1. Forced Labor & Sex Trafficking in the U.S.
Christina Pletowski
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Kimberly Weir
Stacy, Bobby Ray. “Yes, but what can we do?” The International Coalition Against Human Trafficking. January 12, 2015.
Katelin. “Human Trafficking: Still Enslaved.” By their strange fruit. April 29, 2012.
Global Trafficking Statistics
$32 Billion: Estimated profits through human trafficking
21 Million: Estimated number of people trafficked annually
29 Countries: Have not joined the Palermo Protocol to fight human trafficking
Infographic: A Global Look at Human Trafficking. UNICEF USA.
Enslaved People by Region
What Can You Do to Help End
Human Trafficking?
Learn the signs
Support law enforcement
Be alert when traveling
Call the hotline at National Human Trafficking Resource Center to report suspected activity
Diola, Camille. “Phillipines 19th largest enslaved population”. Philstar Global Global Slavery Index/Walk Foundation.2014.
Prevention
Protection
Prosecution
Public awareness, campaigns and information to identify victims
3Rs: Rescue, Rehabilitation, Reintegration
Government and NGO programs to fight trafficking
Nguyen, Jennifer. “The three Ps of the TVPA”. 17 WASH. & LEE J.C.R. & SOC. JUST. 187 (2010)
Methods of Trafficking
Lucrative job promises in big cities
Arrangement of false exploitative marriages
Sanction prostitution by tradition and custom
Dupe and trick girls and parents with wrong promises
Coerce parents into selling their children due to poor economic conditions
“Who Are Human Traffickers”. Human Rights First. June 10, & “4 Methods traffickers use to recruit their victims: keep your eyes open.Eliberare.com.
Human Trafficking Hotspots in the U.S.
Types of Trafficking
Sex
Trafficking
Forced
Labor
Child Trafficking
Bonded Labor/ Debt Bondage
Domestic Servitude
Illegal Organ Harvesting
children in the U.S. at risk of
commercial sexual exploitation
Staff, Thorn. “Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in the United States”. Thorn. February 21, & U.S. Department of State, The Facts About Child Sex Tourism: 2005
Staff, Thorn. “Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in the United States”. Thorn. February 21, 2014.