“If a person can’t walk away without fear of harm,
it’s trafficking. ”
Per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), human trafficking is defined as:
Recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage/debt bondage, commercial sex acts or slavery.
"What does that mean?"
Simply put, Human Trafficking is modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain labor or a commercial sex act. Minors are an exception. Under Federal Law, any minor used in a commercial sex act is a victim of trafficking. Period.
To understand more about the TVPA, click here to learn the 'Action-Means-Purpose Model'.
"Where is this happening?"
Do I really need to worry about this? Yes! We can't profile a trafficker, a sex buyer, or a victim. Human slavery doesn't discriminate. If there is a buyer, there is a seller, in every zip code. Take a look at the heat map. How close are you to a known hot spot?
“We can not rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering.”
We get it, you're charged up and you want to learn more about EVERYTHING that contributes to the normalization of sex slavery in today's culture. Keep an eye on our UPDATES & EVENTS page for upcoming education events, or CONTACT US to talk about training for your organization, group, or business.
