FORCED LABOUR

Forced labour is a common way of exploiting human trafficking victims. It is when violence or intimidation is used to make someone work against his or her will.

DEBT BONDAGE

Debt bondage is when someone is forced to pay off a loan by working for little or no salary. The work performed to pay off the debt greatly exceeds the worth of the initial loan.

TRAFFICKING FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

Trafficking for sexual exploitation is when someone benefits financially or otherwise through the recruitment, transfer or receipt of another person who is forced, deceived or threatened into sexual acts.

CHILD LABOUR

Trafficking in children (under the age of 18) is the recruitment, transferring, transporting, harboring or receiving of children for the purpose of exploitation of any kind.

FORCED BEGGING

Some beggars are being forced to beg by others. They have to hand over all or most of their earnings to the person who is forcing them to beg.

TRAFFICKING FOR ORGAN REMOVAL

Trafficking for organ removal is an individual being trafficked for the purpose of removing their organ(s), whereas organ trafficking is the illegal buying and selling of organs.

FORCED MARRIAGE

People can be forced, coerced, threatened or tricked into marrying someone without their informed consent. Forced marriage is a form of exploitation in the trafficking process.

TRAFFICKING IN DOMESTIC WORK

An estimated 1.9 million of the domestic workers in Asia Pacific are being exploited.

CHILD SOLDIERS

Child soldiers are children (under the age of 18) recruited to fight in conflicts, act as porters, couriers, spies, guards, suicide bombers or human shields for an armed group.

TRAFFICKING IN FISHING

More and more, fishing vessels and crew need to go far from coasts to reach abundant fishing grounds. This isolation makes it easier to exploit workers.