Victims of human trafficking can be found in any industry with demand for cheap labor where rigorous monitoring is lacking, such as agriculture, domestic work, restaurants, factories, and hospitality. Trafficking involves exploiting people by means of force, fraud or coercion to compel labor against one's will. Victims are often immigrants vulnerable due to debt from recruitment fees, employment-based visa restrictions tying them to specific employers, and lack of legal protections due to their immigration status.
Violence Against Women Act (1995) is a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, codified in Section 204(a).
Under VAWA, battered spouses or children may self-petition for lawful permanent residence under the Act, without the batterer’s knowledge
Many visa applications in Australia allow applicants to include family members in their application if they are considered ‘dependents’. It is often assumed that the term dependent is limited to dependents under the age of 18. Although you may be considered a dependent if under the age of 18, persons over the age of 18 may still be considered a dependent if they satisfy the criteria outlined in the Migration Regulations 1994.
What are the two types of non-employer sponsored foreign nationals? What are the major steps in the green card process? This infographic also includes a handy list of all the federal agencies tied to immigration.
Effective March 4, 2013, the Department of Homeland Security will begin a new process for adjudication of these waiver applications. Under the new process, certain foreign spouses delay returning to their home country until a “provisional waiver” is approved in the U.S. The new process will drastically reduce the amount of time that the foreign spouse has to remain in his or her home country. Hopefully, the new process will also provide some measure of confidence that the foreign spouse will indeed return to the US.
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H uman trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons or modern-day slavery, is a crime that involves the exploitation of a person for the purpose of compelled labor or a commercial sex act. While the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) has long enforced criminal laws against involun-
tary servitude and slavery, the enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act (TVPA) of 2000 brought new benefits, services, and criminal penalties to
address human trafficking in a more comprehensive and effective way.
What Is Human
Trafficking?
The TVPA defines a “severe form of trafficking
in persons” as—
• Sex trafficking (the recruitment,
harboring, transportation, provision,
obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a
person for the purpose of a commercial
sex act) in which a commercial sex act is
induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in
which the person induced to perform such
act has not attained 18 years of age; or
• The recruitment, harboring, transportation,
provision, or obtaining of a person for labor
or services, through the use of force, fraud,
or coercion for the purpose of subjection
to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt
bondage, or slavery.
Who Are the
Victims of Human
Trafficking?
Anyone who is compelled (through force, fraud,
or coercion) to perform any kind of work or
commercial sex act by another person, and
any minor engaged in a commercial sex act, is
a human trafficking victim. Victims of human
trafficking come from all walks of life and are
entrapped in many different settings. Anyone
can be a victim, regardless of their race, color,
national origin, disability, religion, age, gender,
sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeco-
nomic status, or citizenship status. While there
is no defining characteristic that all victims
share, traffickers frequently prey on individuals
who are poor, vulnerable, living in an unsafe
situation, or are in search of a better life. These
victims are deceived by false promises of love,
a good job, or a stable life and are lured into
situations where they are forced to work under
deplorable conditions with little to no pay.
Whether made to work in agriculture, a factory,
or a strip club, forced into commercial sex,
or abused in a home as a domestic servant,
federal law recognizes these individuals as
victims of human trafficking.
Who Are the
Traffickers and
How Do They Trap
Victims?
Traffickers are similarly diverse. There are
traffickers working alone to deceive and prey on
victims; businesses that enslave their workers;
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families who have been in the business of human trafficking
for generations or have just begun exp.
Human Trafficking @CanStopCrime It's Happening Here Don't Close Your Eyes Scott Mills
Canadian Crime Stoppers Association presentation on Human Trafficking "It's Happening Here, Don't Close Your Eyes" | For the French version, as well as a version of this presentation to music on a DVD please contact Ralph Page, President of Canadian Crime Stoppers Association | rpage@kmts.ca
With an estimated 66-88% of human trafficking victims coming into contact with the health care system, health care professionals are in a unique position to identify and help these individuals. This presentation aims to raise awareness of human trafficking and offers resources for physicians on how to identify patients who may be victims of this type of crime.
Violence Against Women Act (1995) is a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, codified in Section 204(a).
Under VAWA, battered spouses or children may self-petition for lawful permanent residence under the Act, without the batterer’s knowledge
Many visa applications in Australia allow applicants to include family members in their application if they are considered ‘dependents’. It is often assumed that the term dependent is limited to dependents under the age of 18. Although you may be considered a dependent if under the age of 18, persons over the age of 18 may still be considered a dependent if they satisfy the criteria outlined in the Migration Regulations 1994.
What are the two types of non-employer sponsored foreign nationals? What are the major steps in the green card process? This infographic also includes a handy list of all the federal agencies tied to immigration.
Effective March 4, 2013, the Department of Homeland Security will begin a new process for adjudication of these waiver applications. Under the new process, certain foreign spouses delay returning to their home country until a “provisional waiver” is approved in the U.S. The new process will drastically reduce the amount of time that the foreign spouse has to remain in his or her home country. Hopefully, the new process will also provide some measure of confidence that the foreign spouse will indeed return to the US.
