human trafficking
noun
: organized criminal activity in which human beings are treated as possessions to be controlled and exploited (as by being forced into sex work or involuntary labor)
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Washington has threatened visa cancellations over Cuba’s medical brigade, saying governments are participating in human trafficking and forced labor.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
The Company’s rackets included gambling, human trafficking, marijuana trafficking and labor corruption.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
That makes environmental crime one of the world’s largest crime sectors, comparable with drug trafficking, at $344 billion, and human trafficking, at $157 billion.
—Bradley J. Cardinale, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
This year, lawmakers are pursuing a bill to allow the death penalty for certain human trafficking cases and have already passed a bill that would mandate the death penalty for immigrants in the country illegally who commit capital crimes.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
The Company’s rackets included gambling, human trafficking, marijuana trafficking and labor corruption.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
That makes environmental crime one of the world’s largest crime sectors, comparable with drug trafficking, at $344 billion, and human trafficking, at $157 billion.
—Bradley J. Cardinale, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
This year, lawmakers are pursuing a bill to allow the death penalty for certain human trafficking cases and have already passed a bill that would mandate the death penalty for immigrants in the country illegally who commit capital crimes.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Human trafficking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20trafficking. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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