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I mean with things like sex trafficking, labor trafficking, etc. IMO it should be called slavery, and those affected need to be rescued from slavery.

A pimp enslaves people

The Tate Brothers (allegedly) enslaved people.

IMO, referring to sex/labor trafficking to slavery will show it just how evil it actually is.

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[–] freeman@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

not every trafficked human is a slave!

a refugee may pay a human trafficker to be smuggeled over the border to another nation

a rougue parent may kidnap a child from the other parent and traffick it away, the child may even approve btw

so these example show my point I think

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

not every trafficked human is a slave!

Then not every trafficker is criminal. So why is human trafficking considered a bad thing in itself? From your own post: Slavery is bad. Abductions are bad. But trafficking alone isn't.