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.ojp.usdoj.gov
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office for Victims of Crime
OV
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FA
CT
S
HE
ET An Introduction to Human
Trafficking in the United States
H uman trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons or modern-day slavery, is a crime that involves the exploitation of a person for the purpose of compelled labor or a commercial sex act. While the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) has long enforced criminal laws against involun-
tary servitude and slavery, the enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act (TVPA) of 2000 brought new benefits, services, and criminal penalties to
address human trafficking in a more comprehensive and effective way.
What Is Human
Trafficking?
The TVPA defines a “severe form of trafficking
in persons” as—
• Sex trafficking (the recruitment,
harboring, transportation, provision,
obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a
person for the purpose of a commercial
sex act) in which a commercial sex act is
induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in
which the person induced to perform such
act has not attained 18 years of age; or
• The recruitment, harboring, transportation,
provision, or obtaining of a person for labor
or services, through the use of force, fraud,
or coercion for the purpose of subjection
to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt
bondage, or slavery.
Who Are the
Victims of Human
Trafficking?
Anyone who is compelled (through force, fraud,
or coercion) to perform any kind of work or
commercial sex act by another person, and
any minor engaged in a commercial sex act, is
a human trafficking victim. Victims of human
trafficking come from all walks of life and are
entrapped in many different settings. Anyone
can be a victim, regardless of their race, color,
national origin, disability, religion, age, gender,
sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeco-
nomic status, or citizenship status. While there
is no defining characteristic that all victims
share, traffickers frequently prey on individuals
who are poor, vulnerable, living in an unsafe
situation, or are in search of a better life. These
victims are deceived by false promises of love,
a good job, or a stable life and are lured into
situations where they are forced to work under
deplorable conditions with little to no pay.
Whether made to work in agriculture, a factory,
or a strip club, forced into commercial sex,
or abused in a home as a domestic servant,
federal law recognizes these individuals as
victims of human trafficking.
Who Are the
Traffickers and
How Do They Trap
Victims?
Traffickers are similarly diverse. There are
traffickers working alone to deceive and prey on
victims; businesses that enslave their workers;
DECEMBER 2015
2
families who have been in the business of human trafficking
for generations or have just begun exp.
Human Trafficking @CanStopCrime It's Happening Here Don't Close Your Eyes Scott Mills
Canadian Crime Stoppers Association presentation on Human Trafficking "It's Happening Here, Don't Close Your Eyes" | For the French version, as well as a version of this presentation to music on a DVD please contact Ralph Page, President of Canadian Crime Stoppers Association | rpage@kmts.ca
With an estimated 66-88% of human trafficking victims coming into contact with the health care system, health care professionals are in a unique position to identify and help these individuals. This presentation aims to raise awareness of human trafficking and offers resources for physicians on how to identify patients who may be victims of this type of crime.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau presents an overview of financial elder abuse at the LiveOn NY 26th Annual Conference on the Transformation of Aging. The presentation includes a link to an interactive online tool that includes an "older americans" tag focusing on issues of interest to older adults, links to a section where consumers can input complaints and CFPB works to get answers from companies on these complaints. There is also an office for Older Americans whose mission is to help consumers 62+ get the financial education and training they need.
AlphaStaff Webinar Importance of Drug and Background ScreeningAlphaStaff
Hiring someone is a decision that should not be based solely on the person’s ability to handle the job. While skills required to conduct the job are necessary, one cannot rule out threats caused by an employee with a checkered past (or present). Someone with a criminal record or someone who isn’t who they say they are can potentially cause significant damage to the welfare of the company and its staff.
This webinar, led by one of the country’s premier background check and drug screening companies and a key partner of AlphaStaff, will highlight the need, the process and the advantages of proper pre-employment screenings. Presented by Sterling Infosystems.
Scammers will stop at nothing to get what they want, and seniors and the disabled are common prey for scam artists. Here are few tips and helpful resources to prevent scams and fraud.
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Here is Gabe Whitley's response to my defamation lawsuit for him calling me a rapist and perjurer in court documents.
You have to read it to believe it, but after you read it, you won't believe it. And I included eight examples of defamatory statements/
An astonishing, first-of-its-kind, report by the NYT assessing damage in Ukraine. Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to.
El Puerto de Algeciras continúa un año más como el más eficiente del continente europeo y vuelve a situarse en el “top ten” mundial, según el informe The Container Port Performance Index 2023 (CPPI), elaborado por el Banco Mundial y la consultora S&P Global.
El informe CPPI utiliza dos enfoques metodológicos diferentes para calcular la clasificación del índice: uno administrativo o técnico y otro estadístico, basado en análisis factorial (FA). Según los autores, esta dualidad pretende asegurar una clasificación que refleje con precisión el rendimiento real del puerto, a la vez que sea estadísticamente sólida. En esta edición del informe CPPI 2023, se han empleado los mismos enfoques metodológicos y se ha aplicado un método de agregación de clasificaciones para combinar los resultados de ambos enfoques y obtener una clasificación agregada.
