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
Other programming and services are offered for expecting parents, long-term care facility residents, community gardeners, and human trafficking survivors, among others.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
The masterminds rely on human trafficking victims to help facilitate the scams at compounds in Southeast Asia, prosecutors say.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Steen’s bail has been set at $520,000 for the human trafficking case and $70,000 for the gun case, jail records show.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Native American Fatherhood and Families Association, Mesa, $7,500 To provide free parent education classes and workshops, family law and child support clinics, and child care services to families at risk for divorce, domestic violence, substance abuse, suicide and human trafficking.
—Alexis Waiss, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
Police and federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) raided two properties owned by the 54-year-old Combs in March in what law enforcement sources have described as part of a human trafficking investigation.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2024
Some advocates accuse law enforcement and politicians of overstating the human trafficking problem on Figueroa in order to justify more police crackdowns and the passage of harsher laws.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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
Other programming and services are offered for expecting parents, long-term care facility residents, community gardeners, and human trafficking survivors, among others.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
The masterminds rely on human trafficking victims to help facilitate the scams at compounds in Southeast Asia, prosecutors say.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Steen’s bail has been set at $520,000 for the human trafficking case and $70,000 for the gun case, jail records show.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Native American Fatherhood and Families Association, Mesa, $7,500 To provide free parent education classes and workshops, family law and child support clinics, and child care services to families at risk for divorce, domestic violence, substance abuse, suicide and human trafficking.
—Alexis Waiss, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
Police and federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) raided two properties owned by the 54-year-old Combs in March in what law enforcement sources have described as part of a human trafficking investigation.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2024
Some advocates accuse law enforcement and politicians of overstating the human trafficking problem on Figueroa in order to justify more police crackdowns and the passage of harsher laws.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Human trafficking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20trafficking. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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