Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking• Human trafficking is:– Modern-Day Slavery

– A $5-$9 billion dollar industry. That makes human trafficking the world’s third largest industry behind drug and weapons trading.

– A crime that creates 4 to 27 million victims per year.

Human Trafficking• Sex trafficking in

which a commercial sex act is introduced by force or fraud in which the person told to do the act is not even 18 years of age

Human Trafficking is all around us

• Human trafficking is a problem all over the world.

Statistics• There are 27 million in modern-day slavery across the world. • 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year. • 1 million of the people exploited by sex trading are children.• 50% of victims moved across nations are children.• 80% of victims moved across nations are women or girls• 161 countries are affected by human trafficking.• 127 countries of origin• 98 transporter countries• 137 receiving countries. • 32 billion dollars are generated by the human trafficking industry every year. • 14,500 - 17,500 foreigners are trafficked into the United States every year. • 244,000 American children are at risk of being sexually exploited. • In 2006 there were only 5,808 prosecutions and 3,160 convictions throughout

the world• This means that for every 800 people trafficked, only one person was convicted.

Statistics• The average age of child prostitution is 12-14.• The majority of trafficking victims are between 18 and 24 years old• An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year• 95% of victims experienced physical or sexual violence during trafficking• 43% of victims are used for forced commercial sexual exploitation, of

whom • 98% are women and girls• Many victims have at least middle-level education• 1.4 million (56%) are in Asia and the Pacific• 250,000(10%) are in Latin America and the Caribbean • 230,000 (9.2%) are in the Middle East and Northern Africa • 130,000(5.2%) are in sub-Saharan countries • 270,000(10.8%) - are in industrialized countries

Percentage of genders trafficked and the reason for being trafficked

Human Trafficking

• Throughout the entire human trafficking process there are 4 people involved:

• The recruiter gains the victim’s trust and then sells them for labor or to a pimp. At times this person 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 there victim.

• The victim could be anyone.• The consumer funds the human trafficking industry by

purchasing goods and services. Often they are unaware that someone is suffering.

Human Trafficking is not noticed

• Some reasons why human trafficking is not noticed:– Victims do not identify themselves due to fear and

shame.– Traffickers keep their victims secluded from the outside

world.– 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.

How to stop Human Trafficking

• Human Trafficking is an industry that relies on money. If people stopped purchasing services related to Human Trafficking then the human trafficking industry would shrink until it did not exist.

• If consumers knew more about human trafficking, they would think twice about what they were spending their money on.

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Opinion• Through doing this project it has really brought

an awareness to me about how serious Human Trafficking really is.

• All of these people who are being trafficked are just being abused and someone that we know can be affected by this problem.

• I agree with the solution of bringing more awareness to the seriousness of this crime.

• Their needs to be more attention brought to human trafficking and what to look for.

Relation to thesis

• If human trafficking is cruel and unforgiving then why is it that it is taking place all over the world, and especially here right in the United States.

• All the people who are trafficked into the U.S. from foreign nations, whose families are suffering because they do not know where their son/daughter is.

• There needs to be something done to bring attention to this very disgusting crime.

• How can all of us in this classroom help out on this serious situation?

Sources• HumanTrafficking.org: A Web Resource for Combating Human

Trafficking in the East Asia Pacific Region. Web. 10 May 2011. http://www.humantrafficking.org/.

• "Human Trafficking: Facts & Figures « T. E. A. M." T. E. A. M. Web. 10 May 2011. <http://humanrightsteam.org/educational-information/human-trafficking-facts-figures/>.

• Free the Slaves - Home. Web. 10 May 2011. <http://www.freetheslaves.net/>.