TAKE ACTION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
We may believe it only exist overseas in low income or thrid world countries.
But the truth is, human trafficking in America is as bad as it is anywhere else. It is happening within our boundaries.
It is the greatest crime against human rights. We see human trafficking like a fog and it is our goal to uncover the ones victimized by it.
We are calling people to partner and to commit to fight a cause effecting thousands.
50 STATES All 50 states in America had made a report on human trafficking
We are a
nationwide awareness campaign that is committed to
FIGHTING AGAINST human trafficking in America.
We want you to know the reality of this criminal industry.
It can end with your help on our side.
1.6 MILLION In 1999, an estimated number of an approximate 1.6 million runaway/ thrownaway youth were at risk of sexual endangerment or exploitation.
It is defined today as modern day slavery Researchers indicate there are tens of thousands of people living in slavery, in America, right now. This is real slavery, people forced to work against their will under violence or threat of violence and are paid nothing. They are in America and they can not walk away. They have lost control of their lives, and they are being exploited and brutalized in terrible ways. People profit from others through this criminal industry.
ONE OF TH President Obama also spoke about modern-day slavery in the U.S., from child sex slaves to migrant workers who have their documents taken from them.
HUMAN RI Barack Obama called modern day slavery “barbaric” and “evil” as he spoke out In September 2012 against trafficking and praised companies, organizations and individuals fighting the traffickers.
OF OUR T I He added: “Everyone has a responsibility. Every nation can take action.”
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HE GREATEST GHTS CAUSES ME 150 Y EARS AGO Lincoln ended slavery 150 years ago but people are still being used and sold today.
Young girls are the new commodities that traffickers are selling.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children estimates that 100,000 to 300,000 American children are prostituted or at risk of commercial sexual exploitation within America. Over 80 percent of cases investigated by the Justice Department were US citizens, not immigrants.
91 CITIES The US Department of Justice reports that it has occurred in nearly every state of the nation. 91 cities all together.
The average age of entry into street prostitution is
BETWEEN 12 and 14 YEARS OLD though there have been cases of
girls as young as
9 YEARS OLD
35 COUNTRIES A recent study found that citizens of more than 35 countries are enslaved in the US, with the greatest numbers coming from China, Mexico, and Vietnam.
Traffickers prey over the weak and lonely. Traffickers frequently target vulnerable people with histories of abuse and then use violence, threats, lies, false promises, debt bondage, or other forms of control and manipulation to keep victims involved in the sex industry. Traffickers disguise themselves as legitimate recruiters or employment brokers and promise paying work, which lead people to sign on.
HUMAN TR Human trafficking happens right here, in the most free and democratic country in the world. People think victims are complicit in their own exploitation. With sex trafficking, people think that “they’re just prostitutes.”
IS NOT LEG All sex trafficking victims have been forced, defrauded or coerced. A child cannot consent to his own sexual exploitation. With foreign nationals, people think they’re essentially illegal immigrants who have been smuggled in because they wanted to be.
BUT HAPPE That’s not the case. They have been forced against their will to work here, and that is clearly a violation of U.S. and international law.
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AFFICKING AL ANYWHERE NS EVERYWHERE. 70% - 90% Women used for sexual servitude are 70 - 90% likely to experience rape or sexual violence.
The ugly truth is that it is less risky and more profitable to sell a girl than crack cocaine or meth.
The U.S. government spends 300 times more money each year to fight drug trafficking than it does to fight human trafficking. Human trafficking is wrapped up in almost every industry’s supply chain, tainting the food we eat, the clothes we buy and the electronics we love.
$32 BILLION Combating this $32 billion-dollar-a-year industry takes enormous effort as well as a large framework of diligent abolitionists.
After the illegal drug industry,
human trafficking is the
SECOND LARGEST criminal organization in the country.
$ 40 - $10 0 $40 - 100 is the average cost of a human being trafficked or sold around the states and world.
Pimp, a tax free job using girls Polaris Project, a non-profit anti-trafficking organization in Washington, DC, reported that a pimp who had three young women and girls in his “stable� were each were bringing back $500 every day. Do the math, the pimp was making about $24,000 a month or $642,000 a year tax free by selling sex with girls and young women he controlled and then keeping all the money.
