Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 24.9 million people worldwide through sex trafficking, child trafficking, and labor trafficking. Sex trafficking involves over 150 brothels in Hawaii alone employing girls primarily from Asia who are later transported to major US cities. Child trafficking exploits children through forced labor, sexual exploitation, and involvement in armed forces and drug trades. Labor trafficking enslaves over 14 million people through forced labor in industries such as agriculture, construction, domestic work and manufacturing.

1. BY ABISH MARTIN
Human Traffic

2. Human trafficking is
a form of modern
slavery—a multi-
billion dollar
criminal industry
that denies freedom
to 24.9 million people
around the world.

3. Sex traffic
Child Traffic
Labor Traffic

4. Sex traffic

5. "There are about 150 brothels on Oahu alone that
we know about [not including those in private homes]. For
each brothel, there are between 3 to 15 girls.

6. Most of the girls are from China, Japan, Korea
and Thailand. There are also girls from Russia
and parts of Eastern Europe

7. “After a few months of work in the city the girls are shipped
to their next destination, often to major US cities such as San
Francisco, Oakland, Dallas, New York or Washington DC.”
— Kathryn Xian, the founder and head of Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery

8. Child traffic

9. Forced Labour
Sexual exploitation
Children in armed forces
Children in drug trades
Adoption

10. Trafficking is not just an issue that happens to
people in other countries. The United States is a
source and transit country, and is also considered
one of the top destination points for victims of child
trafficking and exploitation.

11. Labor traffic

12. the International Labor Organization estimates
that there are 14.2 million people trapped
in forced labor in industries including
agriculture, construction, domestic work and
manufacturing.

13. Since 2007, the National Human Trafficking
Hotline, operated by Polaris, received
reports of more than 5,400 labor
trafficking cases inside the United
States.

14. SOURCES
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/01/paradise-lost-sex-trafficking-hawaii-160120111423579.html
https://polarisproject.org/human-trafficking
https://www.unicefusa.org/mission/protect/trafficking
http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/lang--en/index.htm
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/state/hawaii
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