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Is trafficking humans for the business community? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tradespeople

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'is trafficking humans for' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'business community?' is the wordplay.
'business' becomes 'trades' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'community?' becomes 'people' (I've seen this before).
'trades'+'people'='TRADESPEOPLE'

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tradespeople that I've seen before include "Eg, shopkeepers" , "folk in business" , "Skilled workers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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