2. What is human trafficking?
• Human trafficking is modern day slavery
• There are two kinds of trafficking:
1. Forced labor
2. Sexual exploitation
3. Statistics
• 700,000 to 2,000,000 people trafficked a year
• 15% of victims are forced into labor
• 14% of victims are sexually exploited
• 71% of victims are involved in both
• Trafficking is a $10,000,000,000 industry
4. Who is involved?
• Victims: can be anyone
– Women
– Children
– Runaways
– Homeless people
– Illegal immigrants
– Poor people
5. • Traffickers:
― Have the same nationality as the victim
― Is someone the victim knows and trusts
• Countries:
– Where victims are taken from
– That are the destination sites for victims
– Where victims are transported through
7. What is being done?
• Awareness campaigns
• Police force training
• Laws against trafficking
• Formation of government and nongovernment organizations
• Prosecution of traffickers
• Protection and reintegration of victims
