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- verb Present participle of
traffic . - noun The
exploitative movement of people acrossborders - noun The
distribution of illegaldrugs - noun the
smuggling of illegalarms - noun biochemistry The movement of an
enzyme (or otherprotein ) throughtissue
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Examples
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LAURA: Originally the term trafficking referred to certain kinds of illegal moving of people across borders, but that has changed.
David Henry Sterry: A Conversation With the Naked Anthropologist About Sex Trafficking
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LAURA: Originally the term trafficking referred to certain kinds of illegal moving of people across borders, but that has changed.
David Henry Sterry: A Conversation With the Naked Anthropologist About Sex Trafficking
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I guess it depends on who the survivor of torture in trafficking is … … … gagged, on January 18th, 2009 at 2: 11 pm Said:
Getting Mainstream Attention – Judging Trafficking Evidence « Bound, Not Gagged
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Even the word 'trafficking' speaks more to the trade than the experience of the people trapped within it.
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Even the word 'trafficking' speaks more to the trade than the experience of the people trapped within it.
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Here along America's Southwest border, we know gun trafficking is an international problem.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Crime Guns Crossing Borders and Taking Lives
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Having some level of red-tape that ensures that adoptions are done properly and child trafficking is not taking place is not in opposition the faith.
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Drug smuggling and human trafficking is a whole different issue than immigrants who come here to work and provide a better life for their families.
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You seem equivocal on human trafficking, and I must say that, philosophical points aside, any line of reasoning that comes to an equivocal position on human trafficking is wrong.
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Here along America's Southwest border, we know gun trafficking is an international problem.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Crime Guns Crossing Borders and Taking Lives
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