- Growing population in southeast Asia of over 600 million. - Cybercrime is increasing. - Online social media allows for new ways to facilitate people trafficking, distribution of child abuse material, and new avenues for recruiting victims. - In February 2014, Chinese authorities rescued 382 babies and arrested more than 1000 people suspected of buying and selling young children online. - Although ASEAN signed the Declaration Against Trafficking in Persons, Particularly Women and Children, no significant progress on implementing the Declaration has been made. - In particular, this is because East Asian countries are a major source for long-distance, trans regional trafficking. In the most recent UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, East Asia and the Pacific account for nearly 40 per cent of detected child victims. Also, victims from this region are the most geographically dispersed - found in more than 60 countries.

- As Smith shared her story, there were audible gasps from the audience at some of the details. "I was only trafficked for a couple of days. I was really, really fortunate." - For years, Holly Smith never realized that she was a victim of human trafficking. - She shared her story to Holmes College. - Smith wrote a book called Walking Prey on her experiences. - It was in 2009 when Smith got online and started doing research about survivors and organizations that help. This I when Smith realized how she had been used and exploited. - This happened to her when she was 14 years old. - Smith has just finished with middle school, Smith was trying to fit in when she was lured and manipulated into prostitution by an older man who made her feel special. - In 1992, she had become a victim of human trafficking in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and she didn't even know it.

- It says that as many as 18,000 women are trafficked into the United States every year for the purpose of prostitution. - According to this article, most of the women affected in the U.S. are Latinas. - This article states "what can be done to help put an end to these women's nightmare?" - This site is very useful because it is about statistics on human trafficking in the United States rather than all around the world. - The business of sex trafficking seems to be on the rise. - Human Trafficking is an alarming issue in the United States. - The business of sex trafficking is, sadly, a prosperous one in this nation. Hiding in the shadows are mostly immigrant women who have been coerced into coming to the U.S. with promises of work. But once here, the victims become trapped in the sex trade.

- Kirsti Mouncey considers human trafficking to be the modern version of slavery and it's an often unseen problem that exists within every community. - She notices that victims don't usually come forth as a victim because they are so enslaved that they are not able to speak up. - This could happen in any city or town at anytime. - It's estimated to be about a $32 billion business, but it is so secret that it could even be more than that. - Some people are forced into this because they were promised something else, but often just go along with it because they have no other choice. - Mouncey said the common onset age for human trafficking is age 13. - "Next to drug dealing, human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world, and it is the fastest growing," Victory said.

- Shared Hope International says the average age a child is first exploited through prostitution is 13. That's why, McGill said, it's important to speak to high school students, who are at a vulnerable time in their lives. - This is so important to my research because it involves a real life story of what happened to a girl. - The state senator talks to a group of teenagers from Arlington High School about this story to show them that getting wrapped up into a human trafficking situation is very common and easy. - By Amanda McGill doing this, she is creating awareness on such a crucial topic. - She talks with juniors and seniors about human trafficking in Nebraska. McGill has passed several pieces of legislation to increase the laws against human trafficking in the state. - A young woman was walking down a street in Lincoln when she was approached by a man. That man offered to take her back to his place to have a drink. The woman agreed. Once there, the man had different plans. "You're too good for Lincoln," he told her. "I'm taking you to Chicago." This, state Sen. Amanda McGill told Arlington High School students Monday, is how women and children can get wrapped up in human trafficking, and that it's happening right here in Nebraska. Luckily, McGill said, that woman was an undercover police officer, but many women and children are not so lucky.

- This article talks about women that are forced into sex trafficking. - It says they are usually the most vulnerable in the city. - This article takes place in Durham. - It is useful to my research because it shows that the girls might have limited education, no resources for escape and are duped and then trapped into working in the sex trade. - Timea Nagy, a former sex trade worker who freed herself from that life, started Walk With Me in 2009 after realizing there were no other agencies available to help women escape that life. - She has assisted more than 280 victims in Canada and the U.S. and says Durham Regional Police have done a great job combatting sex slavery in a short period of time. - Resources for women include shelters, counseling and agencies dedicated to helping them craft new lives.

- Sixty percent of missing children who are likely trafficking victims were in foster care or group homes when they ran away. - "Law enforcement, advocacy groups, and even former traffickers themselves all say that victims are sought out and chosen based on their vulnerability," said Paulsen. - A Department of Health and Human Services report states that 1 in 3 children are lured into commercial sex trafficking within the first 48 hours of being on the street. The average age of entry for victims of sex trafficking is 13 years old. - Government reports and advocacy groups point to a strong correlation between youth homelessness and sexual exploitation. - Congressman Paulsen is a long-time advocate for combating sex trafficking and has testified in front of a Ways and Means Subcommittee about what can be done to address the issue. He also is the author of H.R. 3610, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which expands safe harbor laws and ensures that minors who are trafficked are treated as victims instead of criminals. That legislation is expected to be voted on by the U.S. House of Representatives in May.

