WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
Human Trafficking is defined as Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
United States, Department of Justice.
WHY IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AN ISSUE?
In 2018, Florida was the third most reported state of human trafficking cases to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
of enslaved people are women and girls, while men and boys account for 29%.
Human trafficking earns global profits of roughly $150 billion a year for traffickers, $99 billion of which comes from commercial sexual exploitation.
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
Check out these educational videos about Human Trafficking from survivors, experts, and our organization.
Click on the articles below to read more about Human Trafficking.
Click the links below to check out these Human Trafficking stories written by survivors of the industry.
Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution by Rachel Moran
Renting Lacy: A Story of America's Prostituted Children by Linda Smith
The Truth Behind The Fantasy Of Porn: The Greatest Illusion On Earth by Shelly Lubben
Not For Sale by David Batstone
Fallen: Out Of The Sex Industry & Into The Arms Of The Savior by Annie Lobert
Click the links below to download these educational materials.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING WEBSITES
NATIONAL ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS
FLORIDA ANIT-HUMAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS