Help Put a Stop to Human Trafficking in Twenty Ways

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If only you knew whether someone was being trafficked or not…if only there was some way to be able to tell…then you would help, right?

I found Twenty Ways You Can Help Fight Human Trafficking on The U.S. Department of State website and as I started reading through it, I asked myself just how many people would actually take human trafficking awareness training? Or write to government representatives? 

Then I wondered how many people would take the time to distribute public awareness materials?

Well the answer is probably a lot of people. All they need to know is how. 

 

 

 

Five Facts About Human Trafficking

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There are a lot more facts about human trafficking, but this is a good place to start and know the reality. Twenty-thirty million slaves in the world today? That’s more than the amount of people living in New England.

Here is a short list with 5 facts on human trafficking found on dosomething.org

1) Globally, the average cost of a slave is $90

2) Trafficking primarily involves exploitation which comes in many forms, including:

  • Forcing victims into prostitution
  • Subjecting victims to slavery or involuntary servitude
  • Compelling victims to commit sex acts for the purpose of creating pornography
  • Misleading victims into debt bondage

3) According to some estimates, approximately 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation, and 19% involves labor exploitation

4) There are approximately 20 to 30 million slaves in the world today

5) According to the U.S. State Department, 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year. More than 70 percent are female and half are children

Read the full list at dosomething.org

HuffPost Interview With a Survivor

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Child Trafficking Survivor Shares Her Story

I found this article on AOL (my favorite place for news, btw). Holly Smith shares her story with Caitlyn Becker on Huffington Post Live.

Smith was 14 years old when she ran away from home in hopes of attaining all that was promised to her from the man who turned out to be her pimp. The man said he could help her become a model or a song-writer. The way to lure Smith in was to tap into her interests and many pimps use this procedure on young girls.

Smith was trafficked for 36 hours before getting arrested.  Listen to her story on HuffPost.