Slavery in the 21st Century
The Reality of Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking can be defined as...
Sex trafficking- Where commercial sex act is urged by force, fraud or coercion, or in which a person is induced to perform such act, and has not reached 18 years of age
or
- The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage or slavery.
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How it Works
“Victims” pay money to be illegally transported to the United States
They end up in the hands of Traffickers, and are taken/purchased
Forced into prostitution, involuntary labor, and forms of servitude to pay back debts/fees.
“Victims” find themselves in the middle of a new culture, language, without knowing what to do.
Victims are Starved, Beaten, and Denied medical Attention
Each year thousands of men, women and children are trafficked.
In many Cases, The Victims are only Children
Trafficking victims are usually hidden in plain sight, Trapped in Lives of Misery
Slavery Didn't completely end in 1865
PUT AN end to Human Trafficking once and for all
Speak Up and Report Human Trafficking
National Human Trafficking Resource Center:
1 (888) 373-7888