Examines trafficking in persons, a human rights violation and a contemporary form of slavery, from an international and comparative perspective. Focuses on trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation and other slave-like practices, including forced labor, domestic service, sale of children for irregular inter-country adoption and sale of wives for transnational marriages. Studies international conventions and domestic and comparative law on trafficking. Emphasizes the human rights-based approach to trafficking and recognition of the trafficked person as victim. Inquires into the role of government corruption in facilitating trafficking.