Sex Trafficking
What is Sex Trafficking?
- Victims are taken by physical force, others are lured into the trade
- Victims are forced into labor and domestic servitude
- Average domestic servants are a girls around 12-14 years
- May also be forced to offer sex in return for food and shelter
Holly Austin Smith
- At 14 years old she ran away with a man that lured her to runaway with him
- The man raped and lured her into prostitution
- He served 1 year in jail
- She wants stronger anti-trafficking laws
Barbara Amaya
- Ran away at age 12
- A couple took her in from the streets and pretended to care for her
- She was sold to Moses who took her to New York City
- Moses put her on the streets where she was abused, shot, stabbed, raped, and trafficked by age 18
- When she was no longer valuable, she was released
Jasmine Marino
- She was 19 when she was trafficked
- Teen from a dysfunctional home
- A man who became her boyfriend lured her into prostitution
- Kept against her will for 5 years
Problems with Sex Trafficking
- It's against your rights
- It's a world wide problem
- It's illegal
- People are taken against their will and being trafficked to do something they don't want to do
Solutions
- Severely punish its national and multi-national profiteers
- Arrest its customers
- Offer a way out to its prisoners
- Create self-respecting economic alternatives for girls and women who are at risk
- Make stronger anti-trafficking laws
How Can You Help?
- Call National Human Trafficking Resource Center @1-888-373-7888 if you know of someone being trafficked
- Raise awareness about sex trafficking
- Donate to funds
- Organize a fundraiser and donate to an anti-trafficking organization
- Start or sign a human trafficking petition
Statistics
- 80% of these victims are used as sexual slaves, 21% of them are children
- 17% are trafficked to perform forced labor
- 2/3 of the victims are women
- 1 out of 100 victims is ever rescued
- 161 countries are affected by human trafficking, across every continent
Back to Innocence | Jubilee Project short film on sex trafficking