Trafficking in Persons Quotes

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death

The slave trade must be suppressed.

Slavery itself, considered as such in its essential nature, is not at all contrary to the natural and divine law, and there can be several just titles of slavery and these are referred to by approved theologians and commentators of the sacred canons.... It is not contrary to the natural and divine law for a slave to be sold, bought, exchanged or given

Slavery is also as ancient as war, and war as human nature.

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.

It is a debasement of our common humanity that must be called by its true name, modern slavery …. When a woman is locked in a sweatshop, or trapped in a home as a domestic servant, alone and abused and incapable of leaving—that’s slavery.

It surprises people that there's actually a very large number of slaves in the world today-our best estimate is 27 million. And that is defining a slave in a very narrow way; we're not talking about sweatshop workers or people who are just poor, we're talking about people who are controlled by violence, who cannot walk away, who are being held against their will, who are being paid nothing.

The traffic in slaves is a matter on which all sects and nations have agreed from the time of the sons of Adam ... up to this day.

Slavery is the ultimate and greatest evil. For it is based on a denial of the dignity of the human soul.

When people think of slavery, they think of an era from the distant past. Grainy photographs from Civil War times. And yet it goes on.

We've got some new ways to make slaves here.

Human trafficking is a crime against humanity. We must unite our efforts to free the victims and stop this increasingly aggressive crime which threatens not only individuals but the basic values of society.

African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing.

British leadership in Europol has made the law-enforcement agency far more effective, and we have been influential in making human trafficking one of its top priorities.

I am confident that we will one day end the scourge of modern slavery, because I believe in those committed to this issue.

If we truly want to have world peace, we have to end human trafficking.

The tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking.

[Puggles] "What population signs on willingly for slavery?" "You mean other than wives?" [Glinda]

Modern slavery is a hidden crime and notoriously difficult to measure.

Slavery is illegal everywhere, but it exists all over the world.

On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us redouble our efforts to build societies in which slavery truly is a term for the history books.

Modern slavery - be it bonded labor, involuntary servitude, or sexual slavery - is a crime and cannot be tolerated in any culture, community, or country ... [It] is an affront to our values and our commitment to human rights.

There are ten times as many sex slaves transported around the globe today as agrarian slaves were transported in the 1790s.

Slavery can never be abolished.

Slavery was incredibly prosperous for some people, at that time. It was not a bad business plan, but it was terrible and inhumane. But as a business it worked.