FAST FACTS Who Is At Risk?

Human trafficking happens in the WHO ARE POTENTIAL VICTIMS? . A person of any age, Victims of may be Human ethnicity or nationality can be a anyone: men, women, children, foreign nationals, or U.S. citizens. victim of trafficking. HOW DO TRAFFICKERS Trafficking is exploitation. A person CONTROL VICTIMS? Trafficking in a trafficking situation may suffer Here are some examples: both labor and sexual exploitation/ FORCE trafficking. Physical restraint, beatings, WHO IS Labor trafficking venues include: transporting, . farms and factories; domestic and FRAUD AT RISK? hospitality workers; door-to-door False offers of , marriage, sales, beauty and nail salons, carnivals or a better life. and contracts for work schemes. COERCION Threats, bondage, destroying Sexual exploitation: When minors legal documents, psychological are involved in commercial sexual and sexual abuse. activity, it is exploitive and never considered consensual.

Social networks are the primary source of contact between traffickers and victims.

...human trafficking is typically intermixed with other illicit activities, including fraud, extortion, racketeering, ADVANCING THE STATUS OF WOMEN money laundering, bribery ...drug use, document forgery and gambling. Edison Center STOP (National Institute of Justice) 701 West Ormsby Avenue, Second Floor HUMAN TRAFFICKING Louisville KY 40203 502/574-5360 [email protected] National Human Trafficking Hotline louisvilleky.gov/OFW LOUISVILLE METRO TINA WARD-PUGH, DIRECTOR OFFICE FOR WOMEN 1/888/373-7888 or Text 233733 or BeFree [email protected] What Is What Each of Us Identifying Victims Human Trafficking? Can Do About of Human Trafficking Human Trafficking involves various Human Trafficking If you suspect something is wrong, ask types of exploitation. It is often called yourself these questions: “modern .” Traffickers use force, fraud and coercion to control their • Are there bruises or other signs of victims for the purpose of sexual and physical abuse? labor exploitation. • Are there signs of psychological abuse? Labor Trafficking: Individuals perform labor or services • Is the person submissive or fearful? in sit-uations that may include debt • Is the person being controlled? bondage, forced labor, or involuntary Is the person being deprived of food, child labor. • water, sleep, medical care, or other WHAT IS DEBT BONDAGE? life necessities? Also known as “debt slavery”, it is a • Is the person allowed to be in public widely used method of enslaving alone? people. Debt bondage occurs when • Can the person freely contact friends a person is forced to work to pay off a 3 Be aware. or family? debt. Victims are tricked into working Report suspicious activity to the for little or no pay with no control over • Is the person a minor engaged in hotline. Encourage victims to get help the debt. commercial sex? through the hotline: • Does a minor appear to be in a rela- Trafficking for Sexual tion-ship with a much older person? Exploitation: NATIONAL HUMAN Commercial sexual activity through TRAFFICKING HOTLINE • Does the person fear his or her em- the use of force, fraud, or coercion, or 1-888/373-7888 ployer? by a person under age of eighteen. If a OR TEXT: • Can the person leave their situa- person is under age 18 the commercial 233733 / BEFREE tion if they want? sexual activity need not involved force, fraud, or coercion • Has someone threatened the per- 3 Help change social attitudes. son’s family? No form of exploitation is “OK” or WHAT IS COMMERCIAL SEXUAL • Does the person have identification? ACTIVITY? “Not my problem.” All forms of human Commercial Sexual Activity (KRS trafficking are criminal activities which • Does the person know his or her 529.010) includes prostitution, partic- endanger victims and communities. own address? ipation in the production of obscene Michigan Department Become educated about the signs material, and engaging in a sexually 3 of Attorney General explicit performance. and different types of human trafficking.