My partner and I are doing our podcast on human trafficking. We are going to explain how it affects people today and all over the world. Human Trafficking is the illegal transnational and international trade in people for the purpose of servitude. Human trafficking began in the time of the transatlantic slave trade from Africa. This was back in the 1600s. We will also go over ways of spotting human trafficking and how to help victims. The first thing you should know if you want to help is how to indicate human trafficking. Since this crime can even happen if plain sight, you might have witnessed it but did not notice what was happening. Another way to help is by calling the Human Trafficking Hotline 1-888-373-7888 if you see anything suspicious happening or something that just doesn’t seem right.
Next, we will describe the three different forms of human trafficking. The first form of human trafficking we’re going to talk about is child labor. Child labor is the act of work performed by children that prevents them from attending school. The work they are told to do is often times physically and mentally harmful and immoral. I will also use a narrative of Alejandra and how working in the mud at age 12 slowly ruined her life and how she saw society. Another type of human trafficking that we are going to talk about it sex trafficking. Sex trafficking is where traffickers use violence, threats, lies, debt bondage, and other forms of coercion to compel adults and children to engage in commercial sex acts against their will. The last type of trafficking we are going to talk about is organ trafficking. This one is cruel. Medical professionals lie to the poor in order to get organs that are in high demand.
In today’s world, human trafficking is a billion dollar industry that targets humans. Human trafficking is a widespread crisis all over the world and about 40.3 million people are currently enslaved and being trafficked. Even the United States isn’t immune to human trafficking.The most effective way to investigate human trafficking is through a collaborative, multi-agency approach with our federal, state, local, and tribal partners. FBI investigators participate or lead task forces and working groups in every state within the U.S.
FBI human trafficking investigations are conducted by agents within the human trafficking program and members of our federal human trafficking task forces, and every one of our 56 field offices has worked investigations pertaining to human trafficking. Often, investigations involving human trafficking come to the attention of field offices and task forces through: Citizen complaints, The National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline, referrals from a law enforcement agency, referrals from non-government organizations, proactive victim recovery operations, and outreach to state government and community entities. As many as 17,500 sex slaves and indentured servants are moved into the US each year. Awareness must be raised to help end this issue