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What
is Trafficking in Persons?
Trafficking in persons is the illegal movement
of people, within national or across international
borders for the purposes of exploitation in
the form of commercial sex, domestic service
or manual labour.
It’s an illegal industry that generates
between 7$ billion and 12$ billion US annually.
United Nations definition on trafficking:
www.unodc.org
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Where
Is It Happening and Who Are The Victims?
Trafficking is a global issue and an estimated
700,000 to 2,000,000 people are trafficked
annually across international borders.1
It affects men, women and children, but
around 50% of all victims are children.2
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In Thailand:
the government reports that 60,000 children
are sold into prostitution.3 |
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In
the former Soviet Union: an estimated
10,000 women have been forced into prostitution
in Israel.4 |
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In North America:
Asian women are sold to brothels for
$16,000 each.5 |
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For many years, boys, from the age
of six and sometimes younger, have been
trafficked from countries in South Asia
to the Gulf to supply the demand for
camel jockeys.6 |
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Trafficking
in the UK
The UK is just as affected by the issue
than anywhere else. Amnesty International’s
web site states: |
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Women and girls from Moldova, Romania,
Albania, Thailand, Nigeria and Sierra
Leone are known to be trafficked into
the UK for sexual exploitation.7 |
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In 1998, the Home office
reported that around 1,400 women were
trafficked into the UK for exploitation.
The number is thought to have risen
significantly since.8 |
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The Metropolitan Police estimate that
trafficked women are forced to see 30
to 40 clients per day.9 |
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Why
Does It Happen?
Trafficking is a huge and complex problem.
It’s fuelled by numerous factors, which
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Poverty – people seek a ‘better
life’ overseas or need to provide
for family members back home. |
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The impact of war in creating
‘displaced’ people groups,
which are easier to move around untracked. |
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The rise of the Internet, which makes
it so much easier to promote and sell
trafficked people. |
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Does It Happen?
People get caught up in trafficking as they
are attracted by the prospect of a well-paid
job as a domestic servant, waitress or in
manual labour.
Traffickers work through networks and recruit
victims through fake advertisements, mail-order
bride catalogues and casual acquaintances.
On arrival at their destination, the victims
find themselves in very different circumstances,
being forced into commercial sex or labour
work.
Traffickers work to create fear and dependency
amongst their victims, by getting them addicted
to hard drugs, taking away travel or ID
documents or threatening to harm their families
if they don’t co-operate.
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The US Government
“Trafficking in Persons Report”
and the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). |
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www.polarisproject.org/polarisproject/trafficking_p3/trafficking.htm |
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The Salvation Army
IHQ web site. |
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Ibid. |
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Ibid. |
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Anti-Slavery International,
"Child Camel Jockeys in the Gulf
States", Child Workers in Asia,
April-September |
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Amnesty International
Web Site |
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The Salvation Army
IHQ web site |
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Amnesty International
Web Site |
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