Discuss the issue of human trafficking and how it differs from smuggling

What will be an ideal response?


Smuggling occurs when someone is paid to assist another in the illegal crossing of borders. This relationship typically ends after the border has been crossed and the individual has paid the smuggler a fee for assistance. If the smuggler sells or "brokers" the smuggled individual into a condition of servitude, or if the smuggled individual cannot pay the smuggler and is then forced to work that debt off, the crime has now turned from smuggling into human trafficking.

A person may choose and arrange to be smuggled into a country, but when an individual is forced into a situation of exploitation where their freedom is taken way, the person is then a victim of human trafficking. Central to the distinction is the denial of the victim's liberty. An individual's willingness to be smuggled into another country
does not minimize the victimization he or she may experience at the hands of a trafficker.

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