bride trafficking
Selling women internationally
Bride trafficking is the buying, selling, or transport of women and girls for forced marriage.
It occurs when poverty, gender imbalance, or demand for wives drives a market in human beings.
Unlike arranged marriage, trafficking involves coercion, deception, or sale: She was trafficked from Vietnam to China as a bride.
Victims often face domestic servitude, abuse, and isolation from family and legal protection.
- forced marriageUnion without consent
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- kidnappingUnlawful seizure of person
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
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Union based on mutual affection
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Officially sanctioned spousal union
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Safeguarding inherent individual freedoms
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