VICTIMS of Human Trafficking
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CAVEAT
THIS PRESENTATION USES STREET LANGUAGE.
If you are bothered by raw language and behavior, I encourage you to take care of yourself.
I will also suggest that if it does, then this might not be the population you want to work with. Abuse is ANY attempt used to control, demean or manipulate by use of visual, verbal , physical, emotional, financial, spiritual, psychological or sexual tactics
Age Date Agency Allegation Disposition 1 2/92 CPS Physical Abuse Family Preservation
2 1/93 Physical Abuse Family Preservation CPS
4 4/95 CPS Physical Abuse Family Preservation
9 10/00 CPS Neglect & Physical 1 child removed/6 months Abuse parenting classes
11 10/02 CPS Sexual Abuse Mom’s boyfriend - mother didn’t believe/attempt suicide
12 1- Police 13 runaway incidents Recovered – taken home 11/03
12 1/04 Police Physical Abuse No action
12 4/04 Police Aggravated Assault Prostitution is a terrible life - especially when you’re 12 Sexual Violence Starts Early More than half of all rapes of women (54%) occur before age 18 22% of these rapes occur before age 12; For men, 75% of all rapes occur before age 18 48% occur before age 12 Tjaden and Thoennes 2000
93% of victims under the age of 18 know their attacker U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2000
Childhood Sexual Abuse Any exposure to sexual acts imposed on children who inherently lack the EMOTIONAL MATURATIONAL COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT to CONSENT to such acts.
Does not always involve sexual intercourse or physical force – rather manipulation and trickery.
Seasoning: Initial stage of breaking down a victim’s resistance by using physical and sexual violence and/or confinement to establish psychological, physical and emotional control.
Gratuitous Violence - violence for the sake of being violent; without need and often unrealistic.
Instrumental Violence - aggression that intends to hurt someone as a means to a goal other than causing pain; acts designed to improve the position of the abuser = Coercive Control.
The age of consent in Texas is 17, EXCEPT in Human Trafficking cases where the age of consent is 18. Act Means Purpose
Recruitment Force Exploitation
Harboring Fraud Involuntary Servitude
Transport Coercion Debt bondage Provision Slavery
Receipt
Obtaining or Or any commercial sex act involving a attempting to MINOR obtain Force Fraud Coercion Physical Abuse Illegal Contracts Spoken or implied threats Kidnapping False Promises Control over Fake Businesses Manipulation False Marriage Climate of fear Confiscation of Documents Abuse of legal system Human trafficking does not require the crossing of international borders. It is about the dynamics of the relationship not the distance traveled. ABUSE TURNS REALITY ON ITS HEAD
AND causes TRAUMA Trauma Affects Human Development
Increased: hyperactivity hypervigilance
Inability to: focus and organize thoughts retain and recall information narrate or give words to one’s experience
Decreased motor skills
STAGE AGE BASIC SUMMARY CONFLICT
Oral Sensory Birth–18 Trust vs. forms loving, trusting mo. Mistrust relationship with the caregiver, or develops a sense of mistrust.
Muscular-Anal 18 mo -3 Autonomy vs. Development/control of physical skills. yrs Shame/Doubt Shame/doubt if not handled well
Locomotor 3-6 Initiative vs. Becomes more assertive & takes more Guilt initiative, if not guilt feelings may develop
Latency 6-12 Industry vs. Learns new skills or sense of inferiority, failure Inferiority and incompetence may develop
Adolescence 12-18 Identity vs. Role Achieves a sense of identity (sexually, Confusion politically, religiously, etc.) or doesn’t knowing who they are
When people are exposed to memories of traumatic events Not just a memory--Seeing and feeling
Decreased activation of Broca’s area: Traumatic memories are less easily translated into language therefore:
EMOTIONS are more IMPORTANT than words Rauch, van der Kolk, Fisler, & Alpert, 1996
Trauma
Remains the same Differs according to regardless of cultural frame cultural frame INTERPRETATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TRAUMATIC EVENTS RESPONSES TO TRAUMA
THE MEANING OF SYMPTOMS
Who are the Victim’s in Domestic Trafficking?
