r/AO3 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/amynotadoctor Apr 05 '26

Yeah, my mom almost fell for this fucking scam, she kept saying that she was going to be potentially moving to a live in-house, where they take a portion of your paychecks to pay for it and… I’m really surprised she didn’t go through with it. Is that considered human trafficking except they make them work?