9,075
edits
Difference between revisions of "Understanding Human Trafficking"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Understanding Human Trafficking (view source)
Revision as of 17:48, 28 March 2014
, 17:48, 28 March 2014→Who is trafficked?
Drew Jackson (talk | contribs) |
Drew Jackson (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 36: | Line 36: | ||
*'''Mental health''': People with mental health issues may struggle with limited capacity to consent, assess risk or detect ill intentions. Traffickers are skilled at detecting these vulnerabilities and manipulating them to their advantage. | *'''Mental health''': People with mental health issues may struggle with limited capacity to consent, assess risk or detect ill intentions. Traffickers are skilled at detecting these vulnerabilities and manipulating them to their advantage. | ||
*'''Gang coercion''': Females can be exploited by entering a gang as a girlfriend of a gang member and then being sold for sexual acts. Often youth born into gang | *'''Gang coercion''': Females can be exploited by entering a gang as a girlfriend of a gang member and then being sold for sexual acts. Often youth born into gang-involved families are expected to contribute to the family business in any way the gang deems fit. | ||
involved families are expected to contribute to the family business in any way the gang deems fit. | |||
*'''Online vulnerability''': Traffickers increasingly use social networking and video chat sites to lure, advertise and exploit people. Traffickers then use explicit or compromising photos to further their control - threatening to publish these images online where family members will see them. Online social networking sites are now prime recruiting locations, replacing easier to monitor locations such as shopping malls, schools, bus stations and parties. Children and youth are particularly vulnerable to being lured this way. | *'''Online vulnerability''': Traffickers increasingly use social networking and video chat sites to lure, advertise and exploit people. Traffickers then use explicit or compromising photos to further their control - threatening to publish these images online where family members will see them. Online social networking sites are now prime recruiting locations, replacing easier to monitor locations such as shopping malls, schools, bus stations and parties. Children and youth are particularly vulnerable to being lured this way. | ||