2. Definitions
The illegal movement of people, typically for the
purposes of forced labour or commercial sexual
exploitation.
Trafficking in persons is a heinous crime with serious
International dimensions. Internally organized crime
syndicates involved in migrant smuggling, trafficking
of narcotics and arms, often control trafficking in
persons as well.
Human trafficking is “the acquisition of people by
improper means such as force, fraud, or deception,
with the aim of exploiting them.”
3. Why Human Trafficking Humans?
One word: Money
Human trafficking is the third most profitable business for
organized crime; the first and second are drug and arms
trafficking.
Pino Arlacchi, Director General for the International
Seminar on Trafficking in Human Beings in Brazil, states
that many drug traffickers are switching to human
trafficking due to higher profits and lower risk.
4. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING OF PERSONS?