Kids Are Not for Sale: the Price of Human Trafficking

What is Human Trafficking? “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.” -United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

3 Elements of Human Trafficking The Act (WHAT is done) The Means (HOW it is done) The Purpose (WHY it is done) Recruitment Transport Transfer Harboring Receipt of persons Threat or use of force Coercion Abduction Deception Abuse of power or vulnerability Giving payments or benefits Exploitation, including: Prostitution of others Sexual exploitation Forced labor Slavery or similar practices Removal of organs

Child Trafficking The ILO estimates that children represent 26 percent (or 5.5 million) of the 20.0 million victims worldwide

Child Trafficking Worldwide

Child Trafficking in the United States

Where are Children Trafficked in the United States?

Human Trafficking Cases by State

Human Trafficking by State