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Fighting Human Trafficking: Definition, Facts, and Action

Learn about the definition of human trafficking, facts, and figures regarding its prevalence, and the various actions being taken to combat this modern-day slavery. Discover resources and organizations dedicated to raising awareness and supporting victims.

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Fighting Human Trafficking: Definition, Facts, and Action

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  1. Human Trafficking welca.org

  2. Human Trafficking • Definition • Facts and figures • Fighting against human trafficking welca.org

  3. Modern day slavery Illegally transporting people from one area to another for forced labor or sexual exploitation • Action: recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons • Means: threat of or use of force, deception, coercion, abuse of power or position of vulnerability • Purpose: exploitation welca.org

  4. Where does it happen? • Happens country to country • Happens within countries • Happens in every state of the U.S. • Rural, suburban, urban welca.org

  5. Facts and figures • A $150 billion industry worldwide • Estimates are 40 million men, women and children worldwide are trafficking victims • 1 in 7 endangered runaways were likely child sex trafficking victims welca.org

  6. Anti-trafficking work • Education/prevention and advocacy • Retrieval of victims • After care welca.org

  7. National Human Trafficking Hotline 1.888.373.7888 Or text HELP or INFO to BeFree (233733) welca.org

  8. ELCA Youth Gatherings welca.org

  9. ELCA Youth Gatherings welca.org

  10. Resources • Women of the ELCA: www.welca.org/humantrafficking • ELCA: www.elca.org • Epcat International: www.ecpat.org/ • The Polaris Project: polarisproject.org/ • Dreamcatchers Foundation: thedreamcatcherfoundation.org • January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. • Human Trafficking Awareness Day is • observed on January 11. welca.org

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