The United States Customs and Border Protection, defines human trafficking as “[occurring] when a person is induced by force, fraud or coercion to: work under the total or near-total control of another person or organization (slavery or involuntary servitude), forced to pay off a loan by working instead of paying money, for an agreed-upon or unclear period of time (debt bondage) or even without an agreement as to the timeframe (peonage), [or] perform a sex act for money or anything of value (if under 18, force, fraud or coercion is not required)”. Human trafficking is considered to be a modern day form of slavery and many cases are being reported daily. The term human trafficking is often mistaken with the term human smuggling but both are
