6. People Trafficking

Revision Questions to complete:

Explain the difference between International and Transnational crime
Explain the concept of drug trafficking and outline a case of drug trafficking in Australia.

People Trafficking

People trafficking refers to the illegal transportation of individuals across borders, typically for financial gain and thus bypassing immigration and endangering the lives and wellbeing of those being smuggled.

The United Nations states that people trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people through force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them for profit.

Men, women and children of all ages and backgrounds can be victims of people trafficking and it occurs all throughout the world. The traffickers often use violence or fraudulent employment agencies and fake promises of education and job opportunities to trick and coerce their victims.

The Three Elements to People Trafficking

The three elements: The Act, The Means and The Purpose.

The Act - The trafficker must do one of the following to another person/people;

Recruit
Transport
Transfer
Harbour
Receive

The Means - The trafficker must use one or more of these methods;

Threat or use of force
Coercion
Fraud
Deception
Abuse of a postition of vulnerability
Giving payments or benefits
Abduction

The Purpose - The trafficker must be exploiting an individual in one of the following methods;

Forced Labour
Slavery
Sexual Exploitation
Removal of organs

Question to complete:

Define the term People Trafficking and explain the three elements required for a criminal act to be defined as People Trafficking. For each of the elements provide an example. (7 Marks)

The Different Forms of People Trafficking:

Sexual Exploitation: When People are forced or tricked into doing sexual activities, such as prostitution or pornography against their will

Forced Labour: Making people work under unfair, unsafe or unhygenic conditions by using force or lies.

Debt Bondage: Forcing people to work off a debt they can never really pay, which leads to ongoing exploitation.

Domestic Servitude: Trapping people in situations where they have to work as servents in homes, often facing abuse and not being able to leave.

Organ Removal: When organs are taken from people without their consent or knowledge, often to be sold illegally.

Forced Begging: Making people beg on the streets against their will, controlled by others who exploit them.

Child Soldiers: Forcing or tricking kids to join and fight in wars, where they face violence and are manipulated.

Forced Marriage: Making people, especially girls, get married without their consent or choice, leading to abuse and violating their rights.

Question to complete:

Complete activity G from page 173

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