That is because the victims are vulnerable to exploitation, laws against this practice are not vigorously enforced and it is a hugely profitable trade.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

UNICEF says girls who are educated can not only contribute to their families and their communities, but are also at lower risk of violence,abuse, exploitation and diseases, like HIV/AIDS.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Dutch Foreign Minister Verhagen, for his part, said the abuse of young women is not limited to developing countries as evidenced by recent highly publicized cases of murder, long-term abduction and exploitation of young women in Europe and the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

In 2002, several companies had exploration permits, not exploitation permits in the Lempa watershed.

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It is a trade-off but it is not exploitation.

BBC: Wales

They began as a form not of exploitation, but of consumer protection.

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