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Synopsis Trafficking of humans involves moving men, women and children from one place to another and placing them in conditions of forced labour. The practice includes forced sex work, domestic servitude, unsafe agricultural labour, sweet-shop labour, construction or restaurant work, and various forms of modern day slavery. This global violation of human rights occurs within countries and across borders, regions and continents.  Trafficking has been defined by the UN General Assembly statement of 1994 as: "The illicit and clandestine movements of persons across national borders, largely from developing countries and some countries with economies in transition, with the end goal of forcing women and girl children into sexually or economically oppressive and exploitative situations for profit of recruiters, traffickers, and crime syndicates as well as other illegal activities related to trafficking, such as forced domestic labour, false marriages, clandestine employment and false adoption.