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What is trafficking?

Trafficking is a severe human rights violation which affects mainly, but not exclusively, women and children. They are most frequently trafficked for sexual and/or labour exploitation, though they sometimes end up in situations of forced begging, adoption, false marriage, or as victims of the trade in human organs.

Trafficked persons can be exposed to physical and psychological abuses, denied legal and labor rights and medical care, considered as illegal or irregular in a country, and are often found in forced and unwanted relationships of dependency with their traffickers or other persons.