Amelie Rode, Rebeccah Major, and Leah Feghali

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Modern-day slavery

WHAT?Occurs when one person

completely controls another person, using violence or the threat of violence to maintain that control, exploits them economically, pays them nothing and they cannot walk away

3rd largest criminal industry in the world, drug and arms dealing are first and second

A market driven criminal industry (products, food stuffs, organs, sex)

Low-risk, high profitNo wages

WHY?

WHO?Estimated 30 million

peopleMenWomenChildren

When isn’t it happening?

WHEN?

WHERE?Mauritania is last

country to abolish slavery

But slavery still exists there (estimated 10-20% of population) and there are cases of trafficking all over the world (estimated 161 countries)

WHERE?

Special Cases: Ivory Coast, Haiti, Somalia

Threat or use of forceCoercionAbductionFraudDeceptionAbuse of power or vulnerabilityGiving payments or benefits

HOW?

SHORT TERMAbuseWork with no pay

PsychologicalPhysical

STDscrippled

CONSEQUENCES

LONG TERM

SELFExploitedNo self worth (may

cause suicidal tendencies)

Affects family members

Industries

CONSEQUENCES

OTHERS

PREDICTABLENo freedomNot contentObstruction of justice

Psychological behavior

CONSEQUENCES

UNPREDICTABLE

OPTIONS?The trafficked person

doesn’t have any really safe options

We can… buy fairly traded

productsLook for Fair Trade

labels“Fair Trade Finder” app

Donate to organizationsRaise awarenessReport suspected

trafficking behavior

WHO BENEFITS FROM THIS INJUSTICE?Many industries (shrimp,

chocolate, clothing)PimpsGangs/criminal networksBrothel and fake massage

business ownersGrowers and crew leaders

in agricultureLabor brokersEmployers of domestic

servantsUs.

The traffickers abduct people

Traffickers steal innocence and rights

The traffickers “steal” the people’s abilities and do not pay them for their efforts, instead taking the money for themselves

8th Commandment:“You shall not steal.”

Everybody!!So trafficking the people made in God’s image

is like slapping God in the face.People are supposed to respect God, so

people should respect one another.

WE ARE MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE

Body: physical abuse/scars, STDs, fatigueHeart: ripped apart, emotionally unstable, feel

worthlessMind: mentally scarred, innocence lost, loss of

trustSoul: may doubt God’s impact on their lives,

may blame Him for situation, may doubt religion

BODY-HEART-MIND-SOUL

Every person is worthy of respect simply by virtue of being a human being

Traffickers do not allow their victims to have the respect they deserve

HUMAN DIGNITY

We show respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. We have a responsibility to care for the world’s goods as stewards and trustees, not just as consumers.

Traffickers are NOT caring for God’s people

STEWARDSHIP

It is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good; that is to say, to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for all.

In order to contribute to the common good, we need to do our part to fight human trafficking

SOLIDARITY

“Whatever insults human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children; as well as disgraceful working conditions, where men are treated as mere tools for profit, rather than as free and responsible persons; all these things and others of their like are infamies indeed. They poison human society, but they do more harm to those who practice them than those who suffer from the injury.”

The Church and the Modern World, #27

CST--

What: The Polaris Project. Works to fight human trafficking

Why: To raise awareness to end this form of modern day slavery and provide support for victims

Who: Founded by Katherine Chon and Derek Ellerman. Polaris Project has staff of at least forty people, not including its board members and volunteers.

POLARIS PROJECT

Where: Currently two Polaris Project offices. One in Washington, D.C. and one in New Jersey.

When? Always there and ready to help with the extermination of human trafficking. Staff members are on call 24/7 in both offices.

POLARIS PROJECT

How: Staff members in the two offices respond to any human trafficking crisis and serve the victims with special training they’ve received. Agency provides services for survivors including group therapy, transitional housing, victim outreach, and comprehensive case management.

POLARIS PROJECT

Consequences: Anyone, including victims, can be influenced by this agency and what it’s striving for. Agency also helps bring trafficking victims closer to the freedom that is rightfully theirs.

POLARIS PROJECT

Options: Agency has many options that help victims get back up on their feet. Also, National Human Trafficking Resource Center is the hotline available to all people allowing them to report incidents of human trafficking or learn more information on the issue.

POLARIS PROJECT

WHAT: 13th Amendment--"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

WHY: to abolish slaveryWHO: Abraham Lincoln proposed it, passed by

CongressWHEN: ratified December 1865

OUR GOVERNMENT

OUR GOVERNMENTWHERE: The United

States of AmericaHOW: ratification

processCONSEQUENCES:

slavery was outlawed, but was not exterminated

OPTIONS: Congress could have passed it, Congress could have not passed it

WHO: President Barrack ObamaWHAT: Obama signed an executive order

strengthening protections against human trafficking for domestic federal contracts, and tightening anti-trafficking rules for government contracts abroad worth more than $500,000

WHY: because he is against trafficking

OUR GOVERNMENT

WHEN: September 25th, 2012WHERE: United States of AmericaHOW: signed the documentCONSEQUENCES: (hopefully) reduction in

human traffickingOPTIONS: he could sign it, he could have not

signed it

OUR GOVERNMENT

JASON MRAZ PITCHING IN!Concert to raise

awareness about human trafficking Myanmar

will be broadcast on Myanmar national television and will air on MTV's international network in 2013

first international artist to perform an open-air concert in the country since the end of military rule last year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAH4dK0wH04

VIDEO!

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/http://www.polarisproject.org/http://

www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/index.html

3 WEBSITES USED!