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Myths and Misconceptions Regarding Human Trafficking
== Some believe that victims of human trafficking are usually poor, foreign nationals. Of course, this is untrue, as victims can be of any race, gender, sexuality, nationality, ability, or social class. Human trafficking is also commonly is used as a synonym for sex trafficking. Sex trafficking definitely exists, but is only one form of human trafficking. An example of a different kind of human trafficking can be forced labor. Another way to exploit a person, labor trafficking can manifest in all ways where victims are exploited to perform legitimate or illegitimate labor (i.e. sweatshops, massage parlors, agriculture, domestic services, etc.). Human trafficking also carries an assumption that victims have been forced or coerced into their condition. However, under U.S. federal law, a victim is any individual under the age of 18 who is influenced to perform any commercial sex acts regardless of how or if they were coerced. It should also be noted that human trafficking is not the same as "human smuggling". Trafficking does not involve the crossing of borders and is performed domestically. Smuggling implies the crossing of international borders with the consent of the individual being smuggled, usually in violation of immigration laws. There is a fine line between human trafficking and human smuggling. A case of human smuggling can turn into trafficking when an individual is forced, frauded, or coerced to be held against their will to be sexually or laboriously exploited. Additionally, any minor that performs any commercial sex act is a victim of human trafficking under United States federal law. ==