2. Human Trafficking Online Tilea Harpi SECTION 003

3. Against Online Human Trafficking  I am firmly against online human trafficking  It harms millions of women and children every year  Many young women are tricked online every year through social media and ads  Many women trust these ads and are then sold into slavery because of it  Click here for more infohere

4. What is human trafficking  Sex trafficking or slavery is the exploitation of women and children, within national or across international borders, for the purposes of forced sex work.  Commercial sexual exploitation includes pornography, prostitution and sex trafficking of women and girls, and is characterized by the exploitation of a human being in exchange for goods or money.

5.  Trafficking cases start with the offender contacting the potential victims on social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace. The techniques used by the offenders includes expressing love and admiration of the victim, promising to make the victim a star, and providing a ticket to a new location away from the victim’s home. Background

6. Who is responsible for human trafficking?  There is no clear answer for who is responsible for human trafficking  Mostly organized crime  Gang affiliated

7. Where does this take place?  China  Ghana  Uganda  Nepal  Sri Lanka  India  Pakistan  Haiti  Brazil  Bangladesh

8. Example of online human trafficking  In Illinois, a 19-year-old female responded to an Internet ad promoting modeling opportunities. Instead of offering her a modeling job, the offender enticed the girl to wait in a hotel room where she was expected to have sex with an unknown person. The offender, who would become her pimp, intended to sell the young woman for sex at an hourly rate.

9. Example of online human trafficking  traffickers advertised in Japan for “nude models” to work in the United States. Upon their arrival in Hawaii, the models were used to perform live Internet sex shows and make pornographic videos that would be shown to Japanese audiences on the Internet. To avoid breaking any Japanese pornography laws, the traffickers conducted their operation, which was aimed toward the Japanese market with all Web site material written in Japanese, outside Japan. The live and recorded performances were transmitted to an Internet Service Provider in California, which Japanese viewers could access them.

10. What actions are being taken to stop online human trafficking  Anti-Human trafficking activists are cracking down on suspicious websites  When faced with traffickers they meet and negotiate with them until the women and children are set free  Government officials infiltrate different countries and arrest gangs that are under investigation or have been under speculation for online human trafficking

11.  Be aware and careful with advertisements online  Before considering an advertisement you should do full research on the company issued  Stay away from ads on Instagram and Facebook because they are most likely fictional  Raising awareness online  Community Activist Prevention

14. Online sources  Samant, Shreya. "Top 10 Countries Infamous for Human Trafficking - List Dose." List Dose. N.p., 20 Aug. 2013. Web. 15 Apr. 2015..  Goodlatte, Chairman. "Homeland Security." Written Testimony of ICE Director Sarah Saldaña for a House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing Titled "Oversight of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement" N.p., 9 Apr. 2015. Web. 15 Apr. 2015..  Dixon, Herbert B., Jr. "Advertisement." Human Trafficking and the Internet* (*and Other Technologies, Too). N.p., 25 Sept. 2013. Web. 15 Apr. 2015..  Fedotov, Yury. "United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime." Preventing Human Trafficking. N.p., 2013. Web. 15 Apr. 2015..