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???? What is trafficking? Who does it - and who are its victims? In this archive episode of News Words we guide you through some real English language news stories featuring these two words to improve your English news vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening.

Is people trafficking an issue that affects your country? Send us your short 'news story' on this topic and try to use some of the vocabulary from this page. ????????????

Related vocabulary:
✔️ the black market - the illegal buying and selling of things which may be difficult or expensive to get legally
✔️ dealing - the buying and selling of goods, including illegal goods such as narcotics
✔️ organised crime - illegal activities which are controlled and carried out by a large and powerful group of criminals
✔️ asylum seekers - people who ask to be allowed to live in a country which is not their own because they are in danger in their homeland

Example sentences:
???? Children who have been trafficked into the UK are being let down by the care system, a leading child protection charity has said. (BBC News)
???? Brazil has one of the richest varieties of animal species in the world but it is also one of the biggest markets for animal trafficking. (BBC News)
???? The New York Times has reported that 50 alleged Afghan drug traffickers with suspected ties to the Taliban have been placed on a Pentagon list of people to be captured or killed. (BBC World Service News)

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of News Words was first published on the BBC Learning English website in November 2009.

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