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to provide labor or service against their will. While
more research is needed on the scope of human
trafficking, below are a few statistics:
MODERN DAY
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The International Labour Organization estimates
that there are 2.9 million victims of human trafficking globally.
- 68% of them are trapped in forced labor.
- 26% of them are children.
- 55% are women and girls.
The International Labour Organization estimates
that forced labor and human trafficking is a $150
billion industry worldwide. In 2014, an estimated
trafficking are aggregated.
Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking is a form of modern slavery that
exists throughout the United States and globally.
Sex traffickers use violence, threats, lies, debt
bondage, and other forms of coercion to compel
adults and children to engage in commercial sex
against their will. Under U.S. federal law, any
minor under the age of 18 years induced into commercial sex is a victim of sex trafficking regardless of whether or not the trafficker used
force, fraud, or coercion. Victims of sex trafficking
Human Trafficking is defined
as the recruitment, transport,
harbouring 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 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.
“
- UNESCAP, 2009, pg. 1
According Polaris, human trafficking is a form of
modern slavery - a multi-million dollar criminal
industry that denies the freedom to 20.9 million
people around the world. And no matter where
you live, chances are it’s happening nearby. From
the girl forced into prostitution at a truck stop,
to the man discovered in a restaurant kitchen,
stripped of his passport and held against his will.
All trafficking victims share one essential experience: the loss of freedom.
The Facts
Although slavery is commonly thought to be
a thing of the past, human trafficking generates hundreds of billions of dollars in profits by
trapping millions of people in horrific situations
around the world, including here in the United
States. Traffickers use violence, threats, deception, debt bondage and other manipulative tactics
to force people to engage in commercial sex or
1 out of 6 endangered runaways reported to the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children were likely child sex trafficking victims.
Of those 68% were in the care of social services
or foster care when they ran. There is no official
estimate of the total number of human trafficking
victims in the United States. Polaris estimates that
the total number of victims nationally reaches into
the hundreds of thousands when estimates of both
adults and minors and sex trafficking and labor
can be United States citizens, foreign nationals,
women, men, children, and LGBTO individuals.
Vulnerable populations are frequently targeted
by traffickers, including runaway and homeless
youth, as well as victims of domestic violence,
sexual assault, war, or social discrimination. Sex
trafficking occurs in a range of venues including
fake massage businesses, via online ads or escort
services, in residential brothels, on the street or at
truck stops, or at hotels and motels.
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