Trafficking in human The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or beings, or trafficking receipt of persons by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, the abuse of power or a position of vulnerability, or the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.4 Trafficking of children The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation, even if this does not involve any threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, the abuse of power or a position of vulnerability, or the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person.5 Transnational referral mechanism The concept of a co-operative agreement for the cross-border comprehensive assistance and/or transfer of identified or potential trafficked persons, through which state actors of different countries fulfil their obligations to promote and protect the human rights of trafficked persons.6 Unaccompanied children Children who have been separated from both their parents and relatives and are not being cared for by the adult or adults who bear legal or customary responsibility for doing so. Victim of trafficking, For the purposes of this document, this refers to a person trafficked person who is formally identified as a victim of trafficking, a potential victim of trafficking or a presumed victim of trafficking. 456 4  See the definition of trafficking in human beings as defined in the UN General Assembly Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 15 November 2000, Article 3(a). 5  See the definition of trafficking of children, ibid., Article 3(c). 6  See the definition of transnational referral mechanism as defined in Guidelines for the Development of a Transnational Referral Mechanism for Trafficked Persons in Europe, ICMPD (2010). 10 Guiding Principles on Human Rights in the Return of Trafficked Persons