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Human trafficking
The buying and selling of human beings for profit. Human trafficking is an extremely serious crime and a gross violation of human rights, which can be classified as a modern form of slavery. The goal of this section is to raise awareness of the problem and to show what is being done at EU-level and in the Member States to fight this injustice, to promote exchange of ideas and cooperation between all organisations, and to help people involved in the fight against trafficking in human beings and the protection of victims.
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Human trafficking
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 United Nations ...
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 future.
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 below (also referred ...
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 and Romania). ...
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 any physical disease ...
