Human trafficking in Utah

Human trafficking in Utah is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced labor as it occurs in the state of Utah, and it is widely recognized as a modern-day form of slavery. It includes "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means of 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. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs."[1] Human trafficking is a growing problem in Utah.[2][3][4][5][6]

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  2. ^ Emilee Bench (Jan 10, 2014). "Human trafficking a problem in Utah, panel tells U. students". Archived from the original on January 14, 2014.
  3. ^ Tamara Vaifanua (July 13, 2016). "Utah Attorney General handles growing number of human trafficking, child exploitation cases".
  4. ^ Pat Reavy and Sandra Yi (April 1, 2014). "Arrests highlight 'prevalent' problem of human trafficking in Utah". Deseret News. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014.
  5. ^ Kurt Hanson (Dec 20, 2014). "Sex trafficking in Utah worse than most think". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Invisible Crime: Human Trafficking in Utah". Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2017-01-19.