Minors Adults Native women and girls U.S. and Foreign born individuals with status Refugees and Immigrants LGBTQ youth
Recruitment areas – ANYWHERE children are
Recruiters: Pimps or middlemen (catchers) ability to identity and exploit vulnerabilities to gain trust and control
Male recruiters usually between 18 – on up Female recruiters usually between 18 – on up
DEFINE: PIMP:______HO’:______DADDY:______TRANSLATE: “You will never find him” ______“We did dirty Sanchez” ______“He raised his eyebrow at me” ______“I no fuckin choosie susie. Pays my taxes. But Janice peeled by that fuckin Jonas gorilla.” ______Domestic Minors of Sex Trafficking
Verbal Abuse Emotional Abuse Economic Abuse Physical Abuse Psychological Abuse Spiritual Abuse Sexual Abuse WITH A TWIST
TWIST #1
FAMILY VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ABUSE =
ON THE JOB TRAINING FOR PIMP CONTROL Family violence, in all its permutations, is a training ground for pimp control: physical/sexual abuse is commonly used to maintain power and control.
The pimp tells the victim how much they love them, finds them attractive, will never lie to them, will take care of them; compliments the victim rarely hears at home.
And when the pimp uses instrumental violence, this can solidify, for the victim the link between violence and love. TWIST # 2 THE PIMPS WEAPONS
Pre-meditation Planning Manipulation Deceit Betrayal of trust Drugs and Alcohol Force Fear Disabling
TWIST # 3 Coercive Control
Creating vulnerabilities Exploiting existing vulnerabilities Wearing down resistance Facilitating attachment Coercive demand Surveillance Credible threat Delivery of threatened consequences
Mickey Royal explains the process The first step is getting her to totally depend on you. You’ll start To dress her, think for her, own her. Her family will become her No. 1 enemy and she’ll attack them with all she has because they are trying to keep her from that which brings her joy - You. If you and your victim are sexually active, then slow it down. Once a week is fine. After sex, take her shopping for one item. Hair and/or nails are fine. She will develop a feeling of accomplishment. The shopping, after a month will be replaced with cash. The love making turns into raw sex. She’ll start to crave the intimacy and be willing to get back into your good graces: you have broken her spirit and she has no sense of self-value. Now pimp, put a price tag on the item you have manufactured.”
The Making of a Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvn RYte3PAk
TWIST # 4 Culture
Characteristics of a particular group of people: language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts: perceived with our senses give a deeper meaning of culture – what we do, think and feel. Culture is taught and learned and shared. Culture is symbolic and arbitrary: meaning is given to behavior, words and objects; a familial construct and moral reference point. Distinct from one culture to another. Culture enables its members to function without the need to negotiate everything. www.international.gc.ca
The Vocabulary www.urbandictionary.com Pimp - Pussy In My Possession Turned Out - the first time a ho goes out on a date Hos - Prostitutes with no monetary focus, what a Catcher-Someone who catches you at the right moment Pimp owns when you feel alone and pressured Sister wifey/wifey - What victims call each other Popcorn or wannabes – new pimps when have the same pimp: obligated to have each Jonas – uses violence and intimidation to control others backs. Finesse – use of psychology to deceive Track - Where the pimps and hos be at; street commonly traveled for flossin', usually at night. Gorilla/Godzilla – use of violence to retaliate/get what wants The Game - underground industry that Players – established pimps participants "play" Peeled – losing your property to another pimp Daddy - What hos call their pimp Choosy Susie - A ho who keeps switching her pimp Turning tricks - What a prostitute does: selling Bounce - to exit a location/situation sex; the job Pimp moving – bounce from pimp to pimp without paying A trick - a person who patronizes a ho the “pimp moving” tax John – a person who uses the services of a ho Strip- A popular street that is commonly traveled for flossin', usually at night. A date - Euphemistic term for a turning a trick Flossin- showing off an object that posses great value Quota - amount of money to be made before a ho Hit a lick- make a lot of money quickly, usually by illegal can go home means
Sexual Slang www.sexglossary.com goin down grindin bukkake bobblehead dirty sanchez bangin bumping uglys gorilla salad hit the slip n slide donkey punch raw get your rock soft Train angry dragon six pack violet wand smurf pack the fudge rimming leather Cheerio Watersports bareback Head slap fist or fisting Danza slap
VICTIM’s WORLDVIEW
Grew Up with Violent Doesn’t Recognize the Abuse Abuse is the Norm Bring Shame to Family Rigid World View No one can be trusted Association with sexually aggressive and delinquent peers
THE WORLD IS NOT SAFE
DO NOT PRACTICE CULTURAL IMPERIALISM!
