Child migration
Smuggling
### Smuggling

The United Nations [Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air](/wiki/Protocol_against_the_Smuggling_of_Migrants_by_Land%2C_Sea_and_Air "Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air") defines human smuggling as the “procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit of the illegal entry of a person into a State Party of which the person is not a national or a permanent resident”. A smuggler facilitates the border crossing of others without the required travel documents and for financial or other gain. Once a smuggler has facilitated the border crossing or ensured the migrant's arrival at the agreed destination, the contact between the smuggler and the smuggled migrants usually ceases. The smuggling of persons across international borders can be part of the act of trafficking when it is done for the purpose of exploiting the persons in the country of destination.United Nations Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime, Article 3\. Although smuggling is considered a crime against the state, persons who are using the services of smugglers might be victimised by acts of violence while being smuggled or they might die due to unsafe transportation conditions.


When does contact between the smuggler and migrant typically cease?