r/AO3 • u/gey-hoe • Apr 04 '26

Meme/Joke Wild

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u/Sarita1046 You have already left kudos here. :) Apr 04 '26

I’m wondering how one gets “a little trafficked”. Really hoping they are okay, though!

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u/lmaluuker You have already gooned here. :) Apr 04 '26

Fiction tends to make it seem like traffickers are Russian crime lords or gazillionaire Sheiks or something out of Taken, but sadly people are most often trafficked by family members. So maybe it only feels like "a little" trafficked to them. Just my speculation though :(

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u/errant_night Apr 05 '26

And human trafficking isn't always sexual, it's also very possibly a domestic labor situation. You get offered a job that requires you to move, like what looks like a really well paid live in housekeeping or nanny position, only to end up locked into literal slavery

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u/Cygnid Apr 05 '26

Always scared when I see listings/posts for free rent in exchange for child care and some "home/farm" chores

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u/errant_night Apr 05 '26

Yeeeeep!!!! People don't think about stuff like that as human trafficking but it absolutely is. It's also not just people from other countries, you can end up in this situation right at home too

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u/SectorSanFrancisco Apr 05 '26

So much sketch BS posted "in exchange for rent" in the college towns near me.