Ask for clarification Be aware of cultural issues Do not assume the Victim: understands you knows the meaning of the words they are saying/repeating back understands legal, medical or psychological terms Trafficking = MONEY Each Pimp usually has 3 victims, who are sold an average of 10-15 times a day, 6 days a week. Each “date” is about $50.00
1 victim 15 x $50 = $750/day x 6 days = $4500.00 x 52 weeks = $234,000
x 3 = $702,000.00 YEARLY child is raped between 9,360 – 14,040 times a year
Different Forms of Human Trafficking Familial Trafficking Intimate Partner Trafficking Agriculture and Farm Work Domestic Workers Hostesses and Strip Clubs Factories/Manufacturing Labor Sales Crews Hospitality Industry Restaurants/Food Service Boy/Transgender
Gang www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/labor-trafficking-in-the-us/other-industries
Any industry where there is a need for cheap labor and no real regulation What stops us from understanding that domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking involve the same types of power and control, cyclical violence and manipulative perpetrators?
And when these dynamics collide why do see only one and not the others? When a parent(s) sells their child for sex to make their car payment – it is familial sex trafficking and child abuse. makes their child work long hours at the family business under duress instead of going to school – it is familial labor trafficking and child abuse.
When a teenage boy coerces his girlfriend to sell sexual favors in order to ____ – it is intimate partner sex trafficking and teen dating violence. It is Time We Call It What It is Domestic Violence and Interpersonal Violence and Sexual Assault and Forced Labor and Human Trafficking.
Because … THE VICTIM
DOES NOT HAVE
JUST ONE
STORY
TO TELL If the Pimp has sold a story to the victim that has, up to this point been true, how do you get the victim to answer questions?
How do you get out of “meet the new boss, same as the old boss” mold? Ways WE resemble the Trafficker
Power Control Age Gender Education Speech
Common Ways Survivors Tell WITHOUT Telling
Testing the waters by Calling others the names they have been called Talk about an abusive boyfriend they live with, or wifies “Doin’ it” with other girls, Rape To see what questions you follow up with and/or how you react
Try a Little Tenderness Tell them They are a VICTIM not a criminal What trafficking is It’s not THEIR fault That “pimping” is ILLIEGAL They have RIGHTS and OPTIONS They need TIME to think things through make decisions that are best for them Don’t pressure them Things to say REPEATEDLY
We are here to help you Your safety is our first priority We will get you the medical attention you need We want to make sure that what has happened to you does not happen to someone else
The Verbal Punch and Hug
“I know____ and it’s OK BECAUSE YOU ARE A VICTIM”
Det. Cathy de La Paz Sgt Byron Fasset Dallas PD High Risk Victim’s Unit
General Questions to Ask
How would you like me to call you? Is that your legal name or street name? What happened when you ran away? Tell me about the family you stayed with. Did you have to do anything to stay with them? Did you ever get in trouble with the police? What for? How long locked up? Do you like to travel? Where have you been? Ever touched in a way that made you feel uncomfortable? Ever exchanged sex for money, drugs, food or shelter? Ever agreed to sex when didn’t want to? Have you ever been tested for STIs/STDs? Been pregnant? Do you have a tattoo? What does it say? How many colors?
Knowing the correct control enables asking the right questions Family Controlled
Have you ever helped your family save money? What are some of the ways you helped? Has anyone in your family ever dropped you off at someone’s house? How long did you stay there? Pimp Controlled
What were some of the ways you took care of yourself while you were away from home? Did you travel while you were gone? What places did you go? Who did you go with? How long were you gone? While you were away from home did anybody keep you from going back? Did anyone introduce you to stripping? What club/city? Did you go to any shopping malls while you were gone? Tell me about your Daddy. Is that his legal name or his street name? How old is he? Does he know you’re a minor? What kind of things does he buy you? How much money do you bring home every day? In my experience, when I hear people call someone “their daddy,” he is a pimp. Is he a pimp? Did your boyfriend ever ask you to have sex with someone else? Did you meet dates at hotels or at people’s homes?
Gang Control
Have you ever been asked to go to a skip party? Did you go? How did you hear about the skip party? Were you asked to bring any friends? Did anyone show you any DVD’s or YouTube videos of them or someone harming someone? What clique or set were you with?
Boys/Trans Controlled
Did anyone ever give you hormone shots? Did you have a Mama that helps take care of you? Who helped you become Fierce? Are you in a Dance Crew? Have you ever worked chatlines? Sugar Babies www.seekingarrangement.com
Men are ponying up their money—plus more—for financially struggling students. It’s not free money, and it’s not all students. The benefactors typically expect some compensation from their beneficiaries. The students, who tend to be women, are willing to accept the help from the men in exchange for providing some tender loving care.
