Human trafficking is widespread across the world, particularly in Asia and particularly in China, but the government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are taking steps to combat it. put an end to it. Human trafficking involves the exploitation of human beings; either sexually or by forcing them to work in unfavorable conditions for little or no pay. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) defines human trafficking as “the acquisition of persons by inappropriate means such as force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them.” . Women and children, particularly girls between the ages of fourteen and twenty, constitute the majority of victims of human trafficking. “China is a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking; the majority of which is internal trafficking” (www.humantrafficking.org). Many Chinese women and children are recruited based on false promises of employment and are then forced into prostitution or forced labor. Children are sometimes recruited by traffickers who promise their parents that their children will be able to send money home. In poorer areas, most trafficked women are sold as wives to elderly, disabled single men. In wealthier areas, most trafficked women are sold to sex businesses, hair salons, massage parlors and public baths. Chinese children are also kidnapped and sold for adoption. (www.humantraffikin.org). “Today there are at least 12.3 million people subjected to forced labor” (www.ilo.org). Many of the victims are poverty-stricken people in Asia, “whose vulnerability is exploited by others for profit” (www.ilo.org). One of the reasons human trafficking is so easy is that the majority of victims and their families live in poverty and ...... middle of paper ...... human trafficking. Retrieved from http://www.humantrafficking.org/countries/chinaThe Trafficking Situation in China. UNIAP. Retrieved from http://www.no-trafficking.org/china_laws.htmlA global alliance against forced labor. International Labor Organization. Retrieved from http://www.ilo.org/sapfl/lang--en/index.htmUNODC on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling. UNODC. Retrieved from http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/index.html, http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2011/November/unodc-and-unhcr- sign-mou-to-combat-human-trafic-and-migrant-smuggling.htmlInternational policy. Polaris Project. Retrieved from http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/policy-advocacy/international-policy(2011). Sino-Angolan police arrest human traffickers. Xinhuanet News. Retrieved from http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/video/2011-11/17/c_131252746.htm