Instead : Well-written interviews should authentically reflect the words and intentions of the survivor. Human trafficking is a crime that impacts virtually all communities. When media outlets choose to beat around the bush when speaking or writing about human trafficking, they reduce the suffering that victims and survivors experience, as well as minimize the harmful actions taken by perpetrators. Instead : Responsible media outlets must avoid unnecessary shock factor, while using terminology that plainly portrays the experiences of survivors and actions of human traffickers.
Stock images of trafficking victims in handcuffs or with highly visible bruises and injuries, while representative of the tragic realities of some trafficked individuals, sends the message that human trafficking is always visually obvious. These stereotyped images undermine the importance of community members knowing how to recognize less obvious signs of trafficking. Instead : The use of visual images should humanize victims and survivors of trafficking.
This can be done by protecting the identity of the individual when necessary or requested, avoiding sensationalized stock photos, and publishing images that portray the physical realities of victims realistically rather than portraying victims as criminals or weak. The media has a significant role to play in rejecting harmful messages surrounding human trafficking.
Media outlets also have a responsibility to protect victims and survivors by refusing perpetrators virtual or physical access to current or potential victims. Social media sites such as Facebook and online messaging platforms have received increased publicity in recent months for their apparent inability to control what activities, advertisements, and conversations appear on their sites—even when crimes are involved.
When executives and journalists take a complacent approach to protecting victims of human trafficking and preventing traffickers from gaining access to victims, the online human trafficking industry grows. Instead : Media outlets can adopt policies, procedures, and standards that proactively seek to eradicate human trafficking from their platforms and send the message that perpetrators of trafficking cannot hide behind a screen.
This may include enforcing age restrictions on messaging platforms, creating legal systems to prevent situations of online trafficking, and publishing crisis and hotline numbers for victims who have access to these sites. As an advocate, how have you seen trafficking portrayed in the news outlets and media platforms that you frequent?
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Available from www. In Europe, over , victims are trapped in a situation of violence and degradation for sexual exploitation and up to one in seven sex workers in the region may have been enslaved into prostitution through trafficking. Women meanwhile make up two thirds of the world's human trafficking victims. Transnational Organized Crime: Let's put them out of business. Human trafficking: people for sale Related publications Related information Maps and graphs Human trafficking is a global problem and one of the world's most shameful crimes, affecting the lives of millions of people around the world and robbing them of their dignity.
Organized crime - profiting from the exploitation of human beings The exploitation of human beings can be highly lucrative for organized criminal groups.
Gender and age of trafficking victims Globally, one in five victims of human trafficking are children, although in poorer regions and subregions, such as Africa and Greater Mekong, they make up the majority of trafficked persons.
What can be done? There are many ways that you can help tackle this crime and make a difference: Be alert: if you see anything that you think might be related to trafficking, tell the police or telephone your local anti-trafficking helpline, if one is available.
These concerns could relate to your workplace or to your private life - remember, victims are coerced into a range of areas. If you are unsure, it is better to be mistaken than to let another victim continue to be enslaved. Be involved: find out what is being done in your community, see what you can do and encourage your friends, family and neighbours to be more aware about human trafficking.
Many national authorities and non-governmental organizations are involved in anti-trafficking work and there is a wealth of information available online through these channels. This international initiative works to raise awareness of the plight of victims and build political support to fight the criminals behind trafficking.
One way of raising funds is to organize an event at your school or in your community. You could also adopt the Blue Heart and help increase awareness about human trafficking.
Be responsible: make sure that your consumer choices and actions are ethical ones. While some decisions might be clearer than others, you can pledge not to purchase goods and services that could be linked directly or indirectly with sexual exploitation, forced labour or other forms of forced subjugation. Lexington St. Baltimore, Maryland [email protected]. Terms of Use Privacy Policy. Catholic Relief Services eases suffering and provides assistance to people in need in more than countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality.
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Human trafficking is the act of recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining a person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts through the use of force, fraud or coercion. You can be a victim of human trafficking in your hometown.
Types of human trafficking. Sexual exploitation and forced labor are the most commonly identified forms of human trafficking. More than half of the victims are female. Many other forms of exploitation are often thought to be under-reported. These include domestic servitude and forced marriage; organ removal; and the exploitation of children in begging, the sex trade and warfare.
The causes of human trafficking are complex and interlinked, and include economic, social and political factors. Poverty alone does not necessarily create vulnerability to trafficking, but when combined with other factors, these can lead to a higher risk for being trafficked.
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