 What is human trafficking? It is an act which can be either the recruitment, transport, transfer, accommodation or reception of a person conducted through certain means such as use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power, abuse of vulnerabilities or by giving or receiving money with the purpose to exploit a person Trafficking involves severe forms of exploitation, forced labor, slavery, sexual enslavement, forced prostitution and forced marriage Human smuggling and human trafficking are different crimes Human smuggling is the illegal movement of someone across a border Human trafficking is the illegal exploitation of a person Human trafficking is about exploitation, not transportation Human trafficking is a highly profitable crime, a grave violation of human rights and in many cases a form of gender-based violence It occurs in every part of the world including in emergencies when people are displaced Displacement contacts can exacerbate pre-existing trafficking trends and give rise to new ones Some forms of trafficking are a direct result of crisis Other forms of trafficking are indirectly related to crisis It is important that all humanitarians working in displacement contacts know how to prevent people from being trafficked identify and refer trafficked persons to appropriate services and protect and assist trafficked persons The Global Protection Cluster anti-trafficking task team have written a guide for humanitarians to better understand and respond to trafficking in displacement contacts Readers can learn the four critical steps of responding to trafficking in displacement contacts who is responsible at each step and how to be safe across all stages of the response Like gender-based violence and child protection, human trafficking is a relevant issue to all humanitarian actions A robust and sustainable anti-trafficking response must be integrated across all sectors and clusters Effectively combating trafficking also requires us to work in partnership with development and peace and security actors at the local, regional and international levels Human trafficking remains the single largest rights violation in which the humanitarian community does not have a predictable, at-scale way to respond This must change Know the signs, stop the traffic The Global Protection Cluster anti-trafficking task team stands ready to support you and we work together to end the trafficking, sale and exploitation of people in displacement contacts