3. What Is Human Trafficking
• “all acts involved in the recruitment, abduction,
transport, harbouring, transfer, sale or receipt of
persons, within national or across international
borders, through force, fraud or deception, to place
persons in situations of slavery or slavery-like
conditions, forced labour or services, such as forced
prostitution or sexual services, domestic servitude,
bonded sweatshop labour, or other debt bondage.“
• _California legislature
4. Background Of Human Trafficking
• Human trafficking and exploitation has been in existence
across the globe for thousands of years. From the ancient
Greek and Romans to the medieval times, and up until
today, humans have been subject to various forms of
physical and sexual slavery.
• Although forms of slavery existed before the 1400, the
1400s marked the start of European slave trading in Africa
with the Portuguese transporting people from Africa to
Portugal and using them as slaves. In 1562, the British
joined in on the slave trade in Africa. The development of
plantation colonies increased the volume of the slave trade.
Later on throughout the 1600s, other countries became more
involved in the European slave trade. These included Spain,
North America, Holland, France, Sweden, and Denmark
7. Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking is a crime when women, men and children are
forcefully involved in commercial sex acts.
8. Sex Trafficking
Types of sex
Trafficking:
• Prostitution:
“An act to having
sex for the money”
• Pornography:
“visual material that depicts
naked people and/or sexual acts”
9. Sex Trafficking
Rape:
“Rape is a sexual crime of
power that can be perpetrated
against anyone”
A story of Lukshami.
10. Sex Trafficking
How Someone Trafficked?
• Romantically involved with someone and then forced
to become prostitute.
• False job promises (modelling, dancing)etc.
• Forced by parents.
• Others are promised for marriage, educational
opportunities and a better life.
• Attracted by money.
11. Sex Trafficking
• What is the impact of sex trafficking?
• Emotional stress.
• Anxiety.
• Depression.
• HIV/AIDS
12. Force/Slave Labour
“Forced labour is any work or service which people are
forced to do against their will, under threat of
punishment. Almost all slavery practices contain some
element of forced labour.”
13. Forced/Slave Labour
• The Causes of Forced Labour:
• Unemployment.
• poverty.
• discrimination.
• Immigration.
14. Forced/Slave Labour
• What Consequences Do Victims Face?
• Loose freedom.
• Experienced physical and psychological harm.
• Isolation from communities and families.
15. Organ Harvesting and Human Trafficking
• When families or individuals are tired of spending
years on a medical waiting list, they sometimes
purchase body parts – kidneys, eyes, lungs, heart,
limbs and more – for transplant on the black market.
• It sounds like science fiction, but organ harvesting is
an unfortunate fact in the criminology world of today
16. Organ Harvesting and Human
Trafficking
• Organ harvesting has been tied to human trafficking
and has become a booming business in the 21st
century on a global scale.
• Notably, quite a lot of illegally-trafficked body parts
are harvested by any means necessary, and are gladly
received, no-questions-asked, by the person willing to
pay top dollar for a kidney, a heart, or a hip.
17. Illegal Organs: Supply and Demand
• According to the American Transplant Foundation, 123,000
people in the United States are on the waiting list to receive an
organ. Every 12 minutes a new name is added to the list and an
average of 21 persons per day die due to a lack of organ
availability. Corneas, kidneys, liver, lung, intestines, bone
marrow are the most common transplant needs.
• According to the World Health Organization, America is one
of many organ-importing countries and by the use of the web,
patients can get transplant packages from $70 to over
$160,000.00.
18. Killing To Give Life
• In addition to con-artists and unscrupulous doctors, there
are also extreme cases in which people are outright
murdered for their organs. Every year, there are
suspicious deaths, in which the victim had their organs
removed.
• 2013- Kendrick Johnson, 17 year old student of Georgia,
was found dead inside of a mat at his school, the death
was ruled an accident. When his parents demanded an
independent investigation, a second autopsy revealed that
his internal organs, brains, lungs, liver were missing, and
the cavities were filled with
19. Killing To Give Life
• 2014- Ryan Singleton, 24 year old of Georgia, went to
California in pursuit of acting jobs. His body was discovered
in Death Valley with multiple organs removed. (Eyes, heart,
lung, liver, and kidney were missing) The rest of his body
remained intact. The investigators told his family that his
organs may have been eaten by a wild animal. (WGNTV)
• 2015 – Nicholas Rodriguez, 24 year old California State
Prison inmate was found after a 15 hour prison riot in a
garbage can in the shower next to his cell. His body was
almost cut in half and his abdominal and chest organs were
removed. This mutilation occurred in a medium security prison
with surveillance. (Huffington Post)
20. 5 Ways You Can Help Stop Human
Trafficking
• PRAY
• Pray for law enforcement to track down criminals and bring
them to justice.
• Pray for traffickers to turn from their sin and for those who
exploit people by purchasing sex, services or slave-made
products to change their behaviour.
• GET INVOLVED
• final ministries in your area and get involved on a local
level. For a wider view, see : International Justice Mission,
an organization that protects the poor from violence in the
developing world. Its website is IJM.org.
• Freedom 58 is dedicated to fighting slavery and violent
oppression through advocacy, education, and action. Its
website is Freedom58Project.com.
21. 5 Ways You Can Help Stop Human
Trafficking
• BE AWARE
Trafficking happens in restaurants, hotels, nail salons,
airports and shopping malls. Look out for these signs:
Victims don’t have freedom to move and are closely
watched.
• Excessive security in a workplace or home can signal
captivity.
• READ
There are a number of books on human trafficking we
especially recommend: Girls Like Us by Rachel Lloyd
• Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• PASS THE WORD
Talk with friends and share information on social media
regarding trafficking
22. How to prevent Human Trafficking
• January is Human
Trafficking Awareness
Month. Every one of
us can do something
to help stop this crime