Introduction

Human trafficking is any buying and selling of humans

with the motive of labor work, prostitution, or any illegal
organ trafficking.
Human trafficking is a group of crimes involving the
exploitation of men, women and children for financial
gains which is violation of fundamental human rights
Human trafficking is the 3rd largest international crime
Over one million people trafficked annually
Millions of men, women and children are victims of
human trafficking
Human trafficking is a part of the larger problem of
slavery
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human trafficking is when people are transported, by
force or deception, to become enslaved
Traffickers use blackmail, abuse, and threats to force
victims to comply with their wishes in the destination
country
Usually caused by poverty/lack of economic
opportunities, especially for women and children, and a
demand for certain services in the destination country
 Definition
Illegal transportation of people for forced labour, sex
exploitation, forced marriages
Human trafficking is the recruitment, and transportation of
people for the purpose of exploitation
Trafficking of human beings is their trade or commercial
dealing
Human trafficking is a process of people being recruited
in their community and country of origin and transported
to the destination where they are being exploited for
purposes of forced labor, prostitution, domestic servitude,
and other forms of exploitation
 CAUSES OF TRAFFICKING
Unemployment
Poverty
Absence of a social safety
Political instability
Status of violence against women & children
The low risk, high-profit
 What is the Demand of Human
Trafficking
Demand for prostitution
Demand for cheap labor
Potential profits are very high
 WHO ARE TRAFFICKED?
Women and children are the key target
People of low income
People with low level of education
Young girls running away from home
People who lack awareness of their legal rights
Women and children of varying ages
 Involvement of Persons
Throughout the entire human trafficking process there
are 4 people involved:
The recruiter
The trafficker
The victim
The human trafficking industry
 The Victims
The majority of trafficking victims are between 18 and 24
years of age

An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year

95% of victims experienced physical or sexual violence

during trafficking (based on data from selected European
countries)
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43% of victims are used for forced commercial sexual
exploitation, of whom 98 per cent are women and girls

32% of victims are used for forced economic exploitation,

of whom 56 per cent are women and girls

Many trafficking victims have at least middle-level

education
 Traffickers Use Multiple Means
to Control Their Victims
Beatings, burnings, rapes, and starvation
Isolation
Psychological abuses
Drug or alcohol dependency
Document withholding
Debt bondage
Threats of deportation
Threats against the victims family or friends in his/her
home country
 ABUSES
Trafficked women and children may experience the most
horrifying abuses:
Rape
Physical abuse, including beatings with weapons
Threats and violence against them and their family
Verbal abuse
Imprisonment
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Little or no access to health care
Minimum food and of poor quality
Dirty and cramped living conditions
Forced abortions
Forced use of drugs and alcohol

Trafficked women and children are kept in an

environment of fear
General Facts on Trafficking
Victims are typically exploited by someone from their own
country.
Victims rarely self-identify when they are approached or
rescued.
Physical security is the greatest perceived need of most
victims.
Traffickers often allow victims to attend church, using this
to control the victim.
Recruitment tactics used by
traffickers
False promises of

A good job
A better life
Love
Marriage
An opportunity to provide for their family
Educational opportunities