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FACTBOX-Unusual examples of trafficking

by Katie Nguyen | Katie_Nguyen1 | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Wednesday, 28 November 2012 10:00 GMT

While sex trafficking gets lots of attention, people have been trafficked for all kinds of unusual reasons

LONDON (TrustLaw) - There are millions of victims of human trafficking around the world today.

While sex trafficking gets lots of attention, did you know people have been trafficked for all kinds of unusual reasons including...   

- for their organs

- for cultivating cannabis

- for their identity in benefit fraud

- for forced marriage

- to pick cockles

- to pick pockets

- to pave roads

- to catch free-range chickens for market

 

This article is part of a Thomson Reuters Foundation special report on trafficking and modern day slavery.

Trafficking and modern day slavery will be high on the agenda at the Trust Women conference, Dec 4-5

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