History Main / SuperhumanTrafficking

*** The island nation of Genosha built its prosperity on mutant slavery, even having special teams sent out to kidnap mutants from other countries to enslave them, until Magneto stepped in and took over, unleashing the vengeful slave population to massacre the humans in a case of PayEvilUntoEvil.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'': Because of their enhanced abilities, Clone Force 99 has been on the run from Imperial scientists ever since they defected at the start of the show. [[spoiler: Towards the end of the last season, it's revealed that an Imperial scientist has been holding clones prisoner and using them as lab rats in his experiments, with Crosshair being his latest victim]].

* In ''Fanfic/TheGreatRedPandaRescue'', Mei is kidnapped and sold to the highest bidder for her ability to turn into a giant red panda.

* ''Literature/GarbageBrave'' starts with this. Tsukuru's entire Home-Ec class, including himself, were summoned to an alien world and sold to various nations, based on their transmigration granted super-powers. Tsukru was dumped in a dungeon and LeftForDead because nobody [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness stopped to consider how dangerous]] [[LethalHarmlessPowers his subskills [Igniton] and [Dismantle] are]].

* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': There are Old World Domain Connectors, those with a {{Transhuman}} OrganicTechnology BrainComputerInterface as well as other side effects and abilities. Akira and others live in fear of being forcibly seized by any number of MegaCorp in OneNationUnderCopyright in what would at worst consist of being made a BrainInAJar for experiments. Eventually Shirou is introduced, who has been living in a GildedCage as a PlayfulHacker agent for Sakashita. Akira is assigned to escort his convoy, which gets attacked by other companies with plans to kidnap Shirou. Shirou hatches an elaborate escape plan afterwards, with his bodyguard Halmers as well as Yanigisawa competing to reinstate or exploit him.

* Creator/DCComics:
** In ''Justice League Adventures #6'' (a spin-off of the [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague animated show]]), Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman were once captured and [[AuctionOfEvil auctioned off]] to the highest bidder. Lots of villains from throughout the [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] (including some who never appeared in any of the shows) were invited to the auction. [[spoiler:It turned out to be a trap by the Justice League to lure them out of hiding and arrest as many villains as possible.]]

*** In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} and in the 1990s, the original alien version of the Queen Bee has sometimes tried to [[AssimilationPlot transform the Leaguers into her "drones"]].

** In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story arc "ComicBook/TheSuperSteedOfSteel", a band of horse robbers spot Comet transformed into centaur and decide to catch it and make a profit from exhibiting him. Later, Gorbin, the co-owner of a ruinous sea circus, decides to go to Atlantis waters and hunt one pair of merpeople for his show. He catches Lori and Jerro, which turns out to be a bad move because they are close to the Super Family and have telepathy.
* Creator/MarvelComics:

* In ''ComicBook/RobynHood: I Love NY'', Natalya runs a slavery ring that captures Easter European Highborns and smuggles them into the US were they are sold as sex slaves.

* SelkiesAndWereseals stories often have a man to force the selkie into marriage or servitude by stealing their animal hide, thus stopping them from returning to the sea.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheGreatRedPandaRescue'', Mei is kidnapped and sold to the highest bidder for her ability to turn into a giant red panda.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9037762/4/I-Fall-out-to-Pieces I Fall(out) to Pieces]]'', the director of [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Vault UK-13]] mistakenly discovered the existence of [[Literature/HarryPotter magic]] through blood tests, but since he doesn't actually know about the magical world, [[EntertaininglyWrong he assumed that the various witches and wizards were simple]] {{mutants}}. His plan for Vault UK-13 was to gather as many as these "mutants" into the Vault as possible to have them reproduce and raise the children to be loyal to the crown.

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* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:

* In ''Literature/DragonBones'' there is Oreg, who was turned into some highly supernatural GeniusLoci ghost-thingy in order to create a [[PoweredByAForsakenChild castle that would take care of itself]]. [[spoiler:He is also a shapeshifting dragon, so he was supernatural to being with]]. There is also the skeleton of a dragon in chains somewhere in the caves under the castle. Dragons are sapient beings in this world, so this not better than having a human skeleton in the basement -- rather worse, actually.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In the short story ''Aftermath'', Murphy has to disguise herself as a kidnapper selling a couple of [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]] in order to track down and destroy a Fomor group operating in Chicago. Formors are a group of aquatic supernaturals snatching up humans possessing varying degrees of magical talent. It's mentioned that [[BloodMagic werewolf blood has several useful properties]], and [[PoweredByAForsakenChild presumably other kinds of magic-users would have unique traits]].
* In ''Literature/EmpireStar'' by Creator/SamuelRDelany, the Empire uses Lll as slaves, because it cannot afford not to. The Lll have some sort of (not-well-specified) building power that makes them the only reasonable option for some sorts of projects. However the Empire is not happy with this fact, and uses its own powers to make anyone who is in the presence of the Lll feel great, overwhelming, physically painful sorrow. And anyone who hires Lll laborers must feel this sorrow the whole time.

