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Forced Sex Work

A International and Local


(Colombia) Perspective Review
BY: JOHN ORTIZ ORDOEZ - @JOHNORTIZO
HUMAN TRAFFICKING THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY VIA COURSERA
1. Context What is Human
Trafficking?
Trafficking in persons shall mean the recruitment,
transportation, transfer, habouring or receipt of
person by means of the threat or use of forc or
other form of coercin, of abduction, of fraud, of
deception

Source: UNODC Definition of Trafficking in Persons
Figure 1.
Illegal Trade in People
Other related forms of Forced Sex Work:
Reproductive slavery
Sexual exploitation
Forced Labor
Removal of organs
Figure 2.
Basic Elements in Forced Sex Work
According to UNODC (ONU on Drugs and Crime) this is the formula
for human trafficking and related practices:
Act +Means + Purpose = Trafficking
Figure 5.
International Legal Aspects
International crime against humanity
Violation of human rights
Alternative denomination: XXI Century Slavery
ONU Convention: Protocol against Trafficking in Persons
Figure 3.
International Statistics
About 12.3 millions of people are victims of human trafficking
or any related form of forced sex work.
Between 10 and 30% are women under adult age.
In Latin American, around 2 millions of girls, boys and teenagers
are victims of sexual exploitation.
Forced sex work has been reported in more than 130 countries.
According to ONU, more than 2.4M are being exploited local
and externally.

Figure 4.
Background of Trafficking in
Colombia (1/2)
Based on the research from Ministry of Interior and Justice of
Colombia these are relevants facts about human trafficking and
forced sex work:
1940: sexual exploited women were sent as a prostitutes to the
Netherlands Antilles.
1970: the common destination of trafficked Colombian women were
European countries.
1990: a new route of human trafficking was discovered from Colombia
to Asian countries.
Background of Trafficking in
Colombia (2/2)
Colombia is considered the third country in America in human
trafficking after Brazil and Dominican Republic.
According the DAS and National Police: during 2002 and 2006 the
identified victims (230) were women (aged between 23 and 27
years)
92% of the cases, victims were sent to another countries
The rest, 8%, were dealed in local activities.
The majority of the cases were related to sexual exploitation
9% to servile marriage
7% domestic services
2% forced recruitment
[Note: To know more about this read this article (Spanish): http://www.oim.org.co/publicaciones-oim/trata-de-personas/1509-descentralizacion-de-la-
politica-publica-de-lucha-contra-la-trata-de-personas-un-enfoque-territorial.html

Resources:
Sexual slavery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_slavery
Trata de personas - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre -
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trata_de_personas
OIM Colombia - http://www.oim.org.co/
Figure 1: Recruitment - http://waynepark.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/humantrafficking2.jpg
Figure 2: Woman hands - http://freethinkernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photodune-
6371289-human-trafficking-concept-photo-m.jpg
Figure 3: Global justice law - http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/global-justice-law-design-
information-related-to-38165109.jpg
Figure 4: Statistics:
https://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/SUPERVISTA/business/png/400/column_chart.png
Figure 5: Human Trafficking formula (UNODC): http://www.unodc.org/images/human-
trafficking/Act%20Means%20Purpose.jpg

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