Topic > actors, preparing reports, and provides foreign aid to help maintain trafficking standards (Congressman Chris Smith, 2000). The perpetrators of this heinous crime are usually intent on financial gain. They often offer their victims to forced labor, slavery and/or prostitution. The Protocol on Trafficking in Persons entered into force in 2003 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2014). This protocol was accepted by 159 staff members...... half of the document ......14, from http://www.childtrafficking.org: http://www.childtrafficking.org/pdf/ user /Unicef_RussiaTraffickingMar06.pdfHuman trafficking: a transnational crimeReferencesU.S. Department of State. (2011, June 27). Trafficking in Persons Annual Report 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2014, from http://moscow.usembassy.gov: http://moscow.usembassy.gov/tipreport2011.htmlUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2014). Human trafficking. Retrieved April 24, 2014, from http://www.unodc.org: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-human-trafficking.htmlUnited Nations Office on Drugs and the crime. (2014). Message from the UNODC Executive Director. Retrieved April 24, 2014, from http://www.unodc.org: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press/releases/2013/December/message-of-the-unodc-executive-director - on-the-tenth-anniversary-of-the-protocol-on-trafficking-in-persons.html