The phenomenon is spreading, and gaining traction in certain areas much more than in others.
www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/01/where-the-sugar-babies-are/384547
Colleges With the Highest Growth in "Babies" in Texas (2014)
University of Texas – Austin Texas State –San Marcos
Regions With Most New Sign-Ups (2014)
SOUTH
www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/01/where-the-sugar-babies-are/384547/ REMEMBER
Coercive control Physically/psychologically controlled Complex trauma May feel loyalty to trafficker/pimp May be intoxicated or in such pain interview not possible Trained to tell lies/false stories Distrust of service providers/law enforcement May be experiencing traumatic stress
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid Denotative meaning - dictionary definition of a word Connotative meaning - emotional meaning a person attaches to a word Non-verbal messages - gestures, body language, posture, facial expression, eye contact, clothing, hairstyle, architecture and symbols Para-verbal messages - voice quality, emotion, tone, rhythm, intonation and stress placed on words
Listening
A skill and an art Demands energy, discipline, time and effort Gives us information Doesn’t require us to talk back, agree or disagree Non-accusatory
Neutral Language Aims at minimizing the emotional impact by replacing emotionally charged words with less emotionally charged words
so angry → I can see you’re upset that #**# → the perpetrator so excited → I can see you’re happy
QUESTIONS AVOID: I. Why Questions sound like accusations Why do you think that? Why didn’t you call someone? II. Leading Questions implies the answer Are you sure you remember it that way? Don’t you think you should take some responsibility for this?
QUESTIONS TO ASK: III. Closed Questions Helps to clarify issues, focus the discussion & narrow possible answers When will this happened? Where do you live? IV. Open-Ended Questions Shows interest & elicits information Tell me more. What happened?
What people say comes from their observations, which they interpret and then draw conclusions.
Expect misunderstandings to occur! Your best intentions can be undermined by old assumptions or different cultural interpretations.
Change gears or communication styles when a problem arises
REFRAME
Move from certainty to curiosity “How can they think that?” becomes “How are they seeing the world that this view makes sense?”
“How can they be so irrational?” becomes “What information do they have that I don’t?”
“And Stance” & Rule of Three
And Stance Embraces both stories - yours AND theirs
RULE OF THREE You’ve heard the same ‘thing’ repeated three times: STOP and acknowledge “it” because “it” is IMPORTANT to the victim. The victim will keep bringing “it” up until “it” IS acknowledged.
Defining the Local DSMT Problem
Alternative Learning Centers Truancy arrests Shoplifting Arrests Medical & Addiction Juvenile Justice Courts & Detention Centers CPS/Fosters homes CACs and Children Centers Malls/Arcades/Movies
Law Enforcement, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Medical Providers, Social Services, School Systems and Child Protective Services are ill equipped to deal with the complex and varied services this population needs BY THEMSELVES. Victim Service Considerations
Client confidentiality Referral plans Assessment of cultural and linguistic competency Agency’s capacity Limits/requirements of funding sources Executives
Senior Managers
Middle Managers
Team Leads Workers Community Based Systems Based Local non-profit or social service agency Usually a bureaucracy
Serves a specific population in a specific Serves a specific population in a wide area area (county, state, federal) Usually a small professional staff/large Person’s title/rank tell you their position volunteer base
Rely on donations, grants and Rules and functional division of labor - fundraising each department tends to act as a team
Confidentiality and in some cases NO Confidentiality OR Privilege Privilege Executives Senior Managers
Middle Managers
Team Leads Workers Community Systems
Varying levels of confidentiality. Governmental employees DO NOT qualify for confidentiality or privilege.
