Human trafficking is a global problem and one of the world’s most shameful crimes, affecting the lives of millions of people around the world and robbing them of their dignity. Traffickers deceive women, men and children from all corners of the world and force them into exploitative situations every day.

Traffickers may exploit youth for the purpose of commercial sex or forced labor: Recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, providing, obtaining, and/or maintaining a minor for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Exploiting a minor through prostitution.

Human trafficking is a challenging social problem to overcome. The causes and effects are interwoven, and there are no easy solutions that are readily available.

Mass displacement, conflict, extreme poverty, lack of access to education and job opportunities, violence, and harmful social norms like child marriage are all factors that push individuals into situations of trafficking.

Top 10 Solutions to Human Trafficking

• Fundraising.
• Volunteer.
• Be aware of the signs of human trafficking.
• Advocate.
• Hold events to raise awareness.
• Boycott products and companies that permit human trafficking.
• Help survivors.
• Stay informed.

But there are ways to help prevent this, and here are 5 of the best:

1. Look for Warning Signs. Often it can be difficult to spot victims of human trafficking.
2. Take Awareness Training Courses.
3. Volunteer for Anti-Trafficking Organizations.
4. Become Politically Involved in the Issue.
5. Educate Others.

Work with a local religious community or congregation to help stop trafficking by supporting a victim service provider or spreading awareness of human trafficking. Businesses: Provide jobs, internships, skills training, and other opportunities to trafficking survivors. Students: Take action on your campus.

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Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to lure their victims and force them into labor or commercial sexual exploitation.

Human trafficking is everywhere. Every continent in the world has been involved in human trafficking. In the United States, it is most prevalent in Texas, Florida, New York and California.

Child trafficking is most common in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa. The number of chases in industrialized and developed countries are unknown due to their highly covert nature.

Warning Signs of Human Trafficking

• Appearing malnourished.
• Showing signs of physical injuries and abuse.
• Avoiding eye contact, social interaction, and authority figures/law enforcement.
• Seeming to adhere to scripted or rehearsed responses in social interaction.
• Lacking official identification documents.

General Indicators

• Be fearful of police/authorities.
• Be fearful of the trafficker, believing their lives or family members’ lives are at risk if they escape.
• Exhibit signs of physical and psychological trauma e.g. anxiety, lack of memory of recent events, bruising, untreated conditions.

Traffickers and victims alike come from all different backgrounds: Human trafficking victims have been recovered in rural areas, small towns, the suburbs, and large cities. FBI investigations show that human traffickers continue to use online platforms to recruit individuals to engage in forced labor or sex work.

From a global perspective there are two general categories of human trafficking: sex trafficking and labor trafficking.

The International Labor Organization (ILO), reports that human trafficking produces $150 billion in annual profits worldwide. Profits for these latter trafficking sectors break down as follows: $34 billion annual profits: Construction, mining, utilities, and manufacturing.

FAQs. Human 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 from all backgrounds can become victims of this crime, which occurs in every region of the world.