“ You may choose to look the other way but you
can never say again that you did not know “ - William Wilberforce .
Trafficking
in persons is defined as "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 over
another person, for the purpose of exploitation."
The Act
(what is done):
Recruitment,
transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons.
The
Means (how it is done):
Threat
or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or
vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits to a person in control of the
victim.
The
Purpose (why it is done):
For the
purpose of exploitation, which includes exploiting the prostitution of others,
forced labour, slavery or similar practices and the removal of organs. To
ascertain whether a particular circumstance constitutes trafficking in persons,
consider the definition of trafficking in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol
and the constituent elements of the offence, as defined by relevant domestic
legislation.
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