How Do We Stop Modern Day

Slavery?
By Madysen Buckley
A Letter to my Nephew
Human Trafficking:
Human trafficking, according to the United Nations, is defined as 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.
Types of Human Trafficking:
Forced Labor

Sex Trafficking

Bonded Labor

Child Soldiers
The Human Trafficking Market is growing:
The Targets:
50% of all female sex trafficking victims started
as youth runaways.
Looking for:
Being alone
Vulnerability
In need of a job
Lack of family
Human Trafficking is Everywhere
Human Trafficking Indicators:
Bruises
Scarring
Tattoos
Track marks
Employees living with their employer
Poor living conditions
Submissive or fearful behavior
Being under the age of eighteen and in prostitution
Scripted or rehearsed conversations between employer and
employee.
We can end Human Trafficking (Solutions):
Become more aware.
Educate ourselves
If you see something, say
something!
Teach children about the
dangers.
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