![]() In some cases, victims are hidden behind doors in domestic servitude in a home. Victims can be found in legal and illegal labor industries, including child care, elder care, the drug trade, massage parlors, nail and hair salons, restaurants, hotels, factories, and farms. In the United States, trafficking victims can be American or foreign citizens. Trafficking victims are deceived by false promises of love, a good job, or a stable life and are lured or forced into situations where they are made to work under deplorable conditions with little or no pay. ![]() VulnerabilitiesĪlthough there is no defining characteristic that all human trafficking victims share, traffickers around the world frequently prey on individuals whose vulnerabilities, including poverty, limited English proficiency, or lack of lawful immigration status, are exacerbated by lack of stable, safe housing, and limited economic and educational opportunities. But as is the case in many crimes of exploitation and abuse, human traffickers often prey upon members of marginalized communities and other vulnerable individuals, including children in the child welfare system or children in the child welfare system or children who have been involved in the juvenile justice system runaway and homeless youth unaccompanied children persons who do not have lawful immigration status in the United States Black people and other people of color American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and other indigenous peoples of North America Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) individuals migrant laborers persons with disabilities and individuals with substance use disorder. Victims of human trafficking can be anyone-regardless of race, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, education level, or citizenship status. There is no single profile of a trafficking victim. Exploitation of a minor for commercial sex is human trafficking, regardless of whether any form of force, fraud, or coercion was used. The coercion can be subtle or overt, physical or psychological. Send us feedback about these examples.Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons, is a crime that involves compelling or coercing a person to provide labor or services, or to engage in commercial sex acts. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'predator.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2023 While free range eggs come from the on-site hen house and are served at breakfast daily as long as natural predator, panthers, don't get them first. 2023 In classic fables and fairy tales, no predator-and perhaps no villain-makes more frequent appearances than the wolf. Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2023 The documentary focuses on several investigations, including that of a woman who at 13 years old became a victim of an online predator. Mitchell Byars, Daily Camera, Boulder, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023 The body appeared to have been dragged from a nearby shallow grave by a large predator, and deputies located a pair of yellow ski pants, a sleeping bag and a pillow in a pillowcase, all neatly folded up near the gravesite. ![]() 2023 With teeth as big as a banana, a crushing bite and a sense of smell as keen as a cat, this infamous theropod was a vicious predator. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023 And based on the lizard’s teeth, Megalania was a fearsome predator. 2023 Usually, a lone turkey will flee at first sight of a predator. 1, 2022 Advertisement Sternbergh chose writing over a life in performance, but Daisy is completely committed to her acting career. Recent Examples on the Web Books Review: The predator’s wife: A dark debut novel with a #MeToo gender twist Feb.
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