Tools That Teach: What is Human Trafficking?

Tools That Teach: What is Human Trafficking?

The Blue Campaign infographic resources will help you to answer the question, “What is Human Trafficking?”  Please help us bring this crime out of the shadows by sharing these materials on social media.

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What is Human Trafficking? Blue Campaign. One Voice. One Mission. End Human Trafficking. *** Human trafficking is: modern day slavery; exploiting a person through force, fraud, or coercion; sex trafficking, forced labor, and domestic servitude; happening everywhere, even in the United States; and victims can be U.S. Citizens or of any nationality, age, socioeconomic status, or gender; any person under the age of 18 involved in a commercial sex act. *** Blue Campaign. One Voice. One Mission. End Human Trafficking. dhs.gov/blue-campaign There are different types of human trafficking. *** Sex Trafficking. Sex trafficking victims are manipulated or forced against their will to engage in sex acts for money. Sex traffickers might use violence, threats, manipulation, or the promise of love and affection to lure victims. Truck stops, hotel rooms, rest areas, street corners, clubs, and private residences are just some of the places where victims are forced to sell sex. *** Forced Labor. Victims of forced labor could be found in factories, or farms, doing construction work, and more. Very often victims are forced to manufacture or grow products that we use and consume every day. Through force, fraud, or coercion, victims are made to work for little or no pay. *** Every year in the United States thousands of human trafficking cases are reported, but many more go unnoticed. Human trafficking is a hidden crime. Victims might be afraid to come forward, or we may not recognize the signs, even if it is happening right in front of us. We need to bring this crime out of the shadows. *** How the Department of Homeland Security is fighting human trafficking. The Department of Homeland Security created the Blue Campaign to take a stand against modern day slavery and help combat this heinous crime by raising awareness of homan trafficking around the country. *** Blue Campaign. One Voice. One Mission. End Human Trafficking. dhs.gov/blue-campaignWhat you can do to stop human trafficking. *** Join the DHS Blue Campaign. Visit the Blue Campaign website: dhs.gov/blue-campaign. Learn more about the signs and indicators of human trafficking: dhs.gov/blue-campaign/awareness-training. Spread the word - download and share anti-human trafficking materials: dhs.gov/blue-campaign/resource-catalog. View and share our Public Service Announcement: dhs.gov/blue-campaign-video. Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/bluecampaign *** Be an informed consumer. Know who makes the products you buy and the food you eat to help keep slavery tainted items out of your home. Visit the Department of Labor list of goods that could be subject to human trafficking at dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-goods *** Recognize and report suspected human trafficking. To contact federal law enforcement, call 1-866-DHS-2-ICE. Or submit a tip online at www.ice.gov/tips. For victim support from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC), call 1-888-373-7888 or text HELP or INFO to Befree(233733). Help us bring this crime out of the shadows and into the light. Join the Blue Campaign. *** Blue Campaign. One Voice. One Mission. End Human Trafficking. dhs.gov/blue-campaign

 

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