-17 year olds involved in CSEC in the United States each year likely exceeds 250,000; 60% of these victims are runaway, throwaway, or homeless youth
The California Child Welfare Council identified anywhere from 50% to 80% of victims are or were formerly involved with child welfare.
As many as 1/3 of teen runaways/throwaways will become involved in prostitution within 48 hours of leaving home
according to DoSomething.org. Of those, 80 percent are female, and half are children. According to some estimates, up to 80 percent of human trafficking involves sexual exploitation, while 19 percent of trafficking is forced labor.
And the common risk factor is what?
Ideas?
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Who are the Victims?
Trafficking victims can be men or women, boys or girls, United States citizens or foreign nationals.
Vulnerable school-aged youth
The average age a child enters the commercial sex trade is 11-13 years old.
LGBTQ youth – up to five times more likely than heterosexual youth to be victims of trafficking – increased susceptibility that comes with the feelings of rejection and alienation that are often experienced by LGBTQ youth.
This is why SI Placerville is working on prevention by assisting our professional partner, Prevention Works, in making middle schoolers aware of this issue in an age appropriate way and giving them tools to avoid becoming a victim.
How to identify manipulation
Self-esteem building
Goal setting
Cyber safety
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Factors Influencing Vulnerability
Poverty
Lack of education
Lack of job opportunities
Unstable family situations
Little to no social supports
Foster system
• History of childhood sex abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, or running away.
Drug use by teens
Do you know a child, girl or boy, with some of these risk factors? Maybe a friend of your child or grandchild? The kid in the house down the street?
Just be aware that these kids MIGHT be at risk of being recruited into becoming a victim.
Our partner in our Human trafficking Awareness efforts, Prevention Works, has a motto: Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story. You could be that adult.
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Who are the Traffickers?
ANYONE!!
Coach, neighbor, doctor (organ trafficking), the “funny” uncle in the family, the new boyfriend…
Remind audience of billion-dollar profits
Humans are re-newable resource
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How Traffickers Recruit Their Victims?
Kidnapped and taken forcibly
Lured by false job offers
False promises
Internet
This subsequently creates a lifelong debt the victim must work off (through either commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor) to repay their trafficker.
Ask – Which one do you think is used most often? Internet is number one method.
Least likely – Kidnapped
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Branding
Branding.
Sex trafficking victims, particularly those in major U.S. cities, are often branded with tattoos. A pimp or female controller will often brand victims with his or her street name, initials or a signature phrase. Other typical sex trafficking tattoos include bows, diamonds, dollar signs, bills, money bags, crowns, king, queen, princess, barcodes on the neck or alpha-numeric codes on the upper arm.
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They may appear to live a normal life…
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Public Transit – Red Flags
Passengers who are not allowed to speak for themselves
Passengers whose tickets or identification documents are being controlled by another person
Passengers who have never met the person who purchased their ticket for them
Minors traveling without adult supervision
Minors who do not know the person who is picking them up at their destination
Any acknowledgement that she/he has a pimp and is making a quota
Markings or tattoos that could be a pimp’s branding
Passengers who look dirty and disheveled, or seem confused, panicked, or afraid
People in the terminal who regularly approach minors but never board a bus
Cars that are frequently at the terminal but no one gets out to board a bus
Anyone who is offering to exchange sex for money or any other good or service
Debbie is now passing out some handouts that you can keep in your buses, to jog your memory of the indicators you are most likely to see during your work…
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Remember the sick girl who arrived at Marshall hospital ? Her life was saved, and it is possible that she took the bus to do it!
What would you do if a girl clad in only sweatpants and a bra wanted to board your bus to the hospital?
Perhaps now you would have a better idea of what might be going on…
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Demand
At the end of the day if no one purchased commercial sex, the crime of sex trafficking wouldn’t exist. Therefore, it is imperative that we address the issue of demand in order to create a culture where the buying and selling of human beings for another’s sexual gratification is not looked upon as normal behavior.
no buyer = no victim = no sex trafficking
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Quiz
Human Trafficking does not occur in the USA. It only happens in other countries.
False. Human Trafficking exists in every country, including the United States. It exists nationwide-in cities, suburbs, and small towns and even our community.
Human Trafficking victims are only foreign born individuals and those who are poor.
False. Human Trafficking victims can be of any age, race, gender, or nationality. They may come from any socioeconomic group.
Human Trafficking is only sex trafficking.
False. Sex Trafficking exists, but it is not the only type of human trafficking. Forced labor is another type of human trafficking; both involve exploitation of people. Victims are found in legitimate and illegitimate labor industries, including sweatshops, massage parlors, agriculture, restaurants, hotels and domestic service.
Individuals must be forced or coerced into commercial sex acts to be victims of human trafficking.
False. Under U.S. federal law, any minor under the age of 18 who is induced to perform commercial sex acts is a victim of human trafficking, regardless of whether he or she is forced or coerced.
Human trafficking and human smuggling are the same.
False. Human trafficking is not the same as smuggling. “Trafficking” is based on exploitation and does not require movement across borders. “Smuggling” is based on movement and involves moving a person across a country’s border with that person’s consent in violation of immigration laws.
Human trafficking victims will attempt to seek help when in public.
False. Human trafficking is often a hidden crime. Victims may be afraid to come forward and get help; they may be forced or coerced through threats or violence; they may fear retribution from traffickers, including danger to their families; and they may not be in possession of or have control of their identification documents.
PowerPoint Presentation: Transit presentation 1-25-2020 for FB.pptx
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