28 MILLION PEOPLE
ARE TRAFFICKED WORLDWIDE.
ARE TRAFFICKED WORLDWIDE.
Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of involuntary servitude, debt bondage, or commercial sex acts.
Sex trafficking is the crime of using force, fraud or coercion to induce another individual to sell sex. Common types include escort services, pornography, illicit massage businesses, brothels, and outdoor solicitation.
Labor trafficking is the crime of using force, fraud or coercion to induce another individual to work or provide service. Common types include agriculture, domestic work, restaurants, cleaning services, and carnivals.
Examples include rape, beating, or confinement.
Examples include promises of a good job or home, love or companionship, or a better life.
Examples include threats to a person or a family, isolation, psychological abuse, debt bondage, taking passport or ID, depriving person of food or basic necessities.