Taiwan is ranked as one of the best countries in the latest U.S. Department's report for its efforts against human trafficking.
The United States ranks as one of the worst countries in the world for human trafficking, with an estimated 199,000 incidents occurring annually. The number of reported cases, however, is much smaller.
WorldPopulationReview.com has an interactive map that allows you to view up-to-date human trafficking statistics by state. According to their data, there are 4 states that have the highest rates of human trafficking in the United States: California, Texas, Florida, and New York.
Los Angeles, CA. California is the worst offender out of all US states when it comes to human trafficking violations.
Nigeria is a key source country for human trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Children and adolescents who have been sex trafficked have often experienced a wide range of trauma and adversities prior to, during, and even after being trafficked, resulting in sexual, physical, and emotional injuries and sometimes severe lifelong health, educational, economic, legal, social, relational, sexual and ...
Human trafficking and slavery is a global problem and exists in Australia. Victims of human trafficking and slavery can be of any age or gender.
Any youth under the age of 18 who is involved in a commercial sex act is considered to be a victim of trafficking.
Child trafficking is very common in Africa, particularly West Africa, where approximately 100 percent of all human trafficking victims were children.
Many sex traffickers lure victims by providing basic survival needs. They systematically provide distorted versions of higher needs to manipulate victims. Using threats, force and coercion, traffickers exploit the fact that, for many victims, “the life” may be their first experience of 'family' and belonging.
How do traffickers control victims? Traffickers employ a variety of control tactics, the most common include physical and emotional abuse and threats, isolation from friends and family, and economic abuse. They make promises aimed at addressing the needs of their target in order to impose control.
The intention is that the Blue Heart becomes the symbol for human trafficking , similar to the red ribbon which is the symbol for HIV/AIDS.
Human Trafficking Indicators
Poor living conditions. Multiple people in cramped space. Inability to speak to individual alone. Answers appear to be scripted and rehearsed.
Human traffickers prey on people who are hoping for a better life, lack employment opportunities, have an unstable home life or have a history of sexual or physical abuse.
Traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to subject victims to engage in commercial sex or forced labor. Anyone can be a victim of trafficking anywhere, including in the United States. Force includes physical restraint, physical harm, sexual assault, and beatings.
Avoid Walking Alone
If you are able to do so, avoid walking/traveling alone – especially in quiet and secluded areas, and at night. If you travel alone, consider staying on the phone with a family member or friend – anything that makes you feel more comfortable traveling alone.
Traffickers can be foreign nationals or U.S. citizens, family members, partners, acquaintances, and strangers. They can act alone or as part of an organized criminal enterprise. People often incorrectly assume that all traffickers are males; however, the United States has prosecuted cases against women traffickers.
Sex traffickers target children because of their vulnerability and gullibility, as well as the market demand for young victims. Those who recruit minors into prostitution violate federal anti-trafficking laws, even if there is no coercion or movement across state lines.
The vast majority of sex trafficking victims, 70-90 percent, were sexually abused prior to being trafficked. Runaways, throwaways, youth with a background of abuse or neglect and foster care youth living in group homes are all vulnerable to human trafficking.