The Problem
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What is Human Trafficking?
The recruitment and/or movement of someone within or across borders, through the abuse of power/position with the intention of forced exploitation, commercial or otherwise. The act of recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.
Source: Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network, GAIN
Demand
Buyers of services by trafficking victims.
Sex Trafficking
A form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform commercial sex through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.
Labor Trafficking
A form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.
Victims
Children under the age of 18 induced into commercial sex; OR adults (18 and over) induced into commercial sex through force, fraud, or coercion; OR children and adults induced into perform labor or services through force, fraud, or coercion.
Traffickers
Individuals who exploit others for the profit gained from forced labor and commercial sex. They lure and ensnare people into forced labor and sex trafficking by manipulating and exploiting their vulnerabilities.
market demand
Labor and Sex Trafficking occurs because of market demand. If there were no buyers, the traffickers would not have a market to sell exploited persons. The Predators on this Wall of Shame must be held accountable. Please join with us in our commitment to shifting public opinion and changing hearts, so not even one child is a victim of exploitation.
Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 was the first comprehensive federal law to address trafficking of persons. The law provided a three-pronged approach that included prevention, protection, and prosecution. This launched law enforcement efforts to rescue victims and arrest traffickers, along with needed services for the care and restoration of trafficked persons.
In 2017 The TVPA was amended to provide “critical funding for both domestic and international anti-trafficking programs.”
A missing piece in these legislative efforts is holding the buyers, who create the demand for trafficked persons, accountable.
Buyers who fuel the child sex trade are seldom held accountable. Most just blend back into their families, jobs and neighborhoods. Until the next time…
A U.S. Department of Justice spokeswoman, in a written response to questions, said the primary objective is to focus ‘our limited resources on apprehending the traffickers, who pose the most imminent threat to the victims.’ USA Today January 30, 2018