school presentation. human trafficking is modern day slavery. it is the sale of human beings for...
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What is it?
Human trafficking is modern day slavery.
It is the sale of human beings for the profit of others.
More than one person suffers from being brutally trafficked every minute around the world.
United Nations def.
"the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of threat, use of force or other means of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the receiving or giving of payment… to a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation."
Human Trafficking
Over 27 Million people are trafficked today
A multi-billion dollar industry almost equal to the drug and illegal arms trade
Women and children are among the highest percentage trafficked
Eastern Europe
Over 1 Million people have been trafficked from Eastern Europe
100,000 Eastern European girls have been sold into the sex trade
How it Happens?
Phony job offers abroad
Payments to orphanages for the 15 & 16 year old girls
AbductionsFalse advertising
What Effects?
Documents are taken away
Beaten into submission
Forced to work or your life (or the lives of your loved ones at home) is threatened
Live in desperation
What to do to prevent being trafficked?
Be careful meeting strangers who offer a better life and lots of money
Check out job offers through the hotline number and online resources
Always tell people where you are traveling to with contact numbers
Signs of Trafficking
Cannot leave the shop or business
Does not have IDAfraid around
adultsNot allowed to be
outside aloneWorks long hoursPoor diet and
appearance
What to do if you are trafficked?
Try to find someone who will help you
Contact your embassy
Contact local authorities
Don’t lose hope
How to help?
Spread the word about this issue
Help your friends who may be falsely offered a job abroad
Report suspicious people who advertise these types of offers
Lobby local government to prosecute traffickers
Join the Cause
Become a JFY advocate
Hang a poster and do a school presentation
Give to spread the campaign
Contact Info
Justiceforyouth.org info@justiceforyouth.
org