Trafficking in persons shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, ​by means of the threat or use by 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 and receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs. 

• The action of trafficking which means the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons. 

• The means of trafficking which includes threat of or use of force, deception, coercion, abuse of power or position of vulnerability.

• The purpose of trafficking which is always exploitation. In the words of the Trafficking Protocol, article 3 "exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs. 

• There are an estimated 100,000 children being ​ trafficked in the United States right now.
  
• Last year, human trafficking made more money than Google, Nike,  ​and Starbucks combined.