They conflated prostitution with all the other trafficking because they could use the word in press briefings to drum up sympathy for a subset of "victims".
These being the "victims" who arrive at the border and voluntarily pay a cartel to "traffick" them. The Feds needed a way to sidestep federal law. Making all the volunteers victims got them what they wanted.
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Not that I'd expect any different from power hungry cops and politicos.
These being the "victims" who arrive at the border and voluntarily pay a cartel to "traffick" them. The Feds needed a way to sidestep federal law. Making all the volunteers victims got them what they wanted.