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Stop Human Trafficking DEFINITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING 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. UNITED NATIONS DEFINITION Exploitation shall include at a minimum the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation forced labour or services slavery or practices similar to slavery servitude or the removal of organs Put simply human trafficking is the crime of using violence lies or mind control to exploit a person for your own gain. Now more than ever children need your protection from predatory criminals who turnthe vulnerability and desperation of their victims into big business. Human trafficking the buying and selling of people for exploitative purposes is on the rise according to a new study of 142 countries just released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC.