Sex

Trafficking
Miranda Macko, Tyler Wagner, Asia Yarbough

What is Sex Trafficking.?

From the non-profit organization, Polaris Project, which was founded in
2002 it gives the definition of Sex trafficking as, A form of modern
slavery that exists throughout the United States and globally. Sex
traffickers use violence, threats, lies, debt bondage, and other forms of
coercion to force women, men and children to engage in commercial
sex against their will.

How
traffickers/pi
mps lure
workers.

Traffickers use a loverboy technique to recruit girls from middle and high
schools. A lover-boy will present himself as a boyfriend and win the girls trust
with gifts, promises of fulfilled dreams, protection, adventure. or whatever seems
she is lacking. Traffickers use social media sites to recruit teenagers. After
getting her love and loyalty, he will then convenience (force) her into prostitution.

why not
just leave ?
Traffickers and pimps use
physical, emotional and
psychological abuse to
coerce young women and
girls into a life of sex
trafficking. Traffickers are
master manipulators and
employ tactics to create a
trauma bonds with victims.
Traffickers often use the
threat of violence against
victims or victims loved
ones to secure their
submission.

What makes someone

Vulnerable to be trafficked

Age is the primary factor of being targeted. Studies have shown adolescent girls are more
likely to fall for advances, deception, and manipulation tactics used by traffickers. No one is
exempt from falling for these tactics. Trafficker choose places such as social media, schools,
malls, parks, bus stops, shelters and group homes that are typically where unsupervised
teens are. Teens with a history of being a runaway or homeless are at a higher risk of falling
victim.

NOW YOU KNOW...

Trafficking women and children for sexual exploitation is the FASTEST GROWING
criminal enterprise in the world.

At least 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide into commercial
sexual servitude, forced labor and bonded labor.

About 2 million children are exploited every year in the global commercial sex trade.

Almost 6 in 10 identified trafficking survivors were trafficked for sexual exploitation.

Closer than you think!

We typically think 3rd world countries are the only place where human
sex trafficking occurs think again.
Women At Risk International has identified 15 demographics that draw the eye of a trafficker
to a community. West Michigan has 12 of the demographics.
Unfortunately the state department estimates in West Michigan alone, there are 2,400
minors for sale at any given time

http://fox17online.com/2014/06/23/human-trafficking-a-hidden-crisis-in-west-michigan/

Sea to Shining sea

America.The land of the free. Some our our proudest states that hold
our most beloved tourist destinations are also the same places in which
human sex trafficking is the highest within our nations borders. These
states are
California
Texas
Florida
New York
http://humantraffickingsearch.net/wp/top-4-states-for-human-trafficking/

wHEN IS ENOUGH, enough?

The distinquishing sign of slavery is

to have a price, and to be bought for it.
-John Ruskin

Rubin
and sex
traffickin
g

Mauss proposed that the

significance of gift giving is that
it expresses, affirms, or creates
a social link between the
partners of an ex-change. Gift
giving confers upon its
participants a special
relationship of trust, solidarity,
and mutual aid. One can solicit a
friendly relationship in the offer
of a gift; acceptance implies a

How does
it
connect?

Many girls who are within the

sex trafficking industry are
runaways, poor and abused.
They are offered a better life,
jobs and money. Many accept
these offers to find themselves
being put into the sex industry,
but have a relationship with this
person
who
bribed
them
because their families are often
said to be at risk.

Continue
d...

Since the girls accepted the

better life, they are then
expected to return something
and in this situation it is sex
with other men, which then
leads the traffickers to make
profit.
The girls are used practically as
objects with nothing good
coming out of it. Men are
overpowering them with their
dominance.

Result

Sex trafficking of women and

kids will be a continuum of
gift-giving The guy bribes her
with a better life or money,
she accepts, she is then sold
off for sex, he gets money or
whatever else in return and
the process continues on from
the beginning until the girl
pays off debt bondages or the
amount of money she owes
back. The girl is labeled as the
gift, giving her some value,
but in the eyes of an object.

Helplines and
resources
sex trafficking help hotline

1-888-373-7888
Washtenaw county Sheriff's office has a program to
help combat sex trafficking. E.A.S.Y
For more information regarding E.A.S.Y. please contact Sgt. Marlene Radzik