Advocates can increase the likelihood of If called to testify, the information is confidential by maintaining appropriate usually shared – with the attorneys, documentation that reflects services AND anything the advocate observes provided as well as some general or learns about the victim or the case. demographic information, rather than Information is considered a product of detailed accounts of conversations. employment and is discoverable. The HUB for International Trafficking in Texas: HOUSTON
The HUB for Domestic Minor Trafficking in Texas:
SAN ANTONIO engage Adults
Influence Invigorate mobilize YOUNG CIVIC Programs people Decisions
Activate Sectors National Human Trafficking Hotline 1-888-373-7888 traffickingresourcecenter.org
National Runaway Switchboard 1-800-786-2929 www.1800runaway.org
Human Trafficking Coalitions in Texas Central TX Coalition Against Human Trafficking www.ctcaht.org El Paso Human Trafficking Task Force www.ci.el-paso.tx.us/police/human_trafficking.asp Houston Coalition Against Human Trafficking www.cahthouston.org North Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking www.ntcaht.org South Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking www.ccosa.org/imm_ref_ref.html
On Line Resources
Campaign to Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking – http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/index.html Children at Risk - www.childrenatrisk.org (contact for access to HT data base) Health and Human Services www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking Human Rights Watch – www.hrw.org Human Trafficking www.humantrafficking.org National Asian American Pacific Islander Women’s Forum http://napawf.org/programs/human-trafficking Office for Victims of Crime www.ovc.gov/help/tip.htm Polaris Project www.polarisproject.org Stop Traffic listserv - http://fpmail.friendspartners.org/mailman/listinfo.cgl/stop-trafic Texas Association Against Sexual Assault www.taasa.org Trafficking Law Listserv www.hrlawgroup.org/initiatives/trafficking_persons/ UN Office of Drugs & Crimes www.unodc.org U.S. Depart of Justice www.usdoj.gov U.S. Depart of State www.usinfo.state.gov
Office of the Attorney General of Texas – (manuals for various disciplines on HT) www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/cj/HumanTraffick_RPR T2014.pdf www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/cj/HT_CrimJust_GUID E_2013.pdf www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/cj/20131912_htr_fin_ 3.pdf Social Service Providers Contact
Asian Family Support Services of Austin Helpline: 1.877.281.8371 afssaustin.org
Mosaic Family Services-for North and West Texas 214-821-5393 www.mosaicservices.org
Migration and Refugee Services 202-541-3170 www.usccb.org/mrs
Refugee Services of Texas - Houston 713-644-6224 www.rstx.org/houston.html 512-472-9472 [email protected]
Texas Association of Judiciary Interpreters & Translators 512-789- 8260 www.tajit.org
YMCA of Greater Houston – International Services 713-339-9015 www.ymcahouston.org/intl.aspx
References
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Lisak,D. (2002). The Neurobiology of Trauma (unpublished article), University of Massachusetts, Boston. Lloyd, R. (2011). Girls Like Us. HarperCollins, NY, NY. Macdonald, K. (2009). Human trafficking: a service provider’s guide to recognizing and assisting victims of modern day slavery. Retrieved from www.nacsw.org National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2014). Linking the roads: working with youth who experience homelessness and sexual violence: a guide for advocates. www.nsvrc.org/publications/nsvrc- National Sexual Violence Resource Center & Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. (2012). Sexual violence & individuals who identify as LGBTQ information packet. Retrieved from www.nsvrc.org/publications/nsvrc National Sexual Violence Resource Center & National Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project. (2012). Building Comprehensive Sexual Assault Programs. http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/nsvrc- publications-articles/building-comprehensive-sexual-assault-programs National Sexual Violence Resource Center & National Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project. (2013). Building Cultures of Care: A guide for sexual assault services programs. http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/nsvrc-publications-guides/building-cultures-care-guide-sexual-assault-services- programs
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Palm, T. Marie Collins Foundation, webinar http://www.stopitnow.org 12/8/2011 Prieve, A., Suhr, C. (2005). Hidden in Plain View: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls in Atlanta. Atlanta’s Women Agenda. Atlanta, GA. Polaris Project (2006). Domestic Sex Trafficking: The Criminal Operations of the American Pimp. www.polarisproject.org Polaris Project (2006). Understanding Victim’s Mindset. www.polarisproject.org Ross, T. F. (2015). Where the Sugar Babies Are. The Atlantic, 1/15/15 www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/01/where-the-sugar-babies-are/384547/ Smith, L. A., Healy, S., and Snow, M. (2009). The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: America’s Prostituted Children. Shared Hope International Stone, D., et al (1999). Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most. Harvard Negotiation Project, Penguin Putnam, Inc. Tenias De-Lopez, V. (2010) Domestic Teen Sex Trafficking. Center on Violence Against Women and Children, Rutgers University. Urbina, I. (2009) New York Time Article: Running in the Shadows. www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/us/26ru
Special Thanks
Det. Billy Sifuentes, APD, retired Kirsten MacDermott, Austin Children’s Center Jordan Greenbaum, MD, Stephanie Blank Center for Safe and Healthy Children, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Kim Kotrola, Ph.D Economics Members of the Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE SURVIVORS WHO SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCE, STRENGHTS AND HOPE