Which activities comprise TIP in CTIP contracting?

• A. TIP involves recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for labor or services through force, fraud, or coercion, or any commercial sexual exploitation of a child.
• B. TIP is limited to sex trafficking only.
• C. TIP refers to voluntary migration without coercion.
• D. TIP includes only labor trafficking with no child involvement.

Answer: (A)

Trafficking in Persons in CTIP contracting covers a range of exploitative acts, not just one narrow form. The best description is that TIP includes recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for labor or services through force, fraud, or coercion, and it also encompasses any commercial sexual exploitation of a child. This captures both labor and sex trafficking, acknowledges that coercive means drive the abuse, and includes situations involving children. It’s not limited to sex trafficking, nor to voluntary migration, nor to labor trafficking without children—all of which would miss other abusive forms and the full scope of TIP that contracting officials must recognize. In practice, this understanding helps identify risks in supplier networks and supports compliance with anti-trafficking requirements.