Human trafficking is slavery.
But phrases like ‘slavery’ and ‘human trafficking’ can still feel ambiguous. This is the reality: slavery is violence. It’s physical, verbal, and sexual abuse. It’s forced prostitution. It’s barbaric working conditions.
Slavery is more stoppable than ever, and that’s why we’re here, rallying around the world and doing the work together.
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More than ever before in
human history.
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Human trafficking is the
fastest-growing criminal
industry in the world,
generating more than
$150 billion USD
every year.
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SEX TRAFFICKING
Forcing, deceiving, or coercing a person to perform a commercial sex act.
FORCED LABOR
Forcing a person to work in captivity for little or no pay.
BONDED LABOR
Forcing a person to work for low wages to pay back an impossible debt.
INVOLUNTARY DOMESTIC SERVITUDE
Forcing a person to work and live in the same place for little or no pay.
CHILD SOLDIERS
Forcing a child to participate in an armed force.
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TRAFFICKERS USE DIFFERENT METHODS TO RECRUIT VICTIMS.
WHEN WE KNOW HOW THEY ARE TRAFFICKED, WE ARE GIVEN THE POWER TO STOP IT FROM HAPPENING.
KNOWN WAYS OUR SURVIVORS WERE TRAFFICKED:
1. False job advertisement
2. Sold by family
3. Loverboy
4. other
5. Abduction
6. Trafficked By Friend
7. False Immigration
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Look for clues that might identify a possible
MODERN-Day slavery victim
- They are accompanied by a controlling person, and does not speak on his or her own behalf, but instead defers to another person.
- They are transported to or from work, or lives and works at the same place.
- They are unable to keep his or her earnings: it is “withheld for safe-keeping.” In many cases, the person owes a debt they are working to pay off.
- They have recently arrived in the country and does not speak the language of the country, or they only know sex-related or labor-related words.
- They are frightened to talk to outsiders and authorities, since they are closely monitored and controlled by their trafficker(s). They may be fearful, depressed, and overly submissive.
- They may have signs of abuse, and a person may show signs of being denied food, water, sleep, and/or medical care.
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- They may have bruises, scars, and other signs of physical abuse and torture. Victims of human trafficking are often beaten in areas that will not damage their appearance–such as their lower back.
- They can be coerced into drug use by his or her traffickers, or turns to substance abuse to help cope with his or her enslavement.
- They may be distrustful and suspicious. A victim of human trafficking may act as if they distrust any person who offers them assistance or attempts to converse with them.
- They may have a cell phone despite a lack of other basic belongings.
- They may demonstrate affection towards abuser. It is possible they have developed Stockholm Syndrome, where kidnapped victims, over time, become sympathetic to their captors.
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