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HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Egita Petrova
Human Trafficking is a crime against humanity. It involves an act of recruiting transporting transfering harbouring or receiving
a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them.
The main aim of human trafficking
Exploitation of people: sex business, prostitution forced labour slavery servitude other blue-collar work removal of human’s organs
and selling them
Why it still exists?
Unlimited number of people in economical poor countries Unlimited number of clients both in origin countries and also in developed countries Unlimited number of cruel recruiters (by Pol Holm)
Unemployment Weak social and economical structure of society Lack of opportunities to get education Temptation of better life in foreign countries Discrimination and violence against women and children Armed conflicts Corruptibility of government and other officials
How it works? ORIGINATING COUNTRY (“donor country”) COUNTRY OF TRANSIT COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
(from Global Fast Movement home page)
Who does it?
Illegal companies, who help people to get a job Want ads in newspapers Advertisements on internet and different “chat portals” Different exchange programs Model’s agencies Personal relations
Most popular stereotypes
Human trafficking is not topical problem in Latvia Victims of human trafficking are moral degenerate persons, prostitutes, who don’t need help Victims of human trafficking are in their own fault, so they haven’t earned any help (by Baltic Institute of Social Sciences)
Shocking facts
In 2007, 27 million people are considered slaves in today’s modern society. 161 countries out of 192 (according to the United Nations) are involved with human trafficking.
There is smuggling of people happening each year, worldwide, and it has now reached 800,000 victims.
Women and children are still the favored target of human trafficking each year. They comprise 80% of the total number of people being trafficked.
Human trafficking, as an organized crime, is approximated to generate 32 billion revenue each year.
Individuals under the age 18, make up half of the total number of humans being trafficked.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Egita Petrova
Egita Petrova
Human Trafficking is a crime against humanity. It involves an act of recruiting transporting transfering harbouring or receiving
a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them.
The main aim of human trafficking
Exploitation of people: sex business, prostitution forced labour slavery servitude other blue-collar work removal of human’s organs
and selling them
Why it still exists?
Unlimited number of people in economical poor countries Unlimited number of clients both in origin countries and also in developed countries Unlimited number of cruel recruiters (by Pol Holm)
Unemployment Weak social and economical structure of society Lack of opportunities to get education Temptation of better life in foreign countries Discrimination and violence against women and children Armed conflicts Corruptibility of government and other officials
How it works? ORIGINATING COUNTRY (“donor country”) COUNTRY OF TRANSIT COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
(from Global Fast Movement home page)
Who does it?
Illegal companies, who help people to get a job Want ads in newspapers Advertisements on internet and different “chat portals” Different exchange programs Model’s agencies Personal relations
Most popular stereotypes
Human trafficking is not topical problem in Latvia Victims of human trafficking are moral degenerate persons, prostitutes, who don’t need help Victims of human trafficking are in their own fault, so they haven’t earned any help (by Baltic Institute of Social Sciences)
Shocking facts
In 2007, 27 million people are considered slaves in today’s modern society. 161 countries out of 192 (according to the United Nations) are involved with human trafficking.
There is smuggling of people happening each year, worldwide, and it has now reached 800,000 victims.
Women and children are still the favored target of human trafficking each year. They comprise 80% of the total number of people being trafficked.
Human trafficking, as an organized crime, is approximated to generate 32 billion revenue each year.
Individuals under the age 18, make up half of the total number of humans being trafficked.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Egita Petrova
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