What is Child Trafficking?
Child trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons below the age of 18 years, within or across borders, by means of threat or use of other forms of coercion, of abduction, of deception, of the abuse of power or of position of vulnerability or, of the giving or receiving payment or benefits to achieve the consent of a person, with intention or knowledge that it is likely to cause or lead to exploitation.[2] Main elements of child trafficking are: