trafficking

Trafficking is the illegal recruiting, selling, harboring, transporting, and/or distribution of people or goods with the intent of transacting or exploitation.

See: drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and human trafficking. 

[Last reviewed in April of 2025 by the Wex Definitions Team]

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