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'''Human trafficking''' is a catchall term for [[exploitation]] of immigrants. For example, immigrant [[child prostitution]] automatically counts as human trafficking. According to [[Customs and Border | '''Human trafficking''' is a catchall term for [[exploitation]] of immigrants. For example, immigrant [[child prostitution]] automatically counts as human trafficking. According to [[Customs and Border Protection]], "The victim may not realize that he or she is imprisoned, because coercion is psychological (it may not be physical). Victims are typically impoverished and financially dependent on their captors. | ||
Often the crime takes place in plain view-e.g. in a restaurant, worksite, or private home-and is not immediately apparent to observers. Victims can be exploited for labor, sex, or both, particularly in private homes."<ref>http://www.cbp.gov/border-security/human-trafficking</ref> | Often the crime takes place in plain view-e.g. in a restaurant, worksite, or private home-and is not immediately apparent to observers. Victims can be exploited for labor, sex, or both, particularly in private homes."<ref>http://www.cbp.gov/border-security/human-trafficking</ref> | ||
Revision as of 03:53, 30 December 2014
Human trafficking is a catchall term for exploitation of immigrants. For example, immigrant child prostitution automatically counts as human trafficking. According to Customs and Border Protection, "The victim may not realize that he or she is imprisoned, because coercion is psychological (it may not be physical). Victims are typically impoverished and financially dependent on their captors. Often the crime takes place in plain view-e.g. in a restaurant, worksite, or private home-and is not immediately apparent to observers. Victims can be exploited for labor, sex, or both, particularly in private homes."[1]
Describing these relationships as a form of chattel slavery gives the government a justification to launch new initiatives to investigate them and to punish the older partners more harshly.
