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| IHTTF Team | Human Trafficking is modern slavery 27 million people are enslaved in the world today- this is more than when slavery was legal. Human Trafficking is the fastest growing and second largest crime in the world today. In the United States, it is estimated that 300,000 children are at risk for being exploited into commercial sex trade. Anyone held in service of another through force fraud or coercion is a victim of this crime. Any minor in commercial sex ( prostitution, stripping, or pornography) is a victim of human trafficking. Prostituting a minor under 14 years of age carries a federal life sentence. | ||||||||||
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| What exactly is human trafficking and how can we help stop it? One of the best people in the U.S. to answer such questions is Department of Justice-certified human-trafficking consultant Dottie Laster, who has trained more than 5,000 police officers on recognizing and combating trafficking. She hosts a weekly internet radio show , ÒTrafficked,Ó on Here Women Talk Radio. I had a chance to interview her about trafficking in the U.S. today: Why have we begun hearing so much about human trafficking in recent years? Is it increasing? April 11, 2011 by Caroline Heldman | |||||||||||
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| This woman used in prostitution in Western Europe is forced through threats and intimidation to give all earnings to her trafficker. The amount varies between 200 and 400 Euro ($250-$500 USD) per month. These fees come on top of a huge bogus "debt" typically about $35,000 Euro ($44,000 USD) owed by the woman to the trafficker who brought her, usually from Africa or Eastern Europe. Wealthy European countries are magnets for sex trafficking. | |||||||||||
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| Human trafficking is a global crisis-there is more at stake than people realize. Fault does not just lie within those individuals who enslave or subjugate them. Fault lies within everybody who knowingly uses the products, goods, or services that are bought via the exploitation of others. Most of us don't realize how we drive the demand from human slavery. But, like any other commercial enterprise, the slave labor is driven by supply and demand. Both those who supply and demand can and should face legal consequences.
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| Robin Sax | Shannan Gilbert human trafficking victim | |||||||||||
| Robin Sax defines the Long Island serial killer case as a human trafficking issue where it comes to missing person Shannan Gilbert 24 and murdered young women Megan Waterman, 22; Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25; and Amber Lynn Costello, 27 | |||||||||||
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| Goal: To combat human trafficking and support existing government efforts across global jurisdictions. To increase the number of investigations, rescued victims and prosecutions of human traffickers. Mission: Support of victims and disruption of traffickers through coordinated efforts between the community and government organizations across jurisdictions from local to global. | |||||||||||
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