Sex trafficking is a modern form of slavery where people are forced into sexual acts against their will. It is estimated that millions of people, mostly women and children, are victims of sex trafficking globally each year. Traffickers use tactics like deception and abuse to lure and trap victims, controlling them through violence, threats, debt bondage and isolation. Rescue organizations work to identify and help victims while pursuing legal action against traffickers, but more needs to be done to address the complex social and economic factors that allow trafficking networks to continue operating.

2. Sex-Trafficking = Modern day
Sexual Slavery

3. What is it?
• Buying/Selling of persons
• forced to perform sexual
acts against their will
– Other forms of
trafficking:
• Labour
• i.e. sweatshops,
construction

4. What is it?
“Sex-Trafficking is the recruiting &
transportation persons, for sexual
exploitation
through the use of force, coercion,
deception or threats against the person
sexual exploitation → forced prostitution

5. The Problem Today
Sex-Trafficking
• 80%+ women, 50% minors
• The average age of entry is 12-14
– Some research says 18-19
• ~ 27 million slaves
• Compared to Trans-
Atlantic
• 58% - sex slavery
• 36% - forced labour

6. The Problem Today
• Human-trafficking = 2nd
largest criminal
industry
• Fastest growing (USHHS)
• $30B industry

7. Where does this happen?
Domestic
- July 2014 – KW
area
- Forced women
to be escorts
Global
- South-East Asia
- Eastern Europe
- North America

8. What does it look like?

9. Result is often forced prostitution

11. Sex tourism/Exploitation

13. How does it happen?
(how does someone become a victim of
trafficking?)

14. Lured
- “Loverboy”
- Abusive partner
Tricked
- Job advertisement
- “Waitressing, Modelling”
Forced
- Kidnapped

16. Trapped
Once lured into the industry, it is
almost impossible to leave.

17. Trapped
• Raped
• Beaten
• Drugged
• “Brainwashed”
– Traffickers specifically abuse them to diminish
their self-esteem/self-w0rth

18. Loss of Identity
• Tattoo/branding
– Pimp will tattoo their
name or symbol on
victim
• Documentation taken
– Pimp/trafficker holds
their passport,
identification
• Constantly moved around
– Across cities & borders

19. Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHa9MJJgIzQ

20. Why does it happen?
The Perfect Storm
- Circumstances/context
– Developing countries, poverty
– Vulnerable, abused
– Traffickers willing to exploit
– Victims of authority
– War-torn areas
• Orphans

21. Example
Camilia, Cambodia
- age 11
- Virginity sold ~ $1000
- Average annual income ~ $300

22. Why don’t they just leave?
• Raped, beaten, threatened, drugged, threatened
• Stockholm Syndrome
• Self-esteem/self-worth diminished
• Nowhere else to go (if moved to different country,
where do they go for help?)
• Documentation taken/destroyed
• Expected to earn $ for family
• Love? Attention?

23. What is being done?
NGOs
• Rescue operations
• Victim recovery
• Prosecute traffickers
• Legislation
– Ex: Nordic Model
– Canada’s Bill C-36
• $20 million to help victims leave (if
they want to)
– stop imprisoning prostitutes / trafficking
victims
– Target buyers of sex & pimps

24. IJM
• Holistic
• Rescue, victim recovery, skills-
training
Work with:
• Social workers
• Law enforcement
• Lawyers
• Trauma recovery

25. Success
• 2,266 children, women and men set free from forced
labour in India.
• 239 girls and young women were rescued from sex
trafficking in India, Cambodia and the Philippines.
• 43 innocent men and women were set free from prison in
Kenya.
• 153 criminals were convicted.

26. Rahab Ministry (local)
• Outreach to sex workers
– Massage parlours, salons
• Leave gifts/care packages
• Tutoring, ESL
• Crisis Management
• Support
– Financial, shelter, emotional, social, spiritual
– Counselling

27. What can I do? The feelings I had
when first hearing about the issue
I’m just a student,
This is an overwhelming issue,
I can’t do anything..

28. What can I do?
1) Become educated
- documentary, books
- be aware
2) Give
- it’s not just about $
- give of your time, energy, volunteer

29. 3) Join an initiative
- International
Justice Mission
UW
- Help raise funds
and awareness

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