Watch out for unusually expensive or out-of- place gifts that are not from parents or normal providers—these could be a sign of grooming. Very noticeable changes in a person's behavior or attitude could be a sign of grooming.
Human Trafficking Indicators
Poor living conditions. Multiple people in cramped space. Inability to speak to individual alone. Answers appear to be scripted and rehearsed.
How do Traffickers Control Victims? Traffickers employ a variety of control tactics, the most common include physical and emotional abuse and threats, isolation from friends and family, and economic abuse. They make promises aimed at addressing the needs of their target in order to impose control.
Many sex traffickers lure victims by providing basic survival needs. They systematically provide distorted versions of higher needs to manipulate victims. Using threats, force and coercion, traffickers exploit the fact that, for many victims, “the life” may be their first experience of 'family' and belonging.
Australia works with other governments and organisations to prevent human trafficking, prosecute the perpetrators, and protect and support trafficked people. Australia's anti-human trafficking strategy was established in 2003.
Who Is a Human Trafficking Victim? Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which victims are subjected to force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of commercial sex, debt bondage, or involuntary labor. Victims of human trafficking can be young children, teenagers, men and women.
In 2021, the government referred 150 cases of suspected trafficking crimes for possible investigation, compared with 233 cases the previous year, which had included cases of exit trafficking, organ trafficking, harboring, and forced marriage.
Locations. Victims can be found in legal and illegal labor industries, including child care, elder care, the drug trade, massage parlors, nail and hair salons, restaurants, hotels, factories, and farms. In some cases, victims are hidden behind doors in domestic servitude in a home.
Sex Trafficking. Sex trafficking is the most prevalent form of human trafficking in the United States (Gorman & Hatkevich, 2016).
In the United States, individuals vulnerable to human trafficking include children in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, including foster care; runaway and homeless youth; unaccompanied foreign national children without lawful immigration status; individuals seeking asylum; American Indians and Alaska ...
The states with the highest human trafficking statistics are California, Texas, and Florida. California tops the list with 1,334 reported cases and 2,122 victims, followed by Texas with 917 cases and 1,702 victims, and Florida with 781 cases and 1,253 victims.
Children account for half of the victims of human trafficking. In fact, the average age that a young person becomes involved in sex trafficking is 12 years old.
CHILDREN;139 EASY TO TARGET
Globally, one in every three victims detected is a child.
As with domestic violence victims, if you think a patient is a victim of trafficking, you do not want to begin by asking directly if the person has been beaten or held against his/her will.
Trafficking is used for a wide variety of purposes, such as domestic, agricultural or sweatshop labour, marriage and prostitution. Australia is a destination country for victims of trafficking, and evidence suggests the majority are women trafficked into debt-bonded prostitution.
In the 2021-22 financial year, the AFP received 294 reports of modern slavery and human trafficking, an increase from 224 in the previous financial year.
Using this technique, it is estimated that the number of human trafficking and slavery victims in Australia in 2015–16 and 2016–17 was between 1,300 and 1,900. This means there are approximately four undetected victims for every victim detected.
Be careful about posting too much personal information online and do not trust "friendly" strangers on social media that know too much about you or say just the right thing. Stay vigilant and don't "look" like easy prey. Traffickers go after those they perceive as vulnerable and meek.
Due to the complex nature of the crime, traffickers often operate under the radar, and those trafficked are not likely to identify as victims, often blaming themselves for their situation. This makes it more difficult to identify the crime because victims rarely report their situation.
Pimp “breaks” the victim by letting her know he's dangerous– beating, raping, yelling, showing weapons, etc. He threatens to hurt her and her loved ones. Control & Isolation: Pimp keeps the victim close and makes her dependent by calling constantly, moving her in, taking money away, monitoring her moves, etc.