What is it? Human trafficking is the process, in which men and women of all ages are abducted, transported, and forced into prostitution, to repay ‘debts’, such as entry into the United States. These victims are threatened to allow the offender to take control and advantage of them for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor. Today, human trafficking has proven to be the second largest criminal industry in the world and it is also the fastest growing.
Where is it happening?
Human Trafficking happens everywhere around the world. In the United States of America it happens all the time. The top ten states with the largest percent of calls received of the crime; these are California, Texas, Florida, Illinois, D.C., Virginia, Georgia, Ohio, and North Carolina.
How does it happen?
Labor trafficking occurs in diverse contexts that encompass all forms of labor or services. Common places where forced labor has been found in the United States include domestic servitude and small-scale "mom and pop" labor operations, to more large-scale operations such as farms and factories. Certain labor brokers that supply labor to multinational corporations have also been identified as an emerging type of labor traffickers. Sex trafficking includes commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), as well as every instance where an adult is in the sex trade as the result of force, fraud, or coercion. Sex trafficking occurs within numerous venues in the broader sex industry, commonly found in street prostitution, online escort services, residential brothels, and brothels disguised as massage businesses. Under U.S. and international law, commercially sexually exploited children found in the sex trade are considered to be victims of trafficking, even if no force or coercion is present.
Human trafficking is the process, in which men and women of all ages are abducted, transported, and forced into prostitution, to repay ‘debts’, such as entry into the United States. These victims are threatened to allow the offender to take control and advantage of them for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor. Today, human trafficking has proven to be the second largest criminal industry in the world and it is also the fastest growing.
Where is it happening?
Human Trafficking happens everywhere around the world. In the United States of America it happens all the time. The top ten states with the largest percent of calls received of the crime; these are California, Texas, Florida, Illinois, D.C., Virginia, Georgia, Ohio, and North Carolina.
How does it happen?
Labor trafficking occurs in diverse contexts that encompass all forms of labor or services. Common places where forced labor has been found in the United States include domestic servitude and small-scale "mom and pop" labor operations, to more large-scale operations such as farms and factories. Certain labor brokers that supply labor to multinational corporations have also been identified as an emerging type of labor traffickers. Sex trafficking includes commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), as well as every instance where an adult is in the sex trade as the result of force, fraud, or coercion. Sex trafficking occurs within numerous venues in the broader sex industry, commonly found in street prostitution, online escort services, residential brothels, and brothels disguised as massage businesses. Under U.S. and international law, commercially sexually exploited children found in the sex trade are considered to be victims of trafficking, even if no force or coercion is present.