Human Traficking Flashcards

1
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True or false… human trafficking must involve travel, transportation, or movement across state or national borders

A

False

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2
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True or false.. sex trafficking and human trafficking is the same thing

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False.

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3
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True or false… a victim of human trafficking can be willing

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True. They do not need to be forced or coerced. There doesn’t have to be abduction, physical restraint, bondage or torture

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4
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True or false… victims never want to be in the life but have no choice

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False.

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5
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Define exploitation.

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The act of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their “work”

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Define commercial sex act

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Any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person

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7
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Define commercial sexual exploitation of children

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When individuals buy, trade, or sell sexually acts with a child under 18 (includes child porn, stripping, sex)

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8
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Define human trafficking

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The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provisioning, or obtaining of a person for the purposes of labor or sexual exploitation (involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery; or commercial sex act)

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9
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Define human smuggling

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The facilitation, transportation, attempted transportation or illegal entry of a person across an international border, in violation of one or more countries’ laws, either clandestinely or through deception, such as the use of fraudulent documents

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10
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What is sex trafficking?

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Human trafficking induced by force, fraud, or coercion to do a commercial sex

*proof of force, fraud, coercion is not required for victims under 18!

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Define labor trafficking

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Human trafficking induced by force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery

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12
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Define force

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Power

Violence

Constraint against a person

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13
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Define fraud

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Act of deception with criminal intent

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14
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Define coercion

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Threats of serious harm against any person; including schemes intended to threaten indirect harm

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15
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True or false… organ harvesting is a part of human trafficking

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True

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16
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How many slaves are there worldwide?

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3 per 1000 people (20.9 million)

17
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How many confirmed U.S trafficking cases were reported in 2016 to the national human trafficking hotline? What percent of these were sex trafficking? What percent were labor trafficking?

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7,572

Sex trafficking: 73% (40%, 90% female. 45% US citizens)

Labor trafficking: 16% children. 57% female. 68% foreign nationals or legalized immigrants

18
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How many victims of sex trafficking are found each year worldwide?

A

4.5 million

19
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Where does most trafficking take place in the US?

A

Large urban areas

20
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What is the age at which most people enter sex trafficking? What about labor trafficking?

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Sex trafficking: 49% enter between ages 12-17

Labor trafficking: 36% enter between ages 12-17

21
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What is the average age of people who enter into labor trafficking and sex trafficking?

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Sex trafficking: 18

Labor trafficking: 23

22
Q

How many human trafficking victims were found in utah from 07-16?

A

189

There were 630 calls to the hotline

23
Q

What is DMST?

A

Domestic minor sex trafficking

Exploitative crimes of sexual nature committed against minors within the US

24
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What are some examples of exploitative crimes in DMST?

A

Trafficking a minor for sexual exploitation (child porn, stripping/dancing, sexual acts)

Exploiting a minor through survival sex

Exploiting a minor through “prostitution”

25
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What are the top personal risk factors for human trafficking?

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Poverty
Homelessness
Substance use
Sexual abuse/assault
Child abuse/neglect
Runaway/throwaway
Juvenile justice system or foster care involve the
LGBTQIQ
Domestic violence
Mental health problems or concerns
Displaced persons (refugees)
26
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Before being trafficked, victims are more likely to have a history of…

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Trauma, physical and/or sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, abandonment, divorce, IPC, substance abuse

27
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What are the community factors involved with human trafficking?

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High homeless and runaway/throwaway youth populations

Presence of adult prostitution

Large population of unattached and/or transient males (truck stops, casinos)

Gangs

Organized crime

International borders, smuggling routes

28
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Who are the traffickers?

A

Romantic situation (32%)

Benefactors (10%) (money, shelter, food)

Job offer (10%) (modeling/acting)

Familial/friend (10%)

Combination (31%)

29
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What are the primary venues of CSEC?

A

Hotel/motel based
Street based
Brothel

Online classifieds are a common avenue

30
Q

___ years is the average lifespan of a victim of human trafficking

A

7 years!

31
Q

The average number of sexual partners per day for a victim of sex trafficking is ___

A

8-10 per day!

32
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What is the number 1 and number 2 top causes of death for victims of sex trafficking?

A

Murder

HIV complications

33
Q

___% of victims had contact with a healthcare provider while they were being trafficked. ___% went alone to get birth control.

A

87.8%

65%

34
Q

What is the number 1, 2, and 3 top health care providers that victims went to while being trafficked?

A

ER

Primary care

Dentist

35
Q

What are some potential signs of DMST?

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No ID

Living with employer or “friends”

Cannot remember address

Inconsistencies in story

Accompanying adult does not let pt speak

Hypervigilance/paranoia

General poor health/malnourishment

Significant cash, hotel room keys, condoms on person

36
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What are some additional signs of DMST?

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Stated age is older than appearance

Multiple arrests for “prostitution”

Multiple STIs, sexual partners

Evidence of sexual trauma

Tattoos/branding/cutting/burning

Runaway, throwaway youth

Homeless youth

School truancy, multiple absences

37
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How can you communicate with victims of human trafficking effectively?

A

Talk with pt alone

Enlist a trusted interpreter (NOT family member or from same community)

Important to limit history gathering to our specific role

38
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Who do you involve if you identify or suspect a victim?

A

DCFS and 911

Safe & healthy families

National human trafficking hotline

UTIP hotline

39
Q

Should you ask

A: what is wrong with you?

B: what has happened to you?

A

B