1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8p6K6sNA0Y

2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvT-Us792Hg

Article 3, paragraph (a) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines Trafficking in Persons 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. 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

Laymen’s terms:

The recruitment, transportation, transfer, keeping of/receiving or people, by coercion (or force), kidnapping, abuse, or the giving/receiving of payment or benefits, for the purpose of exploitation, such as sexual exploitation, forced labor (or services), nonconsensual slavery(or similar acts), or removal of organs

Exploitation:

the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.

• Trafficking is exploitation based, smuggling is transportation based

• Smuggling tends to be consensual, while trafficking is not

Human trafficking involves a lot of different kinds of servitude, though the sex industry is the most populous. Forcing labor with little to no pay is also a common form of human trafficking.

• Living with employer• Poor living conditions• Multiple people in cramped space• Inability to speak to individual alone• Answers appear to be scripted and rehearsed• Employer is holding identity documents• Signs of physical abuse• Submissive or fearful• Unpaid or paid very little• Under 18 and in prostitution

Did you guess 5?

• Debt Bondage: required to work for low wages, in exchange for a service (recruiter fee for a job), must then work to “makeup” debt, debt often going up with interest

• Involuntary Servitude: held against will, forced to work, often under threat of violence to themselves or family

• Lack of social safety nets (loners, those who don’t live with anyone, those who’ve been separated from family for an extended period of time, etc…)

• Poverty

• Live in an area with political instability

• Live in an area with high crime rates

• Undocumented citizen

Origin Countries are countries where people are put into the human trafficking network, Destination Countries are where the countries are victims of human trafficking end up. Right now, the “top” origin countries are: Russia, Thailland (and other SE Asian countries), and some places in African. The “top” destination countries are: America, Italy, Thailand (and other SE Asian countries), Japan, Turkey, Greece, and Germany.

Approximately 54% are stranger meet ups, 25% victims are children, and 80% are women.

Trickery is often involved in human trafficking. One common method is to attract young women to a potential (SCAM) job (such as modeling). They lure the women to the potential job site, kidnap them, and take away their identification documents. Another common method is for a man to “fall in love” with a woman, and then kidnap her, and take away their identification papers. One of the most common methods (especially in poor SE Asia countries) is that parents willing sell their children, in order to receive payments from whatever jobs they do (often forced labor and/or sex industry).

• Identification papers: traffickers confiscate identification papers (passport, state ID, etc…)

• Money: victims don’t actually own the money they earn

• Safety: Traffickers often use threats to control their victim, or brute force

• Groups: Victims will often be isolated from family or friends and be coached on what to say to officials

The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-386), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (H.R. 2620), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 972), and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (H.R. 7311) provide the tools to combat trafficking in persons both worldwide and domestically. The Acts authorized the establishment of G/TIP and the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons to assist in the coordination of anti-trafficking efforts.

Laymen’s terms: Prevent traffic in person, protect trafficking victims, ensure punishment of traffickers

Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools To End the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003

(PROTECT Act)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_Act_of_2003

Human trafficking law that works to protect children

1) Learn the red flags2) Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (1-888-373-788), which is open 24/7, the department of home security should be called when spotting suspicious activity (1-866-347-2423), which is also open 24/7. You can submit tips at www.ice.gov/tip as well. 3) Be a conscientious consumer. Publish awareness about human trafficking.4) Incorporate human trafficking awareness in activities and groups you’re apart of.5) Join or start an anti-trafficking coalition.6) Meet with and/or write your local, state, and federal government representatives to let them know that you care about human trafficking.7) Distribute public awareness materials. Organize a fundraiser and donate to anti-trafficking organizations. Host awareness events.8) Volunteer to do victim outreach.9) Donate funds or needed items to anti-trafficking organizations in your area.10) Encourage local schools to partner with students and include modern day slavery in their curriculum.

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11) Set up Google Alert to receive current human trafficking news.12) Start or sign a petition about human trafficking.13) Businesses: Provide internships, job skills training, and/or jobs to trafficking survivors. Consumers: Purchase items made by trafficking survivors such as from Jewel Girls or Made by Survivors.

• http://www.state.gov/j/tip/training/index.htm

• 9-1-1

• 1-888-3737-7888 National Human Trafficking Resource Center

• 1-888-428-7581 U.S. Department of Justice Worker Exploitation Complaint Line

• 1-866-347-2423 Home Security

In the BDSM community, in a M/s dynamic (Master/slave), the relationship is talked about PRIOR to engaging into the relationship. Every action, play scene, safe word, etc… is talked about prior to actually being in the relationship. The Master (or slave) has the right to say “no” anytime and walk away any time. The slave in this context willingly enters into the relationship and willingly gives their Master “the power”