March 2013
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A Georgia man pleads guilty to running a commercial sex business that prostituted at least seven juvenile girls in Herndon and other locations throughout Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
I’M ALL YOU Edwin Barcus Jr., aka “Boo,” 27, faces a minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life in prison. This is the first conviction for child exploitation charge within the Eastern District of Virginia. Barcus started the child prostitution operation in 2007 according to officials in Virginia. He enticed usually “runaways” or teens from “broken” homes.
YOU KNOW These youths were largely from Georgia and brought to Virginia and Maryland “because it was highly profitable” to conduct prostitution in this area. Barcus said a night’s work could bring in $500 from each of the exploited juveniles working in Herndon.
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According to a United Nations report, the recruiter in 54 percent of human trafficking cases was a stranger to the victim.
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14,500 - 17,500 The US government estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 people are brought into the US each year to be used as slaves.
Ashley When Ashley was 12-years-old she got into a fight with her mother and ran away from home. She ended up staying with her friend’s older brother at his house and intended to go home the next day, but when she tried to leave he told her that he was a pimp and that
SHE WAS NOW HIS PROPERTY. He locked her in a room, beat her daily, and advertised her for sex on websites. Once, she looked out a window and saw her mother on the street, crying and posting flyers with Ashley’s photo. When Ashley tried to shout her mother’s name from the window her pimp grabbed her by the hair and yanked her back, threatening
“IF YOU SHOUT, I’LL KILL YOU.” Ashley eventually escaped her confinement and is now at a treatment center for girls who have been sexually trafficked in New York.
NO LONGER IN BONDAGE
8 OUT OF 10 Eight in 10 human trafficking cases involve the sex industry; the others involve labor trafficking.
Harriet ran away from home when she was 11 years old and moved in with a 32-year-old man who sexually and physically abused her and convinced her to become a prostitute. In the next two years, Harriet became addicted to drugs and contracted numerous sexually transmitted diseases.
The police arrested Harriet when she was 13 and charged her with committing prostitution. They made no efforts to find her pimp. Harriet was placed on probation for 18 months in the custody of juvenile probation officials. Her lawyers have appealed the decision, arguing that since she could not legally consent to sex, she cannot face prostitution-related charges.
Maria
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Maria Elena was 13 years old when a family acquaintance told her she could make ten times as much money waiting tables in the United States than she could in her small village. She and several other girls were driven across the border, and then continued the rest of the way on foot.
I DON’T LIKE T They traveled four days and nights through the desert, making their way into Texas, then crossing east toward Florida. Finally, Maria Elena and the other girls arrived at their destination, a rundown trailer where they were forced into prostitution. Maria Elena was gang-raped and locked in the trailer until she agreed to do what she was told.
I NEED TO BE F She lived under 24-hour watch and was forced to have sex with up to 30 men a day When she got pregnant, she was forced to have an abortion and sent back to work the next day. Maria Elena finally made her escape only to be arrested along with her traffickers.
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2,515 CASES In 2010, 2,515 human trafficking cases were under investigation in the U.S.
RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS CONTACT THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE CENTER TO REPORT A SITUATION: HOTLINE AT 1-888-3737-888
Poor Mental Health or Abnormal Behavior Is fearful, anxious, depressed, tense, or nervous/paranoid Exhibits unusually fearful or anxious behavior after bringing up law enforcement Avoids eye contact
Poor Physical Health Lacks health care Appears malnourished Shows signs of physical and/or sexual abuse or confinement
Lack of Control Has few or no personal possessions Is not in control of his/her own money Is not in control of his/her own identification documents Is not allowed or able to speak for themselves
1,000 CALLS The National Human Trafficking Resource Center hot line gets 1,000 calls a month about suspected trafficking victims.
TEXT? YOU CAN TEXT “BEFREE� TO 233733
Common Work and Living Conditions Is not free to leave or come and go as he/she wishes. Is under 18 and is providing commercial sex acts. Is in the commercial sex industry and has a pimp / manager. Is not allowed breaks or suffers under unusual restrictions at work Works excessively long and/or unusual hours. Is unpaid, paid very little, or paid only through tips. Was recruited through false promises concerning the nature and conditions of her work. High security measures exist in the work and/or living locations (e.g. opaque windows, boarded up windows, bars on windows, barbed wire, security cameras, etc.)
Other Claims of just visiting inability to clarify where they are staying Lack of knowledge of their whereabouts Loss of sense of time Has numerous inconsistencies in his/her story
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