- "While we have strengthened our laws to combat human trafficking, we still have work to do to put an end to these heinous crimes. I am pleased that the House Judiciary Committee today approved several crucial pieces of legislation that hold everyone involved in these crimes accountable, whether they sell, buy, or market these crimes to potential buyers. These bills also ensure that exploited children are treated as victims rather than as criminals and provide much-needed resources to victims of sex trafficking that will help them reclaim and rebuild their lives. I thank my colleagues, Representatives Ted Poe, Erik Paulsen, and Ann Wagner, for working on these important bills and urge the House to take these measures up as soon as possible." - Congress must take the lead and ensure that victims of human trafficking are no longer treated as criminals. - According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), sex trafficking is the fastest-growing business of organized crime and the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world. One organization estimates that child sex trafficking in the U.S. is a $9.8 billion industry. - Since these crimes usually occur outside of the public eye, it is difficult to estimate the number of minor victims of sex trafficking. One study estimates that over 290,000 American youth are at risk of becoming a victim of sex trafficking. Additionally, from 2004 through 2008, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force experienced an increase of more than 900 percent in the number of minor sex trafficking complaints.

This article is about a police man that stopped a man with two 18 year old girls or younger in his car because he had a vehicle code violation. A few weeks prior, there was a similar situation. This is useful to my research because it tells about human trafficking in Albany NY. The driver gave officers false information. The girls were found to be reported as missing and possibly abducted from Las Vegas. The Richmond man was arrested for human trafficking and giving false information. The girls were handed over to Child Protective Services.

This is a useful source because the content is about TIP reports which means Trafficking in Persons report. It is a tool used to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It represents an updated global look on human trafficking. It also identifies human rights. The report is used worldwide for international organizations, foreign governments, and nongovernmental organizations.

In 2013, approximately 27 million people were affected by Human Trafficking. U.S. Departments of the state have been trying to find ways to end Human trafficking through different ways. One way that this speech talks about ending the fight against Human Trafficking is by technology. Benton states "Those who work to combat trafficking have begun to harness technology as a tool to raise public awareness, stop traffickers, and help victims." Some of the top priorities for stopping human trafficking is the connection between technology and human trafficking. Cdebaca (an Ambassador) states "Editorials and stories suddenly are showing up in newspapers because this communications technology of the telegraph suddenly brings it into your home, and for the first time, people in the United States started confronting the reality of slavery. It wasn't something that just happened over there down in the South."

This is very helpful for my research paper because it tells a lot about the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act. This Act was signed in 2000 by Congress. A decade later, human trafficking remains prevalent. According to the most recent figures available (Source: United Nations, International Labor Organization): There are at least 12.3 million enslaved adults and children around the world "at any given time." Of these, at least 1.39 million are victims of commercial sexual servitude, both internationally and within national borders. More than half, 56 percent, of all forced labor victims are women and girls. Many people think of the sex trade when they think of human trafficking, this crime also occurs in such labor situations as: -Domestic servitude -Labor in a prison-like factory -Migrant agricultural work. In addition, with respect to labor situations, the initial agreement to travel or to perform work does not mean that the employer is later allowed to restrict a victim's freedom or use force or threats to obtain repayment. Helpful terms: -Coercion -Compulsion -Constraint -Restraint

In certain cases, children are used for prostitution and are forced to do bad things for the Human Traffickers because they might need to repay some debts. Child are used because older men are attracted to younger women. - Fifteen members of a sex trafficking organization have been charged with forcing at least 17 young Mexican women into prostitution in New York. - Thirty-four individuals affiliated with a Somali gang were charged with sex trafficking seven young girls across state lines in Minnesota and Tennessee. - Four Togolese nationals were convicted of labor trafficking in New Jersey. These individuals brought 13 adult females and seven juvenile females to the United States from Togo, Africa and forced them to work in hair braiding salons.

Every year, millions of men, women, and children worldwide are victims of human trafficking, even in the U.S. Victims are often lured with false promises of well-paying jobs or are manipulated by people they trust, but instead are forced into prostitution, domestic servitude, farm or factory labor, or other types of forced labor. There are hundreds of investigations each year on average. There are numerous charges on Human Traffickers each year. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for investigating human trafficking, arresting traffickers and protecting victims.

Safe Horizon Anti-Trafficking Program that was established in 2001, Safe Horizon's Anti-Trafficking Program (ATP) is one of the largest service providers for survivors of human trafficking in the United States. The program's services are open to women and men, transgender individuals, and children who have been compelled to work against their will. New York has been known for a major center of the human traffcking rate. This is mainly because the immigrant rate is really high. Human trafficking doesnt always have to cross the international border. Human trafficking is recently being referred to as the mondern day slavery. Human trafficking is so common in todays world.

The recent dismissal of five human trafficking cases against a female shop owner in the Bartica Magistrate's Court is of grave concern to the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) whose President Simona Broomes has cited it as a clear indication of the authorities' unwillingness to seriously address Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Guyana.