Human Trafficking

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Human Trafficking

• Information compiled by Global Nomads Group as a
  part of the
• The PULSE Human Trafficking Videoconference

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What?Where?Who?How?When?
Human trafficking is a complex issue. Because
the problem of human trafficking is also
connected to issues such as immigration law,
labor laws, and the commercial sex industry,
human trafficking is often confused with these
other issues. Also, misconceptions and
misinformation about human trafficking makes
defining human trafficking all the more
difficult, but all the more important. So even
if you know some information about human
trafficking, you probably still have questions.
Questions like
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What is Human Trafficking?

• Human trafficking is
• Modern-Day Slavery
• An underground industry that makes information
  difficult.
• A 5-9 billion dollar industry. That makes
  human trafficking the worlds third largest
  industry behind drug and weapons trading.
• A crime that creates 4 to 27 million victims per
  year.

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What is human trafficking?

• The UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish
  Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and
  Children definition

• the recruitment, transportation, transfer,
  harbouring or receipt of persons,
• by means of the threat or use of force or other
  forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of
  deception, of the abuse of power or of a position
  of vulnerability or giving or receiving payments
  or benefits to a person in control of the victim,
• or the purpose of exploitation.
• The definition of exploitation includes the
• exploitation of the prostitution of others or
  other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour
  or services, slavery or practices similar to
  slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.

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What is human trafficking?

• The US Protect Act (TVPA) definition

• sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is
  induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which
  the person induced to perform such an act has not
  attained 18 years of age or
• the recruitment, harboring, transportation,
  provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or
  services, through the use of force,
• fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection
  to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage,
  or slavery.
• A victim need not be physically transported from
  one location to another in order for the crime to
  fall within these definitions.

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What is human trafficking?
For adults, victim consent is irrelevant if one
of the Means is employed. For children, consent
is irrelevant with or without the Means category.
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Where is human trafficking a problem?

• Human trafficking is a problem all over the
  world.
• As the map shows, human trafficking is an issue
  that spans the globe involving countries rich and
  poor.

Image taken from www.endexploitation.org
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Who is involved in human trafficking?

• The recruiter gains the victims trust and then
  sells them for labor or to a pimp. Sometimes
  this is a boyfriend, a neighbor, or even a family
  member.
• The trafficker is the one who controls the
  victims. Making the victim fearful through
  abuse, threats, and lies the trafficker gains
  power over his/her victim.
• The victim could be anyone.
• The consumer funds the human trafficking industry
  by purchasing goods and services. Often s/he is
  unaware that someone is suffering.

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How can you tell if a situation is human
trafficking?

• Identifying human trafficking can be difficult
  for many reasons.
• Victims do not identify themselves due to fear
  and shame.
• Traffickers keep their victims secluded from all
  forms of contact.
• Traffickers force their victims to be happy and
  tell them what to say.
• Many people do not know about human trafficking
  and do not report it even though it is happening
  in their community.

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When will trafficking end?

• Trafficking is an industry that relies on money.
  If consumers stopped funding the human
  trafficking industry by purchasing goods and
  services related to human trafficking, the human
  trafficking industry would shrink until human
  trafficking did not exist.
• Goods that are certified fair trade insure that
  workers receive fair wages and working
  conditions.
• If consumers knew more about human trafficking,
  they would think twice about where they spend
  their money.