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Law enforcement

The collective name for the efforts of enforcing and ensuring observance, obedience to the law.

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organ, tissue, cell (OTC) trafficking

Human rights; Human Trafficking

Human trafficking for the purpose of the forced and/or exploitative harvesting of a living person’s organ, tissues, cells, and/or body parts.

Palermo protocol

Human rights; Human Trafficking

A United Nations Protocol, adopted in Palermo, Italy in November 2000, to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the ...

person at risk of trafficking

Human rights; Human Trafficking

Any person (minor or adult) who has not been trafficked but, given her/his profile or the appearance of certain indicators, faces a greater possibility of being trafficked in the ...

pimping

Human rights; Human Trafficking

The act of procuring clients for a sex worker/prostitute and/or living off the earnings of a sex worker/prostitute or brothel.

potential victim

Human rights; Human Trafficking

An individual identified before being exploited who shows strong signs of being in the trafficking process. This differs from a presumed victim, the definition for which appears ...

A8/A2 EU member states

Human rights; Human Trafficking

A8: countries which joined the EU in 2004 (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia). A2: countries which joined the EU in 2007 (Bulgaria ...

abuse of a position of vulnerability

Human rights; Human Trafficking

is understood as taking advantage of vulnerable position of a person placed on as a result of: having entered the country illegaly or without proper documentation; pregnancy or ...