* ''Literature/OfFireAndStars'': In the sequel it turns out Zumordan children are being kidnapped and then enslaved for use of their magic by Sonnenbornes, as their people greatly lack mages. They convince themselves having this can make their desert country bloom once again.

* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', this appears to be Amunet Black's business, and the prison warden is in on it, offering to sell her the [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual metas]] in a secret wing.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': In the ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' setting, muls ([[HalfHumanHybrid crossbreeds between humans and]] [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves]]) have incredible endurance, being able to work three days straight without rest, but are rare due to their sterility. Their endurance makes them great slaves, and large numbers are made into gladiators. Slave-hunters will generally put more effort into capturing muls than slaves of other races, and will probably have to because muls sprinting for freedom tend to be badass.

* ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'': This crops up a couple times in ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil''.
** The Cheiron corporation does this to any being with powers, dissecting them to make medicine. Interestingly, their strategy is stated to be very successful at curing the sick. They also harvest organs to give their agents superpowers.
** On the {{squick}}ier side of things, Ashwood Abbey is a compact of bored, rich dilettantes who [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunt]] supernatural beings to, ah, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil entertain]] [[ColdBloodedTorture themselves]].

* ''VideoGame/XCom'': The titular organization does this a lot to aliens -- both by selling their corpses, which is pretty profitable in the beginning, and capturing living ones for interrogation and conducting research.
** ''VideoGame/XCom2'': The Advent administration is a tyrannical regime that uses BreadAndCircuses to lure ordinary humans into their gene clinics -- at which point they're shipped off to laboratories and lethally harvested for traces of superhuman genetics, which are used to create superhero bodies for the ruling elite to possess.

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* On ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]] are often hunted to obtain their magical power, almost always Mr. Crocker going after Timmy's fairies. [[spoiler:In TheMovie, ''WesternAnimation/AbraCatastrophe'', he succeeds.]] Later on another, far more dangerous and competent fairy hunter shows up in the form of Ms. Doombringer.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': [[WhoYouGonnaCall Ghost hunting]] is a common occupation, although only Skulker and the Guys in White are even remotely competent. [[RepulsiveRingmaster Freakshow]], who uses and controls ghosts for his circus acts, is another example.

** The Red Room were [[SovietSuperscience the Soviet equivalent]]. During the Cold War, they kidnapped an eight year old Alison Carter (valuable, given that she was the secret daughter of Peggy and [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve]] and a fully fledged SuperSoldier), and later do this in the ''Forever Red'' arc of the sequel, with a number of high-profile prisoners/slaves. Their prisoners included Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris, and their ultimate weapon: the Red Son ([[spoiler:a reprogrammed version of Harry's BlankSlate body]]). That ended up enraging Lorna's father, none other than ''Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto''. Twice over, given that [[spoiler: since Wanda is Harry's godmother and ParentalSubstitute, he's suggested that he sees Harry as an adjunct grandson]]. That's not bad idea, or even a terrible one - ''that is suicide''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': A Season 3 plotline involves new [[BlowYouAway airbenders]] (most of them citizens of the Earth Kingdom) being forcibly abducted and {{conscript|ion}}ed into the Earth Kingdom army.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': [[spoiler:After the Titan Wars, the Eldians remaining outside the Walls were rounded up by the nation of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Marley]] and imprisoned in ghettos. While they ''claim'' this was an act of mercy, in reality Marley is merely exploiting them for their ability to transform into Titans. Extremely oppressive laws provide an excuse to arrest Eldians for whatever reason, subjecting them to experimentation or transformation into a mindless Titan. These Titans provide the backbone of the Marleyan military, unleashed on the battlefield to slaughter their enemies. With the launching of the Warrior program, Eldian families are encouraged to sell their own children to the military in exchange for better treatment. These children become fanatical [[TykeBomb tyke-bombs]] that believe their service to Marley will someday earn their kinsmen their freedom. The very best are given the "honor" of hosting one of the Nine Titans, giving them incredible powers in exchange for spending the last 13 years of their life as weapons for the military]].