human trafficking
noun
: organized criminal activity in which human beings are treated as possessions to be controlled and exploited (as by being forced into prostitution or involuntary labor)
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Agents told him extending U.S. custom waters would bolster their mission to interdict drug and human trafficking at sea.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
That may go unnoticed by most American viewers, but the presence of drugs, human trafficking, and plenty of stereotypical Latino bad hombres will be recognizable to them, based on other projects set in this region.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
That may go unnoticed by most American viewers, but the presence of drugs, human trafficking, and plenty of stereotypical Latino bad hombres will be recognizable to them, based on other projects set in this region.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Human trafficking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20trafficking. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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