HUMAN

TRAFFICKING

CONTENT

• WHAT is human trafficking?• WHO suffers?• WHO perpetrates? • HOW are individuals victimized? • WHAT are the recent statistics on the issue?• WHY does the problem exist and persist?• WHAT do Scripture and Catholic Teaching say?• WHAT values fuel illegal trafficking?• HOW can we help eliminate it?• WHAT progress has Canada made?• WHO is already helping?

What is human Trafficking?

Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transport, 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 the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.”

- UNESCAP, 2009, pg. 1

A Closer Look

• Sexual Exploitation

- Prostitution

- Exotic Dancers

- Escorts

- Bidding on Individuals as ‘Prizes’

• Forced Labour or Services - Domestic servants - Unpaid or underpaid work - Farm work - Factory work - Street peddling and begging - Child workers - Adoption - Child Soldiers - Mail-order Brides

Two Main Forms of Exploitation Resulting from Human Trafficking

The Victims

Primary Vs. Secondary

Primary: Individuals suffering through direct involvement.

Secondary: Friends, families, schools, churches, communities.

Refugees and displaced persons due to war, natural disasters, etc.

The uneducated and naive

Those living in poverty

All persons, but most prominently:

women and children

TouristsThe

socially excluded

Runaways