Human trafficking research project

This tells what human trafficking is and how to spot someone who may be involved in human trafficking along with how to help them The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) is a toll-free, 24-hour hotline where victims of human trafficking and community members can seek information and get assistance through a phone call. The NHTRC received more than 20,000 calls in 2012, including more than 1,300 calls directly from victims and survivors of human trafficking.Victims of human trafficking are commonly found working in the following situations: *Prostitution and escort services; *Pornography, stripping, or exotic dancing; *Massage parlors; *Sexual services publicized on the Internet or in newspapers; *Agricultural or ranch work; *Factory work or sweatshops; *Businesses like hotels, nail salons or home-cleaning services; *Domestic labor (cleaning, childcare, eldercare, etc. within a home); *Restaurants, bars, or cantinas; or *Begging, street peddling, or door-to-door sales.

This gives me statistics from human trafficking over the years and shows how it is trending upward in places Of confirmed labor trafficking victims, 62 percent were age 25 or older, compared to 13 percent of confirmed sex trafficking victims *Of confirmed sex trafficking victims whose race was known, 26 percent were white and 40 percent were black. Of confirmed labor trafficking victims, 56 percent were Hispanic and 15 percent were Asian *Approximately 8 in 10 of the suspected incidents of human trafficking investigated by federally funded task forces were classified as sex trafficking, and about 1 in 10 incidents were classified as labor trafficking

U.S Federal law says that human trafficking is Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age; or The recruitment, harboring, transportation provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. Number of slaves around the world: 12.3 million Percentage of victims identified: 0.4% (not even 1%)*Ratio of convicted offenders to victims identified: 8.5 to 100 The average entry age of American minors into the sex trade is 12-14 years old. [1] Many victims are runaway girls who have already suffered sexual abuse as children. California harbors 3 of FBI's 13 highest child sex trafficking areas in the nation: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. [2] Foreign nationals are also brought into the U.S. as slaves for labor or commercial sex through force or fraud. [3] The prevalence and anonymity of the internet has fueled the rapid growth of sex trafficking, making the trade of women and children easier than ever before. Smuggling and Trafficking is not the same thing. Smuggling the people are usually cooperative and are crossing international Trafficking they have victims who do not want to go and they are forced to work

32 billion dollar industry annually 2.5 million people involved in human trafficking Trafficking is the same as slavery Sex trafficking or slavery is the exploitation of women and children, within national or across international borders, for the purposes of forced sex work Each year, an estimated 800,000 women and children are trafficked across international borders Human trafficking migration patterns tend to flow from East to West, but women may be trafficked from any country to another country at any given time and trafficking victims exist everywhere Many of the poorest and most unstable countries have the highest incidences of human trafficking, and extreme poverty is a common bond among trafficking victims.

People are being bought and used as slaves even in America people are beaten starved and often used as prostitutes it makes a big enough income for people to live off of it which is wrong

Even in America people are being bought sold and smuggled as modern day slaves they are often beaten starved and forced to work as prostitutes they usually get little or no pay it provides a good source of income which is bad because it influences more people to do it

The Obama justice department has declared human trafficking as a major civil rights issue. There are about 20,000 victims in the U.S every year. Obama's administration encourages local and federal task forces to be formed and put an end to this.

ICE is immigration and customs enforcement and their goal is to stop human trafficking ICE relies on tips from the public They have a hot line for tips

human trafficking is modern day slavery the U.S department of homeland security is responsible for investigating human trafficking in 2010 they launched blue campaign to help fight human trafficking by enhancing public awareness, training, victim assistance, and law enforcement investigations

Mostly girls are taken. Business made over 44.3 billion in 2005 also affected over 12 million people United States is in the 10 top for destinations of human trafficking victims it is estimated around 50,000 people are taken a year mostly girls

This gives the definition of human trafficking. It also tells that every country is effected by it. It tells you the purpose. The site also tells why it is criminalized

This tells about the 3 tiers of human trafficking and how 1 is the best and 3 is the worst and also tells the consequence for being a tier 3 country

This site gives a plethora of facts about human traffic for example a human slave is only 90 dollars and many more interesting facts which is very helpful

This tells how human trafficking happens everywhere that it can happen to you that you have probably used or eaten something from a human trafficking slave and it can be stopped in our lifetime

This tells me the reason for human trafficking it lists the reasons and tells how the business thrives

this tells how people also human traffic to get organs and how that is becoming a bigger problem.

This site tells about how china and Russia have a human trafficking problem also what Obama intends to do about it.