Human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.

From the United Nations Web Site Here

Human rights activist Julie Bindel wrote a guide to help journalists cover stories on prostitution and human trafficking with sensitivity and ethics. The same care should be taken when writing stories about the survivors of polygamy and other high-demand groups (cults.)

Download the Guidelines for Journalists & Bloggers HERE.