The UN defines “trafficking in persons” as The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons By means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud,of deception, of the abuse of power or 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

Exploitation shall include, at a minimum The exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation Forced labor or services Slavery or practices similar to slavery Servitude Or the removal of organs (Note: according to this definition, the consent of the victim is irrelevant.)

According to the UN, each year 4 Million people are trafficked 2 million girls between age 5 and 15 brought into the sex industry The vast majority of trafficking victims, as many as 80%, are women and girls. Trafficking is facilitated by the Internet Because trafficking is a hidden crime, it is difficult to have accurate statistics and different numbers are given in different sources

Trafficking in PERSONS Include both SUPPLY and DEMAND Forces Demand Forces- Buyers and Business Supply Forces - Women and Children

The Magnitude of the Problem Between 700,000 to two million persons are trafficked each year

The largest number of victims come from Asia, with over 225,000 victims each year from South-East Asia and over 150,000 from South Asia. The Magnitude of the Problem

SUPPLY SIDE 600,000 to 800,000 persons trafficked across international borders each year, approximately 80% are women and girls and up to 50% are minors (US TIP Report 2004) 12.3 M people in forced labor, bonded labor, forced child labor and sexual servitude at any given time (ILO 2005)

Supply Side Million bonded laborers in India (US TIP Report 2006) 400,000 to 500,000 in the Sex trade in the Philippines (CATW) (Routes & Recruitment Processes)- 6,298 in 12 Regions (CATW-AP 2002) Each victim talk of being in groups of 50 to 100 more women/children trafficked

The Philippine Trafficking Scenario The Government and NGO estimate 300, 000 to 400,000 of trafficked women and about 60,000 to 100, 000 trafficked children.

The Philippine Trafficking Scenario As of December 2001, there were 7.41 Million Filipinos living and working overseas. About 1.62 Million of them are irregular migrants and are suspected to be victims of trafficking or human smuggling.

Supply Side in the Philippines Region 8 (Samar and Leyte) 119 women and children trafficked brought to Manila, Angeles, Olongapo, Cebu, Japan Region 7 (Cebu and Bohol): at least 2,015 women and children in prostitution listed with CHO; destination point of those coming from Samar, Leyte, Davao, CDO and surrounding towns in Cebu and Bohol; women recruited are taken to Pampanga, Nueva Ecija and Germany Region 3 (Central Luzon): at least 2,000 in prostitution; this is a destination point form women and children from Samar, Bicol, Rizal, Bulacan and Cebu; transit point to Malaysia

Supply Side 80% of cross-border trafficked persons are female, 50% are children (US TIP Report 2004) 30 Million women and children in Asia (UN 1998) 142,000 in Malaysia (CATW) Between 60,000 and 70,000 in Vietnam (CATW)

The former Soviet Union is said to have become the largest new source, with over 100,000 trafficked for prostitution and sexual exploitation. The Magnitude of the Problem

75,000 or more are trafficked from Eastern Europe The Magnitude of the Problem

200,000 to 500,000 women are trafficked from Latin America to the United States and Europe each year The Magnitude of the Problem

Another 50,000 are said to be from the African continent.

The DEMAND Side : Business of Trafficking Global trafficking is a $7 Billion Industry (UNICRI) In Thailand, Trafficking is a 500 Billion Baht annual business(equivalent to approximately 124 million US dollars), which represents a value equal to around 60% of the government budget (CATW)

In Korea, sex industry profits reached trillion WON Pornography, cybersex industry generates approximately $1B annually and is expected to grow to $5-$7B over the next 5 years Owners, pimps, managers earn from the system while women continue to lose as they are forced to use drugs and their bodies are mutilated

Who creates the DEMAND side? Male sex buyers create a market demand that generates a strong profit incentive for traffickers to trap more victims fueling the growth of trafficking in persons The prevailing view on sexuality that “real men” have the power to buy women/children and that women’s bodies are mere objects

Who creates the Demand side? The business that exploit the vulnerability of women and children and treats them no longer as human beings but as “goods and services” sold for highprofit in the market Employers looking for cheap/slave labor; illegal recruitment is commonplace Government policies normalizing the trade (legalization of prostitution, toleration etc.)

Human Rights Violations in Trafficking Sexual Abuse - violation of right to sexual integrity, right to freedom from discrimination Physical Harm - violation of right to freedom of movement, to highest attainable standard of physical, psychological and mental health, to security, to life

International Interventions UN Protocol, Harmonization of International laws “Buying Sex is not a Sport” Campaign on the World Cup Swedish Law criminalizing Buyers Asia: Repeal laws criminalizing Victims, discourage demand

National Interventions NGO: Prevention through “Bantay- Bugaw” (CATW) Rescue - Visayan Forum Education of Law Enforcers (CATW/Wlead) Legal Assistance - (Wlead/Saligan/IJM) Education of Young men

National Interventions PO’s - Empowerment and Organizing of Survivors Trade Unions - Education of Transport workers to stop buying of women and children Social Movements - Linking with militarism, Globalization and Migration IACAT - Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (DFA, DSWD, DOLE, DOJ, BI, PNP, POEA, DILG, NCRFW, LGUs, & NGOs

The new Global Scourge Thousands of women across the Globe are caught in the intricate web of Trafficking where poverty and powerlessness make them prey to abusers and exploiters They are robbed of their dignity, cheated out of their future and violated of their rights and lives Thousands of women across the Globe are caught in the intricate web of Trafficking where poverty and powerlessness make them prey to abusers and exploiters They are robbed of their dignity, cheated out of their future and violated of their rights and lives

ICON OF THE SAMARITAN Lk 10, Let us be moved to action

I have neither silver nor gold but what I have I give you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth ARISE and WALK! (Acts 3: 1 – 6) I have neither silver nor gold but what I have I give you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth ARISE and WALK! (Acts 3: 1 – 6)

Let us be prophets and advocates of HOPE