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Lindsey Ludger

Modern-Day Slavery. Lindsey Ludger Penn State Hazleton CAS 100 A October 12, 2009. Did you know?. Overview. Slavery of our time Reasons why people are trafficked

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Lindsey Ludger

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  1. Modern-Day Slavery Lindsey Ludger Penn State Hazleton CAS 100 A October 12, 2009

  2. Did you know?

  3. Overview • Slavery of our time • Reasons why people are trafficked • Trafficking in the United States • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z1XCrka-5I

  4. Slavery of our time • Similar to traditional slavery • Definition: The recruitment, harboring, transporting, provision or obtaining of a person for the purpose of exploitation or labor. • Involvesforce, fraud, or coercion. Victims are often kidnapped, sold, threatened, beaten, raped, tortured or drugged. • “White Slave Traffic”

  5. Reasons for Trafficking2 most common reasons why people traffic are… • Sexual Exploitation • Labor and Profit

  6. Sexual exploitation • Victims are often lured, kidnapped, or forced into the slave trade. They can be coerced by lover boys, forced marriages, babysitting jobs, etc. • Market Demand: The demand for sex has increased due to pornography, propaganda, etc, but especially from male sex buyers. This creates profit incentive to entrap more victims. • According to the UNODC (United Nations office of Drugs and Crimes, women are the most frequent victims, followed by girls, boys, then men.

  7. Labor and Profit • Profit and Economicpromise: greatest underlying cause for why they are trafficked. • Deceive and manipulate families into letting their children go. • Forced into indenturedservitude/debt bondage. • Employers use forced labor knowingly and unknowingly to maximize profits.

  8. Trafficking in the United States • One of the Largest destination countries, approximately 56%, used for sex trade. • Among the highest of reported cases according to the UNODC. • Those exploited for labor are often found in sweat shops, or homes (approx. 170,000) • Other victims: some born and raised in the U.S. find themselves pressed into servitude by fraudulent or deceptive means. • Some drugged, and lured into prostitution.

  9. Efforts to reduce trafficking… • U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. • Protect act 2003 • “t Visa” • 33 States now have anti-trafficking laws, and prostitution is illegal in every state except Nevada. • Sept. 2008, New York passed the countries first law recognizing prostituted minors as victims.

  10. Recap • Human trafficking is modern-day slavery • The 2 most common reasons why people are trafficked are for sexual exploitation and labor and profit. • Human trafficking occurs in the United States more often than people think.

  11. Look Beneath The Surface…

  12. Q &A If you have any questions you can email me at lxl5058@psu.edu Or visit these sites: www.humantrafficking.org www.EndHumanTrafficking.org www.ChildrenoftheNight.org

  13. Sources • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z1XCrka-5I • http://ezaccess .libraries .psu .edu/login ?url=http://proquest .umi .com .ezaccess .libraries .psu .edu/pqdweb ?did=1622305971 &sid=7 &Fmt=3 &clientId=9874 &RQT=309 &VName=PQD • http://ezaccess .libraries .psu .edu/login ?url=http://proquest .umi .com .ezaccess .libraries .psu .edu/pqdweb ?did=1498096961 &sid=9 &Fmt=3 &clientId=9874 &RQT=309 &VName=PQD • http://ezaccess .libraries .psu .edu/login ?url=http://proquest .umi .com .ezaccess .libraries .psu .edu/pqdweb ?did=1016440431 &sid=15 &Fmt=4 &clientId=9874 &RQT=309 &VName=PQD

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