2. Human Trafficking is Slavery
Trafficking in humans refers to all acts related
to recruitment, transport, sale or purchase of
individuals through force, fraud or other
means for the purpose of exploitation.
3. Who is trafficked into slavery?
• Women and girls comprise 80% of the
persons trafficked across international
borders.
• Approximately 70% of victims are trafficked
for commercial sexual exploitation.
(TIP Report 2005, 2006, 2007,
2008)
4. Trafficking in persons is the fastest-growing
and second largest criminal industry in the
world today.
5. Forms of trafficking/slavery
• Domestic Servitude
• Agriculture
• Sweatshop labor
• food service industry
• Begging
Labor trafficking
8. Supply factors
• Poverty
• Political instability/armed conflict
• Real/perceived opportunity for a better life
• Absence of a social safety net
• Absence of employment opportunities
• Status of violence against women & children
9. Demand factors
• Demand for prostitution and other aspects of the
sex industry is high throughout the world
• Demand for cheap labor; corporations seek to
produce products the lowest possible cost.
• Potential profits are very high – trafficked persons
can be bought and sold many times.
10. Methods of control
• Finances – debt bondage, financial obligations
• Control of victims’ money
• Isolation from family members, members of their
ethnic/religious communities
• Isolation from the public/limited
contact/monitored contact
11. Methods of control
• Telling victims they will be imprisoned or
deported if they contact authorities
• Use of threats of violence towards victims and
their family members
12. Living and working conditions
• Physically demanding
work
• Under constant watch
or supervision
• Threats of physical
harm
• Isolation from the
public and other
victims
• High risk for work-
related injuries
• High risk for sexually-
transmitted diseases
13. Living and working conditions
• Physical and
psychological abuse
• Long hours and little
or no compensation
• Little or no medical
attention
• Malnourishment
14. Primary concerns
• Increasing community awareness in support of
identifying victims
• Organizing social services in support of meeting
victims’ needs (food, housing, health care, legal
assistance, ESL classes, work training, etc.)
• Protection/building support networks
