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Human Trafficking and Profit
The document addresses the grim realities of human trafficking, highlighting its prevalence as the second largest global criminal activity after illegal drugs. It outlines the various forms of trafficking, including sexual exploitation and forced labor, and emphasizes that most victims are women and children who are often coerced into these situations due to poverty and vulnerability. The presentation calls for awareness and action against the culture that normalizes exploitation and encourages individuals to take steps towards combating human trafficking.
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- 1. Pimps, Prostitutes &Profit Human Trafficking in a Globalized world A Presentation by Muslims Combatting Human Trafficking Mct0.wordpress.com Pyramid Connections Javed Mohammed New Narratives, New Peaks k2film@live.com K2 Vista Productions
- 2. Poverty is SoMiserable… “I was desperate. When they offered work, I had no choice but to accept. Soon after my arrival in Japan, I realized that I had been sold. My life after that was like that of an animal.” “Set me free: Women immigrants often forced into prostitution,” New Internationalist, Siriporn Skrobanek, September 1998 2
- 3. Trafficking is… • Buyingor selling human beings • Supporting the above by hiring forced prostitutes or patronizing forced labor establishments Photo Credit: UNODC 3
- 4. Poverty is SoMiserable… “I was sold three more times and forced to have sex everyday. My owner threatened that wherever I escaped to, I would be traced and killed and so would my parents in Thailand.” “Set me free: Women immigrants often forced into prostitution,” New Internationalist, Siriporn Skrobanek, September 1998 4
- 5. Trafficking is… • Holdingand/or transporting people against their will • Forcing people into servitude through violence and/or deception 5
- 6. It’s Worse ThanYou Realize Trafficking in persons is the 2nd largest criminal activity in the world, following illegal drugs Just in front of illegal arms 6
- 8. Types of Trafficking • Sexual exploitation • Child prostitution • Forced labor • Child soldiers • Indentured servants • Organ harvesting Photo Credit: DOD JCCC 8
- 9. Slavery is HappeningNow Photo Credit: UNODC 9
- 10. “Those girls arewhores of war. It happens.” INTERNATIONAL POLICE TASK FORCE After the Rape Camps of Bosnia were brought to a close, the same IPTF Peacekeepers were trafficking young East European women in Sarajevo and beyond
- 11. Culture Influences ourattitude
- 12. The Culture –The Internet • Internet increased availability and amount of pornography, marketing of prostitution, & online live sex shows
- 13. The Culture • Pimpculture in music & video • Pimp celebrities
- 14. The Culture • Culture,mass- media play a role in normalizing prostitution
- 15. The Culture: TheAcademy Award • "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from HUSTLE & FLOW
- 16. Profit from theGlobal Sex Trade • $75,000 to $250,000 per victim/year (INTERPOL)
- 17. Who is Responsible? •Organized Crime • Contractors, Government Civilians • Military Personnel • Culture • Corrupt Police 17
- 18. Who is Responsible? •Citizens: • Young & Old • Fat & Ugly • Secular & Religious • In over 150 countries 18
- 19. Who is thecriminal? •0.6% arrests were pimps 13 From Hughes, Donna M. The Demand for Victims of Sex Trafficking. 2005. Chicago Police in District 14(2001-2002) 19
- 20. Who is thecriminal? •9.6% arrested were male purchasers of commercial sex acts 13 From Hughes, Donna M. The Demand for Victims of Sex Trafficking. 2005. Chicago Police in District 14(2001-2002) 20
- 21. Who is thecriminal? •89% of the arrests were female victims of commercial sex acts 13 From Hughes, Donna M. The Demand for Victims of Sex Trafficking. 2005. Chicago Police in District 14(2001-2002) 21
- 22. The Victims Most victimsare women and children who have been: • Kidnapped • Tricked • Coerced/Forced • Sold by their families Photo Credit: DOD JCCC 22
- 23. How does traffickinghappen?
- 24. Recruited in groups •But no safety in numbers
- 25. How they getyour trust • First link in chain is a relative, friend, neighbo r.
- 26. Police & traffickersa team • In many parts of the world with high corruption going to the police, does not help the victim escape.
- 27. If victim goesto police • They may return victim to pimp or imprison them for prostitution and deport then deport them for being illegal
- 28. Gaining trust • Sometimesthe first wave of victims is allowed to go home, and impress other girls with luxury cars, clothes and jewelry and recruit the next round.
- 29. Match-making services inEastern Europe • Most mail order brides run by organized crime
- 30. Where do theyfind their prey • With the poor, weak and vulnerable. Eg Orphans who have to leave the orphanage on turning 16, 17. Children abandoned by parents
- 31. Sexual Slavery causedby • Devastating Poverty • Armed conflict • Rapid Industrialization • Exploding Population growth
- 32. Why can’t theyescape? • They are watched by thugs, and sold many times, so they do not know the language nor have any documentation
- 33. Why can’t theyescape? • Can’t trust police, and also threat to family back home
- 34. Why are somany young women vulnerable • Unemployment is as high as 80% for women but they are still expected to shoulder responsibility
- 35. Go West • Theyouth dream of the West. To be offered a job is a dream come true.
- 36. • Your dignityis in your hands take care of it. Modeling adventures are rarely that.
- 37. Nothing in theworld is free • If it sounds too good to be true it is. Ask yourself why would they be doing this?
- 38. How could theybe so naïve? • A young woman struggling for survival may suspend her better judgment and take a big risk
- 39. Life is notlike the movies • Pretty Woman
- 40. Reality • Have sexwith 10-20 Johns per day
- 41. Solution: what canI do?
- 42. Do something anythingto make the word a better place
- 43. November 25, is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- 44. A day ofEmpathy
- 45. A day toeducate
- 46. A day tobe a citizen of the world
- 47. A day tocritique films, tv, ads, & media
- 48. Protest the pimpculture
- 49. Adultery in allfaiths is a big sin • Visiting bars, clubs, massage parlors, or other places with fronts for prostitution should be avoided at all costs
- 50. Remember, there isa higher power God watching your every move • God enjoins justice and kindness, and giving to kinfolk, and forbids indecency and abomination and wickedness Holy Quran And those who commit oppression shall know what kind of destiny they shall meet
- 51. END Injustice anywhere isa threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King Jr SLAVERY And if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of a whole people Holy Quran FOREVER Come save a life Muslims Combatting Human Trafficking Mct0.wordpress.com k2film@live.com
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