HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Sexual Exploitation in
United States of America
By
Ron Hampton

OVERVIEW

Human Trafficking Market in U.S.

Video Based on True Lives

Traffickers & Recruiters

De-marketing Supply & Demand

Counter-trafficking Recommendations

What is Human Trafficking?

Multi-dimensional threat
It deprives people of their human rights
and freedoms
It is a global health risk
Fuels the growth of organized crime.

What is Human Trafficking?

Trafficking in persons shall mean the recruitment, transportation,

transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use
of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of
deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of
the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent
of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of
exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation
of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation,
forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery,
servitude or the removal of organs. The recruitment, transportation,
transfer, harboring or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation
shall be considered trafficking in persons even if this does not
involve any of the means set forth of this article.
Source: United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime,
Supplemental Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
Persons, Especially Women and Children

Forced Labor Prevalent Major

Sectors of U.S. Economy

PROSTITUTION (46%)

DOMESTIC SERVICE (27%)

AGRICULTURE (10%)

SWEATSHOP FACTORY (5%)

Prostitution & Slavery

Countries where legalized or tolerated:
1. Fuels the growth
2. Greater DEMAND nearly always
an increase in number of women and
children trafficked into commercial
slavery.

USA ROUTES

Movement Zones:
1. Source
2. Transit
3. Arrival
4. Movement in
U.S.

LIFETIME VIDEO CLIP

HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Play

Bought and Sold in the 21st Century

-HUMAN commerce rivals ILLEGAL DRUG
and ARMS TRAFFICKING commerce

-Continues to grow as the U.S. Government

PASSES ground-breaking legislation!

UGLY PHENOMENON
DRUGS AND WEAPONS CAN ONLY
BE SOLD ONE TIME,
WOMEN, and CHILDREN CAN BE
SOLD EVERY DAY, OVER AND
OVER..

Sexual Slavery

Economic reasons
Deceived and lured by traffickers
150,000 foreign victims currently enslaved
17,500 NEW victims every year
Coming from all over the world

Gender and Age

Legal/Illegal foreign-borns reside in

Eastern & Western parts of U.S.

Especially in California (9 million) and New York (4 million).

Traffickers

Driven by the extremely high profit margins

Use various recruitment methods
Prey on the womens desire to help their
families

TRAFFICKERS & RECRUITERS

As the Supply and Demand Chain is being
built, driven by the extremely high profits,
the NETWORK which links the SUPPLY
with the DEMAND has also been built
they are

TRAFFICKERS & RECRUITERS

Marketing the
Product
RUSSIAN WEBSITES:
In English advertising,

Cheap women, you can fit three in a room,

they'll serve 10 men a night"
Another in Russian saying,

Great jobs overseas, have your own

apartment, don't pay for anything".

SUPPLY & DEMAND

Stopping this abuse requires going after the criminal
gangs who SUPPLY the sexual predators.
But we cannot put them out of business until and
unless we deal with the problem of DEMAND. And so
that's why we are going after the unscrupulous adults
who prey on the young and the innocent.
President George W. Bush, speaking at the
National Training Conference on
HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
July 16, 2004

TIP REPORT
The U.S. State Department's annual
"Trafficking in Persons" Report
looks at human trafficking activity
around the world and divides
countries into a "tier" systems.

2005 TIP REPORT

Serves to expose these despicable aspects
of trafficking.
It provokes, lauds, and challenges
countries including the United States.
Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice

U.S. State Department's Annual

"Trafficking in Persons" Report

"Tier 1" countries as those whose governments

comply fully with Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000.

"Tier 2" countries do not fully comply with the

act but are making "significant progress" toward
compliance.

"Tier 3" countries do not comply and are not

making efforts to do so.

U.S. Report Assesses

Human Trafficking

Map highlights the countries listed as "Tier 3" in the years the State Department has released
the report

DEMARKETING
SUPPLY
AND DEMAND
Awareness
Prevention
Protection
Prosecution
Victim Assistance
hotline number

888.373.7888

Oprah sent a letter to each of her

U.S. Senators and one to her
congressman urging them to
acknowledge this tragedy and make
stopping child sex trafficking a top
priority.

U.S. Counter-trafficking
Current Efforts

Congress passed legislation Americans prosecuted

for sexually preying on children abroad sentenced
to 30 years in prison.

Department of Justice focused on increasing victims

rescued and number of prosecutions/ convictions of traffickers.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifying

trafficking victims to qualify for the same assistance available to
refugees.

HHS running a major public awareness campaign to alert victims

in the U.S. help hotline number 888.373.7888.

DOD implemented a zero-tolerance stand against any actions by

Defense personnel that contribute to human trafficking.

DOL, Homeland Security, USAID, and other government agencies

are executing action plans to combat humantrafficking .

www.stae.gov/documents/organization/23598.pdf

U. S. Efforts in 2005

U. S. Efforts in 2005

Recommendations

Gain a Better Understanding of the Magnitude

Create Awareness Campaigns
Emphasize Indicators of Human Trafficking
Educate The Good Neighbor Policy
Promote private organizations in rescuing and caring for victims
Encourage Congress to continue to pass strong legislation to put
Traffickers/Recruiters in Prison
Create De-marketing Campaigns
Name & Shame companies and businesses involved in any form
of human trafficking.
Educate public on evils of slavery and global impact
Expose criminal rings and how they operate