human trafficking

(a) "Trafficking in persons" shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring 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. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs. (b) The consent of a victim of trafficking in persons to the intended exploitation set forth in subparagraph (a) of this article shall be irrelevant where any of the means set forth in subparagraph (a) have been used. (c) The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation shall be considered "trafficking in persons" even if this does not involve any of the means set forth in subparagraph (a) of this article. (d) "Child" shall mean any person under eighteen years of age.

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Felia Allum

Polis, University of Bath

Kevin Hyland

Kevin Hyland

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Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova

Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova

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Faith Tunde-Yara

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Reg Brennenraedts

Reg Brennenraedts

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Phil Brewer

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Dr Rose Broad

Dr Rose Broad

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Dr Nerida Chazal

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Ella Cockbain

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Dr Seán Columb

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Virginia Comolli

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Guadalupe Correa Cabrera

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Taciana Santos de Souza

Taciana Santos de Souza

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Marco Dugato

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King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA

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Mr. Matt Friedman

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Professor David Gadd

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Sasha Jesperson

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Sara Mariella Lambertini

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Dr Derica Lambrechts

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Stephen Musau

Veronika Nagy

Veronika Nagy

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Dr Freedom Onuoha

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Caterina Paternoster

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Amy Plummer

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Silvia Rodriguez-Lopez

Silvia Rodriguez-Lopez

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