1. Teens Trafficked in the US: How You Can Help
Audrey Porter
Robin Hassler Thompson, JD, MA
Christina Bain
February 3, 2011

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3. Teens Trafficked in the US: How You Can Help
Today’s Webinar
Teens Trafficked in the US:  How You Can Help
Presented by:
Robin Hassler Thompson, JD, MA
Founder and President, Robin H. Thompson & Associates; Senior Program Director, Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights; Co-Founder, International Justice Connections, Inc.; former Executive Director, Florida Governor's Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Robin Hassler Thompson

4. Teens Trafficked in the US: How You Can Help
Today’s Webinar
Teens Trafficked in the US:  How You Can Help
Presented by:
Christina Bain is the Director of the Program on Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery within the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to her time at the Kennedy School, Christina was appointed by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney as the Executive Director of the Governor's Commission on Sexual and Domestic Violence, a statewide commission of over 340 public and private sector partners
Christina Bain

5. Teens Trafficked in the US: How You Can Help
Today’s Webinar
Teens Trafficked in the US:  How You Can Help
Presented by:
Audrey Porter is the Assistant Director and the Coordinator of Survivor Services of The My Life My Choice Project. Audrey was the first survivor in Massachusetts to begin mentoring exploited girls. Drawing from her personal experience in “the Life”, Audrey helps vulnerable girls avoid prostitution and/or leave exploitation behind them.
Audrey Porter

6. Audrey Porter
Audrey Porter was the first survivor in Massachusetts to begin mentoring exploited girls. Drawing from her personal experience in “the Life”, Audrey helps vulnerable girls avoid prostitution and/or leave exploitation behind them. Audrey Porter is the Assistant Director and the Coordinator of Survivor Services of The My Life My Choice Project.
Will Christina introduce her?

7. Objectives Understand the basic elements of human trafficking
Identify trafficked children, especially teens, and human trafficking situations
Identify the role that you play in trafficking cases
Understand and be able to make referrals so that trafficking victims can access relief, benefits and resources for trafficked children
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8. Human Trafficking Defined:
(A) sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or
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9. Human Trafficking Defined:
(B) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
(Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 §103)
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10. Scope of the problem
Globally, 12.3 million adults and children in forced labor, bonded labor, and commercial sexual servitude (ILO)
Annually, 600, ,000 are trafficked across national borders (USG)
In the United States, 14,500-17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the country annually (USG)
One million children are exploited by the global commercial sex trade, every year (USG)
Photo courtesy of Kay Chernush, U.S. State Department
Christina

11. Trafficking of U.S. Citizens
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that at least 100,000 U.S. children each year are the victims of commercial sexual exploitation
Estes and Weiner study, 2001, estimates that 293,000 U.S. children are “at risk” for commercial sexual exploitation each year
Age of entry into prostitution for females is 12-14, boys (Estes and Weiner)
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12. Who Are the Victims? ANYONE
Trafficking victims may be undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, or even U.S. citizens.
Includes men, women, children and families.
What all victims have in common is some kind of vulnerability that can be exploited and manipulated by the trafficker.
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13. How does human trafficking happen?
In the U.S., victims are vulnerable youth, often throwaway or homeless youth
Traffickers are predators who exploit this vulnerability
Organized crime component, victims are often part of a larger criminal operation
Photo Courtesy of Kay Chernush, U.S. State Department
Christina
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14. Trafficking of U.S. Citizens
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that at least 100,000 U.S. children each year are the victims of commercial sexual exploitation
Estes and Weiner study, 2001, estimates that 293,000 U.S. children are “at risk” for commercial sexual exploitation each year
Age of entry into prostitution for females is 12-14, boys (Estes and Weiner)
Christina
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15. Other statistics
More U.S. citizens , both adult and children, are found in sex trafficking than labor trafficking*
U.S. citizen victims are often runaway and homeless youth*
In 2008, 206 males and 643 females under 18 years of age were reported to the FBI for prostitution arrests*
*U.S. Trafficking in Persons Report 2010
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16. Child and Adult Victims
Hard to determine age.
Host of different mandated “system” responses.
Children can be easier to control.
Some similarities.
Examples
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17. Federal and State Law
Human trafficking is a crime under Federal law and the laws of many states.
Cases can be investigated at local, state and federal levels and prosecuted at the state or federal level.
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18. Victims of Human Trafficking Are Entitled To:
Safety
Privacy
Information
Legal representation
Immigration Relief
Be heard in court
Restitution
Education
Civil compensation for damages
Medical assistance
Social assistance
Seek residency
Return home
Be informed about process and be heard during case
Family Reunification
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19. Programs and Services for Trafficked Children
Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program
State child welfare system:
Foster Care
Group Homes
Specialized programs for DMST victims
Repatriation
Immigration relief, such as an Eligibility letter and a T visa
Note: Cases can be complicated. Contact an attorney.
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20. How You Can Help
Post multi-lingual materials (brochures, posters, cards) in your office (bathrooms, waiting rooms, etc.)
Share materials w/all staff now - professional and administrative staff
Know your local resources including local anti human trafficking task forces and coalitions
Have contacts of interpreters you can trust
Keep key numbers handy
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21. Social Services Poster21

22. Recent Public Policy
HR 5575 Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2010
Bi-partisan bill to combat sex trafficking of children across the United States
Enhances critical resources for law enforcement to arrest and prosecute; more access to restorative care for survivors; and authorizes a grant program to assist in this initiative
Photo courtesy of Kay Chernush, U.S. State Department
Christina?

23. National Resources Health and Human Services:
Rescue and Restore Campaign -
Includes FREE multi-lingual posters, brochures and fact sheets, presentations, screening tools and other valuable awareness info
Referral to aid organization in the victim's area. Toll-free human trafficking hotline number ( )
Department of Justice:
Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force Complaint Line (voice and TTY).
US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB):
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24. Questions