Human trafficking

1. Human Trafficking
SHANNON LEE

2. What is Human Trafficking?
 Human trafficking is when people are forced to leave their home and work
under harsh conditions such as:
 prostitutes
 domestic restaurant or factory workers.
 Escorts
 Farm/factory work
 They are sold and bought to other people.
 They are forced, tricked or lured in by fake promises.
 Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery.

3. Who is vulnerable?
 Victims of prior abuse
 LGBTQ
 Runaways
 Homeless youth/ those living in poverty
 Youth with Special needs
 Undocumented youth
 Tourists
 The uneducated and naїve

4. Conditions of victims
 The victims are abused, rarely paid, rarely fed, offered no medical
attention, and are feared by their “owners”.

5.  Between 1/1/2014 and 12/31/2014,
the NHTRC hotline received reports of
5,042 potential human trafficking
cases in the United States. 1,581 of
these cases (31.4%) involved minor
victims. The NHTRC defines a minor as
an individual under 18 years of age.
The following report is based on these
cases.
 Mostly occurred on the east of he
United States, although many takes
place on the west coast in California.

6. Statistics
 In 2014, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center responded to
21,431 calls, 1,482 web forms, and 1,149 emails.
 Worldwide, nearly 21 million people are victims of human trafficking.
 The top venue for sex trafficking was commercial front brothels.
 The top industry for labor trafficking was domestic work.