“…This discourse of ‘deception’ is vociferously represented in most child trafficking studies (Agbenya, 2009; IJM, 2016; ILO/IPEC, 2013; PDA, 2016; WFF, 2014) to exemplify the exploitative nature of trafficking with little or no room for the consideration of children's agentive activities within such deceptive circumstances. Specifically, there is an emphasis (especially by civil society) on the extent to which securing children's consent deceptively represent a breach of societal morals, as seen in anti‐trafficking campaigns that seeks to propagate the ills and misery of trafficked children (Bruijn & Murphy, 2018; Okyere et al., 2021). Conversely, this finding has enforced the relevance of children's consent, albeit, secured deceptively.…”