About Orphanage Trafficking: Description and Indicators

WHAT IS ORPHANAGE TRAFFICKING?
 

Orphanage trafficking is a form of child trafficking defined as the recruitment or transfer of children into orphanages, or any residential care facility (RCF), for a purpose of exploitation or profit. It involves both ‘acts’ and ‘purposes of exploitation’ that meet the definition of child trafficking under the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons (‘UN Trafficking Protocol’).

This document provides clear definitions of what orphanage trafficking is and how to detect this kind of exploitation.

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