wikipedia

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    Human trafficking in India results in women suffering from both mental and physical issues. Mental issues include disorders such as PTSD, depression and anxiety. The lack of control women have in trafficking increases their risk of suffering from mental disorders. Women who are forced into trafficking are at a higher risk for HIV, TB, and other ...