Outline On Sex Trafficking

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What is sex trafficking?
The Department of Homeland Security gives the definition of sex trafficking as being “modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act” (Department of Homeland Security, 2017).
Sex trafficking is forced sex work that can affect everybody no matter the age, gender, sexual orientation or economic status. Sex trafficking happens in every country, state, and town. Sex trafficking happens in our backyard.
Traffickers use tactics such as romance to lure or manipulate a child or adult into sex work. Adults and children may be taken from under our noses and we wouldn’t know it. They may also be lured using false promises of work such as modeling contracts …show more content…

55% of the victims are female and the other 45% are male victims. (STOP THE TRAFFIK, 2017)

• 18,500 who were reported 1 out of those 6 children were victims of sex trafficking. (Missingkids.org, 2017)

• This sex trafficking industry brings in $32 billion every year worldwide (Soroptimist.org, 2017).

Las Vegas Statistics
• 64.7% of Las Vegas cases have a victim who is a minor (a person under 18 years of age)
• 87.3% of the victims are male
• 76% of the victims are African-American (Mccaininstitute.org, 2017)
(Pexels.com, 2017)
Why does sex trafficking continue to happen? Sex trafficking is a business that continues to thrive because of the high demand for it. Berkeley University states that the yearly profit from victims of sex work can be anywhere from $11,000 - $78,000. Victims of sex trafficking do not get paid and all the profit traffickers make stay in their pockets. (Mdp.berkeley.edu, 2017)
Identifying Victims
If your child or friend has:
• New older male friend or boyfriend
• Depression, is scared, or distracted
• Bruises, new tattoo, or burn marks
• Dressing less conservative than usual
• Acts more sexual than usual especially in children.
(Focus on the Family, 2017) …show more content…

Strong physical and psychological trauma such as eating disorders, substance abuse, STD’s and personality disorders (Endslaverynow.org, 2017).
How to help victims
Educate yourself about the issue and find organizations who are dedicated to the issue as well. Other things you can do to are:
• volunteer and donate to those organizations
• Work with your religious community to set up support for victims
• If you own a business hire victims, provide trade training or internships
• Educate people about the issue. Many people don't know or choose not to know because it scares them. (State.gov, 2017)

What do rescue victims need?
Rescued victims need psychological help and medical attention. (Trafficking, Victims and Need, 2017). Resources
“National Human Trafficking Resource Center
Call :1 (888) 373-7888
Text: 233733 (Text "HELP" or "INFO") Website: traffickingresourcecenter.org”
(Humantraffickinghotline.org, 2017)

“The Shade Tree
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