sex trafficking

American  

[seks traf-i-king] / ˈsɛks ˌtræf ɪ kɪŋ /

noun

1. the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution or other sex work.

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Etymology

Origin of sex trafficking

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

At the hearing, Mayorkas was grilled by Republicans — as he has been for the past year — over border issues including the increasing number of migrants crossing, fentanyl deaths and sex trafficking.

From Salon

Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell at age 66 in August 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.

From Reuters

The deposition is expected to occur in early May, according to Brad Edwards, a lawyer representing women who claim to have been sexually abused by Epstein and are suing the largest U.S. bank for allegedly enabling the financier's sex trafficking.

From Reuters

By some estimates, there are nearly 50 million people who live in slavery, or slave-like conditions around the world, including domestic workers, victims of sex trafficking, and laborers who surrender many of their basic rights and sometimes their passports to work in another country, building soccer stadiums or raising the glittering new cities of the world’s petrostates and kleptocracies.

From Washington Post

Virgin Islands accusing the bank of enabling the late financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking.

From Reuters