Human trafficking is a significant problem in Hawaii. There are an estimated thousands of females trafficked for sex each year, with about 150 known brothels on Oahu housing 3 to 15 girls each. Forced labor also impacts the state, with aliens smuggled in and forced to work long hours under dangerous conditions on fishing boats for very low pay. Additionally, the average age of girls trafficked for sex in Hawaii is only 12 years old, highlighting the severe issue of child sex trafficking.

1. Human
Trafficking
in Hawaii

2. 3 Topics to Focus on
1. Sex
Trafficking
2. Forced
Labor
3. Child Sex
Trafficking

3. Topic #1:
Sex
Trafficking

4. “The number of females trafficked for sex
in Hawaii each year is most likely in the
thousands,"

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 three
to 15 girls. This doesn't include the street
prostitution and online scene."

6. Topic #2: Forced
Labor

7. Aliens are smuggled into
Hawaii for around
$10,000 a person, and
then forced to live in
unsanitary conditions on
fishing vessels docked at
Honolulu piers where
they are paid as little as
$300 a month for full-
time commercial fishing
work.

8. Many Hawaiian
fishing workers
make only 70
cents a day,
work 20 hour
days, and face
crippling debt if
they abandon
contracts.

9. Topic #3:
Child Sex
Trafficking

10. The average age of girls who are sex
trafficked in Hawaii is 12 years old.

12. Sources
• Picture sources:
• http://thegritandgraceproject.org/life-and-culture/the-solution-to-the-sex-trafficking-problem
• http://www.insightcrime.org/component/tags/tag/7-human-trafficking
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charter_fishing_boat_in_Hawaii.jpg
• https://www.pinterest.com/pin/375135843934679669/
• http://www.blikk.hu/aktualis/kulfold/sokkolo-ragogumiert-vetkoztette-a-7-eves-kislanyt-a-pedofil-ferfi/fxxvjdq
• http://lasvegas.informermg.com/2015/01/31/public-can-help-devastating-issue-child-sex-trafficking/
• http://wxxinews.org/post/watch-hidden-plain-sight-labor-trafficking-roc-region
• https://patch.com/minnesota/oakdale/28-year-old-man-charged-sex-trafficking-oakdale-hotel
• Articles
• http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/01/paradise-lost-sex-trafficking-hawaii-160120111423579.html
• http://www.hawaiireporter.com/rise-in-human-trafficking-impacts-hawaii
• https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/blog/slave-caught-fish-illegal-thailand-legal-hawaii