Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking

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  what is humantrafficking? The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring 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 of 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.”
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  TYPE OF HUMANTRAFFICKING domestic servitude  agricultural work  manufacturing  janitorial services  hotel services  construction  health and elder care  hair and nail salons  prostitution  strip club dancing
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  The Needs ofSurvivors of Human Trafficking  Survivors of human trafficking are forced, tricked or misled into modern-day slavery. If they are able to escape a shrouded abduction and hidden enslavement, they have specific needs that are unique to their situation.  Survivors may have experienced profound trauma, lack linguistic skills in the country of their escape, and struggle with basic functioning after trafficking.
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  Signs of HumanTrafficking Showsigns that their movement is controlled Have false identity or travel documents Not know their home or work address Have no access to their earnings Be unable to negotiate working conditions Work excessively long hours over long periods Have limited or no social interaction Have limited contact with their families or with people outside of their immediate environment Think that they are bonded by debt
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  Examples of HumanTrafficking Forced Labor: A family gives up a child to an adoption agent in Nepal because they cannot afford to care for him. Sex Trafficking: Two women from Korea are brought into San Francisco under the pretense that they will receive jobs as hostesses or waitresses. When they arrive, they are held captive and forced into prostitution, while their captor controls the money they receive. Debt Bondage: A young woman from Russia has amassed grave credit card debt and is desperate to pay it off. Child Sex Trafficking: A 15-year-old boy runs away from his home in San Francisco to Oakland, where he lives on the street.
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  Human trafficking innumbers 51% of identified victims of trafficking are women, 28% children and 21% men 72% people exploited in the sex industry are women 63% of identified traffickers were men and 37% women 43% of victims are trafficked domestically within national borders
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  How do peopleget entangled in trafficking? People trapped by traffickers are mostly trying to escape poverty or discrimination, improve their lives and support their families. Vulnerable people are often forced to take unimaginable risks to try and escape poverty or persecution, accepting precarious job offers and making hazardous migration decisions, often borrowing money from their traffickers in advance.
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  WAYS TO HELPPREVENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING  Indicators of human trafficking  National Human Trafficking Hotline  Labor’s List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor  Volunteer and support anti-trafficking efforts in your community  Meet with and/or write to your local, state, and federal elected officials  Organize a fundraiser and donate the proceeds to an anti-trafficking organization  Encourage your local schools or school district to include human trafficking in their curricula and to develop protocols  Human Resources team to urge implementation of trauma-informed business practices  Learn how human traffickers often target and recruit youth  Learn how to recognize traffickers’ recruitment tactics
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