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1. Human Trafficking
Overview
Sex Trafficking in the U.S.
Labor Trafficking in the U.S.
Agriculture & Farms
Domestic Work
Hostess & Strip Clubs
Restaurants & Food Service
Factories
Peddling & Begging Rings
Hospitality Industry
Other Industries
Recognizing the Signs
International Trafficking
Trafficking FAQs
State-by-State Resources
Calendar of Events
The NHTRC Human Trafficking Report a Tip Access Training Resources Map Get Involved Contact
Victims of trafficking may be found in any industry with a
demand for cheap labor and a lack of rigorous monitoring.
“When he found out that I could braid hair he used me as a maid at one of his
girlfriend's shops when I was pregnant. I braided hair while he collected the
money.”
– Victim of trafficking.
Victims of traffickingmay be foundinany industry
withademandfor cheaplabor andalack of rigorous
monitoring. Victims are forcedto work against their
will inexploitative conditions for little or no pay. They
canbe foundinforestry, landscaping, construction,
carnivals, tourismandentertainment, elder-care
facilities, gas stations, nail salons, hair braidingsalons,
andother small businesses.
While workingas anail technician, awomaninher
early forties fromChinadisclosedto acustomerthat
she is rarely paidforherworkandthat she hadto turn
overhertips to the nail salonowners. She andthe
othernail technicians all livedinthe home of the owners of the salon. The owners drove the workers
to the salonevery day to work, andthe workers couldnot leave the house to go anywhere except to
work. The nail technicianwantedto leave herjob but couldnot.*
Several youngadults came to the U.S. fromvarious countries inCentral AmericaandAfricaon
temporary workvisas. The youngadults expectedto have goodworkingandlivingconditions, andto
have free time onweekends to travel andsee the U.S. However, they foundthemselves at jobs in
travelingcarnivals with unsanitary anddangerous conditions. They didnot always have access to
adequate foodandwater, andthey were expectedto workextremely longhours outside inthe heat
without breaks. The youngadults were toldthat if they triedto quit orreport the workingconditions,
they wouldbe breakingtheircontracts andwouldincuraseveral thousanddollarpenalty andbe
deported.*
*Basedoncalls receivedby the National HumanTraffickingResource Center. Identifyingdetails
have beenchangedto protect confidentiality.
When does it become trafficking?
Labor exploitationrises to the level of labor traffickingwhenthe victimis made to believe, throughthe
use of force, fraud, or coercionthat he or she cannot quit andhas no other choice but to continue to
work. Commonmeans of control include:
Force–Physical and/or sexual abuse;isolationor confinement to the place of work, labor campor
apartment suppliedby the trafficker;monitoringof movement andcommunication.
Fraud–Misrepresentationof the work, workingconditions, wages, andimmigrationbenefits of the
job;non-payment, underpayment or confiscationof wages;visafraude.g. allowingalegitimate visato
expire or failingto provide apromisedvisa, thereby increasingthe worker’s vulnerability to threats of
deportationandlimitinghis or her alternative job options.
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Coercion –Verbal abuse;threats of harmto the victimor the victim’s family members;threats of
deportationor police involvement;isolation;exploitationof aforeignnational worker’s unfamiliarity
withthe language, laws andcustoms of the US;unreasonable deductions andfees for visas,
transportation, rent, food, tools, and/or uniforms to create debt.
*The above list is not comprehensive orcumulative. One element of force, fraudorcoercionmay be
present, ormany.
Vulnerabilities
Recruitment Debt –Some immigrants workinginthe hospitality industry holdemployment-based
visas suchas the J-1 or H2-B. Inorder to obtainthese or other visas, workers sometimes pay between
$1,000 and$20,000 inlegal andillegal feels to arecruiter, visasponsor, or employer. Oftentimes,
workers have to borrowmoney at highinterest rates or mortgage their family’s home, to pay the fee.
This debt, coupledwiththe fact that workers withJ-1 or H-2Bvisas are restrictedto certainemployers
to maintaintheir immigrationstatus, leave workers vulnerable to exploitation.
Employment-based visas
J-1 visa–is designatedfor exchange visitors ontemporary work andtravel programs. EachJ-1
visaholder has asponsor as well as anemployer, whichmay be separate entities. Visaholders are
able to change employers only after clearingit withtheir sponsor –otherwise they are inviolation
of their visaandsubject to deportation.
H-2Bvisa–is designatedfor temporary workers inunskilledindustries, excludingagriculture
whichuses the H-2A visa. H-2Bvisaholders are tiedto asingle employer. If they wishto leave an
abusive situation, they become undocumentedandrisk deportation.
Immigration Status–Labor traffickingvictims may be US citizens or immigrants. However,
immigrants –whether documentedor not –canbe particularly vulnerable to exploitationdue to
language barriers, unfamiliarity withtheir legal rights inthe US, and/or the lack of alocal support
network. Undocumentedworkers are particularly vulnerable to threats of deportationandare
unlikely to seek helpfromthe police.
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