Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking is the enslavement and transporting of people, primarily women, children, and ethnic minorities for the purpose of exploitation.

Fast Facts

Women comprise over 80 percent of trafficked persons.
U.S. State Department estimates 600,000 to 820,000 are trafficked yearly.
Most trafficked persons become commercially exploited sexually.
40-50 percent of victims are minors
Slavery is illegal in every country globally
Most trafficked children are from Asia.
FBI estimates annual $9.5 billion global revenue

Victims

Most often they are forced into prostitution, forced labor, and soldiering. The rate of trafficking from a country increases after civil unrest or war. Often the victims have been tricked by promises of economic advancement and legal work. The primary social factors that support human trafficking are increasing demands for cheap labor, the expanding sex tourism trade, increasing demands for adoption-available children, and poor law enforcement.

People Smuggling

Human trafficking is different from "people smuggling". People smuggling refers to a person who is seeking to cross an international border through an unauthorized entry point. People smuggling is a term used by refugees fleeing from prosecution. In human trafficking, people are usually tricked or forced during the process of being transported. When a person is 'smuggled', the transport is usually voluntary, and the person being transported sometimes pays a fee.

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The Mahalo Top 7

Amnesty International: End Human Trafficking
Human Rights Watch: Women's Human Rights Trafficking
US Department of State: Facts About Human Trafficking (May 24, 2004)
FBI: Of Human Bondage (June 10, 2005)
UN.GIFT: Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking
Guardian: Q&A: Human trafficking (March 7, 2007)
Video: Human trafficking claims 2.5 MLN victims on YouTube (1:44)

Human Trafficking Recent News Stories

Topix: Human Trafficking
The New York Times: Foes of Sex Trade Are Stung by the Fall of an Ally (March 12, 2008)
CNN.com: Tackling London's sex slave shame (March 19, 2007)
CNN.com: Stolen kids turned into terrifying killers (February 12, 2007)
Guardian Unlimited: Endless Bug of Human Trafficking (March 13, 2008)
US Department of Justice: Man Sentenced to 10 Years For Role in San Antonio... (March 12, 2008)

Human Trafficking Background

BBC News: Special Reports Slavery (April 4, 2007)
Guardian Unlimited: UN Fears Rising Child Sex Trade (November 9, 2004)
Wikipedia: Trafficking in Human Beings
Maplecroft: Global Map of Trafficking
HavocScope Black Markets: Human Trafficking Information

Human Trafficking Organizations

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women: Sex Trafficking of Women in the United States
International Labour Organization: Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women
HumanTrafficking.org: A Web Resource for Combating Human Trafficking...
Polaris Project: Combating Human Trafficking...
gvnet.com: Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery
Anti-Slavery: Today's Fight for Tomorrow's Freedom
Free the Slaves: Free the Slaves
Endhumantrafficking.org: Project to End Human Trafficking
Abolish Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation
U Count Campaign: Stop Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking Commentary and Criticism

Boloji: Marketing Trafficking, Compromising Rights (December 9, 2007)
National Review: Looking Beneath the Surface (October 1, 2007)
People's Daily Online: China questions U.S. human trafficking report (June 19, 2007)
Slate Magazine: The GAO debunks the official estimate of 800,000... (August 16, 2006)
Washington Post: Bush Speech on Human Trafficking Targets Castro (July 16, 2004)
LiP: Women and Children First The Economics of Sex Trafficking (April 15, 2002)
The Rutherford Institute: Sexual Slavery is Getting the Attention It Deserves (July 17, 2001)
La Prensa San Diego: Gov’t Effort to Stem Human Trafficking Helps Very Few (December 23, 2004)
Network of Sex Work Projects: A report by Empower Chiang Mai on the human rights... (June 2003)

Human Trafficking Message Boards and Blogs

Catholic Tube: The Problem of Human Trafficking (March 4, 2008)
Womens News Network Breaking News Portal: Victims of a Hidden Population (March 4, 2008)
The Impudent Observer: Ukraine A Major Source Of Human Trafficking! (March 4, 2008)
La Vista Luis Urrea: Immigration Monday: Re-define the Line (March 3, 2008)
Hibernia Girl: Human trafficking and the sex trade in Ireland (February 17, 2008)
Unheard No More!: Human Trafficking in the CNMI (February 15, 2008)

Human Trafficking Central Figures

Eastern Europe
- BBC: Europe Warned over Trafficking (August 30, 2006)
- BBC: A Modern Slave's Brutal Odyssey (November 3, 2004)
- UNICEF: Root Causes of Human Trafficking in South Eastern Europe... (March 31, 2004)
- World Socialist Web Site: Child Trafficking in Eastern Europe (October 25, 2003)
- MSNBC: Europe's Trade in Women (June 2001)

Asia
- BBC: Asia's Child Sex Victims Ignored (January 1, 2008)
- Human Trafficking in Asia: Human Trafficking in Asia
- Asia News: NEPAL A Project against Human Trafficking (October 29,, 2007)
- Reuters: Human Trafficking Helps Spread HIV/AIDS in Asia (August 22, 2007)
- The New York Times: Sex Slaves Returning Home Raise AIDS Risks (August 1, 2007)
- BBC News: Asia's Sex Trade is 'Slavery' (February 20, 2003)

Africa
- Human Rights Tribune: Human Trafficking ’On the Rise’ in Africa (June 22, 2007)
- Stop Demand: trafficking (April 23, 2004)
- BBC: Nigeria's 'Respectable' Slave Trade (April 17, 2004)
- UNESCO: Project to Fight Human Trafficking in Africa

Human Trafficking Video and Media

YouTube: Human Trafficking on Al Jazeera English (Time: 2:51)
YouTube: Human Trafficking Conference (Time:2:32)
YouTube: Human Trafficking (Time:1:00)
YouTube: MTV Exit Truth (Time: 1:05)
YouTube: Sex Trafficking in Cambodia (Time:16:00)
Google Video: Human Trafficking in Israel (Time: 1:00:04 )

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