Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. ... Traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to lure their victims and force them into labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Human trafficking earns global profits of roughly $150 billion a year for traffickers, $99 billion of which comes from commercial sexual exploitation. Globally, an estimated 71% of enslaved people are women and girls, while men and boys account for 29%

1. Human trafficking victims suffer from
severe traumas and psychological
challenges
Victim Trauma in Human Trafficking

2. Outline
 Introduction
 What is a trauma?
 Why human trafficking?
 Different stages of trauma
 People who are most vulnerable to human trafficking
 Symptoms of the bad mental condition of victims
 Psychological hazards of victims of human trafficking
 Challenges in treatment of victims of human
trafficking
 Treatment of the victims
 Conclusion

3. Introduction
 There are about 40.3 million individuals who are the
victim of human trafficking in the whole world.
 The fatalities of human trafficking are almost 21
million, comprising 5.5 million children .
 It transcends all gender, demographics, social
classes, and races.
 The victims suffer from severe anxiety, depression,
and disorder due to long-term abuse and violence.
 Victims feel ashamed and depressed while sharing
their feelings with their family members.
 The mental effect results in retardation in victims' lives
 They need treatment. If not, they may lose their
memory

4. What is trauma?
 Trauma is the essence that overpowers the
biological and psychological coping mechanisms
of the victim.
 It is the response to a deeply distressing or
disturbing event that overwhelms an individual’s
ability to cope.
 Trauma is caused by an incident that causes
physical, emotional, spiritual, or psychological
harm.
 The external and internal resources are not
enough to cope with the exterior dangers.
 Human trafficking inflicts layers of trauma on

5. Why human trafficking?
 Human trafficking is the trade of people for the
aim of commercial sexual exploitation, sexual
slavery, and forced labor.
 Human trafficking includes the movement and
recruitment of people, generally by deception,
coercion, and force.
 According to International Labor Organization
there are about 12.3 million persons are in
conditions of bonded or forced labor
 Children, women, and men are exploited and
trafficked in fiscal sectors such as mining, textiles,
fishing, farming and construction.

6. Different stages of trauma
 Victims suffer from different stages of trauma:
more severe, more destructive, and multifaceted
trauma.
 More severe trauma occurs due to distressing
events such as rape, sexual abuse, etc.
 More destructive trauma occurs when an
individual is exposed to long-lasting or multiple
traumatic events.
 Multifaceted trauma occurs due to exposure to
multiple and varied traumatic experiences or
events.

7. People who are most
vulnerable to human trafficking
 Human traffickers prey on individuals who are
weak, isolated, and poor.
 Fiscal vulnerability, communal exclusion, and
disempowerment also make people vulnerable to
human trafficking.
 They are often beguiled by offering better job or
work opportunities abroad.

8. Symptoms of the bad mental
condition of victims
 Human trafficking creates an ending impression
on the mind of the victim.
 A mild trauma means severe anxiety, confusion,
irritation, lack of confidence and trust, incapability
to study or work, and incapability to have a better
sleep.
 Physical ailments include nausea, headaches,
body aches, fatigue, etc.
 It affects performance at work or school, and
relationships of people.
 Sometimes, trauma has a worse effect on the
victim, as it affects the health and may lead to
suicide

9. Psychological hazards of
victims of human trafficking
 Every step of human trafficking includes
psychological, sexual, and physical abuse.
 Trafficked victims' mental and physical health is
affected by restlessness, anxiety, insecurity, fear,
and physical pain.
 The victims of human trafficking complain about
extreme sadness and hopelessness about their
future.
 These disturbances may be suicidal; they also
can have reasoning deficiency, memory loss and
may be inhibited.

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 In the USA, about 71% of individuals are trafficked
and also suffered from high trauma.
 Post-traumatic stress disorder, downheartedness,
nervousness, and anxiety disorder.
 Post-traumatic Stress Disorders are a cognitive
fitness diagnostic category created for victims who
suffer from trauma due to human trafficking.
 The victims often struggle with symptoms such as
nightmares, invasive thoughts, flashbacks, avoiding
people and conditions, and hyper arousal.
 In a flashback, when a victim remembers that event,
he/she suffers from fear and severe trauma.

11. Continue
 The victim's anxiety can be complicated, as
victims feel the actual danger related to the
practice of trafficking
 The psychological impacts on victims can be
more harmful than physical violence.
 Re-feeling the traumatic events and perception of
intensified danger often hurt cognitive abilities of
the victims.
 Repeated trauma means bad behavior will
become a part of the victim's life.

12. Trauma and Women
 Women are highly vulnerable as they suffer from
severe trauma.
 It is difficult for women to control the mental
condition.
 The trafficked women suffered from bad temper
such as punching walls, throwing things, and
beating other individuals.
 Women's depression level is mostly found at an
alarming state

13. Physical Impacts of Human
Trafficking
 Trauma affects the physical health of victims,
such as headaches, stomach pain, etc.
 The victims also face difficulties regarding getting
a new job, continuing education, paying bills, and
interacting with the people in society.
 The victims who have PTSD frequently face
numerous complications such as suicidal
behaviors, lack of concentration, communication
issues.
 The victims also show poor performance at work
which leads to failure.

14. Challenges in treatment of
victims of human trafficking
 Restricted access and availability to proper
mental fitness amenities are some of the major
challenges.
 Shame is the chief barrier that prevents the
victims from treatment.
 People often ignore trauma as a minor health
issue in trafficked persons.
 The barriers to access cognitive fitness amenities
are connected to the problems of concerns and
confidentiality in the USA.
 Another challenge is to establish a trust
relationship with victims.

15. Treatment
 There are numerous post-trauma replies for
victims of human trafficking.
 There are numerous options of trauma treatment
such as; family therapy, biologically focused
therapy, trauma-focused therapy, and mental,
behavioral therapy.
 There are rehabilitation schemes and victim
service providers who employ different ways for
recovery.
 They use music and art therapy to help victims in
order to build a link between mental fitness and
physical symptoms.
 people should adopt better behavior with the
victims in order to reduce trauma.

16. Important points for treatment
 Before treatment, the interview of the victim
should be taken in a safe and comfortable
environment.
 During the treatment, simple techniques should
be used to sustain the feeling of control in the
victim.
 victimization should be avoided
 The complete procedure of criminal trial and
inquiry might cause secondary victimization which
must be addressed.

17. Conclusion
 Victims of human trafficking are susceptible to
psychological signs of trauma resulting from long-
lasting, invasive, and repeated abuse.
 Victims face physical, social as well as
psychological challenges
 Victims faces severe anxiety, confusion, irritation,
lack of confidence and trust, incapability to study
or work, or sleep which may lead to suicide.
 The victims of human trafficking can get better
with different therapies such as family therapy,
biologically focused therapy, trauma-focused
therapy, and mental, behavioral therapy.

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