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Faq's

What is Human Trafficking?

 

 

The United Nations generally defines trafficking as: "The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring , or receipt of persons by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion;" the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor, a modern-day form of slavery.

 

According to the U.S. State Department,"anywhere from 12 to 27 million people are held in forced labor, bonded labor or forced prostitution." The victims are men, women and children enslaved in fields and factories, or being sexually exploited for commercial purposes. 

 

Human Trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world, tied with illegal arms industry just behind the drug trade. According to the United Nations,"smuggling of migrants and of human beings for prostitution and slave labor have become two of the fastest growing problems worldwide."

How do victims get trapped into labor or sex trafficking?

 

Traffickers recruit people through fraudulent advertisement, coercion and deception. Victims are promised large amounts of money, extended work visas, education and job training, and a better way of life for them and their families.

What happens to victims once they are trapped into sex and labor trafficking?

 

 

  • Abuse physically and sexually

 

  • Visas are taken

 

  • Families are threatened (death)

 

  • Forced to work under inhuman conditions

 

  • Rape

 

  • Pornography

 

  • Prostitution

 

 

 

  • STD, HIV or AIDS

 

  • Drug addiction

 

  • Psychological trauma

 

  • Fear of not knowing where they are

 

  • Malnutrition and dehydration

 

  • Poor Hygiene

 

  • Untreated medical problems

What are the major forms of human trafficking?

 

 

  • Forced Labor

 

  • Sex Trafficking

 

  • Bonded Labor

 

 

 

 

  • Involuntary Domestic Servitude

 

  • Child Soldiers

 

  • Child Sex Trafficking

 

 

 

  • Large commercial farming industries

 

  • Sweatshops with no labor standards

 

  • Domestic Maids or Nannies

 

  • Denied Construction sites

 

  • Restaurants and Custodial Work

Where are victims forced to work?

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