Human Trafficking in Hawaii (Social Entrepreneur Class)

1. Human Trafficking in Hawaii

2. Special Challenges of Human Trafficking in Hawai’i
•Geographic Constraints
•Ethnic Diversity hampers services for
potential victims
•The after-effects of failed prosecutions

3. Geographic
Constraints

4. Geographically,
Hawai’i is in the
middle of the
ocean.

5. With Ocean all around, quick and cheap escapes are hard to achieve

6. Every year,
thousands of men,
women and
children fall into
the hands of
traffickers, in their
own countries and
abroad.

7. Ethnic Diversity Hampers Services for Potential Victims

8. Hawai’i’s migrant labor
force is much more
ethnically diverse than
in most mainland states.

9. Agricultural laborers in Hawai’i come from Mexico,
Southeast Asia, Micronesia, or other Pacific Islands –
Micronesian workers alone speak a dozen different
languages.

10. Service Providers
find it hard to get
access to
appropriate
translation services,
and outreach
programs have
tough choices about
the language and
cultural style of
public service
announcements
aimed at informing
potential victims of
their rights and
options to get help.

11. The After-Effects of Failed Prosecution

12. Hawai’i is one of only
a handful of states
with no law that
specifically targets
human or sex
trafficking.

13. Pick any night in Waikiki and
you’ll see prostitutes plying their
trade, pimps protecting their
property, and the darker side of
night life screaming “Sex for
Sale.”
- Hawaii News Now

14. Highly publicized failures at
prosecution may lead victims to be
unsure about what counts as
illegal human trafficking and cause
perpetrators to think they can get
away with exploiting workers.

15. Topic Resource
Image Resource
• https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/images/ag-trafficking-1.jpg
• https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000nXhWz8Xk_MM/fit=1000x750/waikiki.jpg
• http://restart.typepad.com/.a/6a00d835795ab169e201b7c809bf52970b-320wi
• http://www.missoulacurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Human-Trafficking.jpg
• https://www.pexels.com/photo/airplane-flying-under-white-clouds-during-night-time-38574/
• https://www.pexels.com/photo/girl-women-young-flower-36440/
• https://governor.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Helping-Hands-group-300x201.jpg
• https://www.pexels.com/photo/board-game-business-challenge-chess-277052/
• https://theoccasionalnomad.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/did-you-know-map-pacific-hawaii-e1474786390827.jpg
• https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portrait-multiethnic-friends-new-york-
507749689?irgwc=1&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=Pexels%20GmbH&utm_source=106918&utm_term=
• http://www.blakingerthomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/LadyJustice.jpg
• http://www.hawaiireporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Picture-63.png
• https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/2017/psychologysd.jpg
• https://www.pexels.com/photo/adult-alone-black-and-white-blur-568021/
• https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e6/50/dd/e650ddf26b51a67e7611d26b35b1b514--mahalo-hawaii-kauai-hawaii.jpg
•http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/14011020/sex-trafficking-in-paradise
•https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-human-
trafficking.html
•http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/brief/understanding-human-trafficking-
hawaiian-islands