What is human trafficking? A Primer for Teens

By xxlamb | Updated: Nov. 12, 2018, 11:22 p.m.

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A 6--minute introductory educational video about the dangers of human trafficking in the US, designed for middle- and high-schoolers, produced and narrated by a teenager from the Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking - Teen Task Force. Learn the different types of human trafficking, the various ways traffickers lure victims, and how to both protect your self and loved ones from, and how to fight against, this terrible crime.

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WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
The Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Teen Task Force
hu*man  traf*fick*ing
is modern day slavery
hu*man  traf*fick*ing
force, fraud, or intimidation
HUMAN SMUGGLING
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Is Not
HUMAN SMUGGLERS
HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
BUT SOMETIMES...
CAN ALSO BE

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS
HIGHLY PROFITABLE
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS
A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
OCCURS IN EVERY
PART OF THE WORLD
INCLUDING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
INDEED, FLORIDA HAS THE NATION'S 3RD HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
SOURCE: OFFICE OF US REP. VERN BUCHANAN, 2017
AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS A TRAFFICKING HUB WITHIN FLORIDA
SOURCE: "15 ARRESTED IN SWFL TRAFFICKING RING", NBC-2.COM, 2015
IT HAPPENS IN CITIES
 SUBURBS
AND IN RURAL AREAS
NO ONE THINKS IT CAN
HAPPEN TO THEM
BUT IT CAN HAPPEN TO
ANYONE
HUMAN TRAFFICKING DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE
VICTIMS CAN BE ANY AGE, RACE OR GENDER
ONE THING THEY SHARE IS THAT THEY ARE VULNERABLE TO BEING EXPLOITED
RUNAWAYS, FOSTER CHILDREN, HOMELESS CHILDREN, THOSE IN POVERTY OR WITH ADDICTIONS, AND MEMBERS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY ARE OFTEN TARGETED BY HUMAN TRAFFICKERS

SEX TRAFFICKING
FORCED LABOR
DOMESTIC SERVITUDE
IN THE US, THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF TRAFFICKING IS BELIEVED TO BE
 SEX TRAFFICKING
SEX TRAFFICKING 
VICTIMS ARE
 MANIPULATED OR
 FORCED AGAINST 
THEIR WILL
TO ENGAGE IN SEX ACTS FOR MONEY, TO BENEFIT THEIR TRAFFICKERS
TRAFFICKERS ARE INCREASINGLY USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO FIND AND RECRUIT POTENTIAL VICTIMS
TRAFFICKERS SCAN SITES SUCH AS

SNAPCHAT,
 SUGARDADDY.COM,
BACKPAGE.COM, AND 
PAYYOURTUITION.COM,

LOOKING TO LURE IN POTENTIAL VICTIMS

SO ALWAYS BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU ARE TEXTING OR ONLINE
AND NEVER SEND PICTURES 
OR SHARE YOUR SECRETS 
WITH A STRANGER
THEY COULD
 BE USED 
AGAINST YOU
SEX TRAFFICKERS CAN USE
THREATS
TO LURE VICTIMS
EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES,
THOUSANDS OF TRAFFICKING CASES ARE
REPORTED, BUT MANY MORE GO UNNOTICED
THAT'S
BECAUSE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A HIDDEN CRIME
VICTIMS MIGHT 
BE AFRAID TO COME 
FORWARD, OR WE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS, EVEN IF IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT 
IN FRONT OF US
WE NEED TO BRING THIS CRIME OUT OF THE SHADOWS
HELP US TAKE A STAND AGAINST MODERN DAY SLAVERY
BY RAISING
AWARENESS OF 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY
KNOW THE SIGNS OF TRAFFICKING
* FRESH BRUISES OR TATTOOS

* EMOTIONAL DISTRESS

* ABRUPT CUTTING OFF OF COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS

KNOW THE SIGNS OF TRAFFICKING

*NEW DOMINANT MALE FIGURE IN HIS/HER LIFE

*DISINTEREST IN FORMER INTERESTS LIKE SCHOOL AND SPORTS

*EVASIVE RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS/HER SITUATION
IF YOU SUSPECT A CASE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT 
FOR VICTIM SUPPORT, CALL THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE CENTER
1-888-373-7888
OR TEXT "HELP" OR "BE FREE" TO

BEFREE (233733)
FOR MORE INFORMATION,

VISIT:

www.humantraffickinghotline.org

www.swfl-humantrafficking.org

SHARE THIS VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO HELP BRING THIS CRIME OUT OF THE SHADOWS
TOGETHER, LET'S DEFEAT THIS TERRIBLE CRIME
Written and produced by Katie Lamb
Narrated by Laura Vandiver

A VIDEO BY THE TEEN TASK FORCE OF
THE FLORIDA COALITION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
MANY THANKS TO MS. LYNN BREWER AND MR. HEMIAL KAFLE OF THE FLORIDA COALITION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING.  ADDITIONAL THANKS TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING INFORMATION AND VIDEO PRODUCED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, 
FROM WHICH THIS VIDEO BORROWS GENEROUSLY.
THE END
WHAT IS HUMAN
TRAFFICKING?

What is human trafficking? A Primer for Teens

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