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HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT

The U.S. Department of State estimates that between 14,500 and 17,500 victims are trafficked into the U.S. annually. The United Nations estimates that unlawful sex trafficking alone generates approximately $5,000,000,000 a year in revenues, with more than half of trafficking victims worldwide being children. Data is currently being colleted for Ohio, however, based on investigations conducted around the state, we know trafficking exists. Since humans are trafficked from other counties and between states, large immigrant populations and Ohio’s proximity to international transportation routes and borders increase the likelihood of trafficking activity. Foreign-born residents in Ohio have increased by 31% since 1990, gaining 80,000 immigrants and totally 339,000 in 2000. According to The Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2005, U.S. State Department, human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal activity in the world. At its current rate of expansion it will soon surpass profits made by criminal networks through the sale of buns and drugs. Many victims of human trafficking are forced to work in prostitution or the sex entertainment industry. But trafficking also occurs in forms of labor exploitation, such as domestic servitude, restaurant work, janitorial work, sweatshop factory work and migrant agricultural work.

Human trafficking is often referred to as “invisible slavery.” Traffickers use various techniques to instill fear in victims and to keep them hidden and enslaved. Some traffickers keep their victims under lock and key. However, the more frequent practice is to use less obvious techniques such as: debt bondage, isolation from the public; isolation from family members and members of their ethnic and religious community, confiscation of passports, visas and/or identification documents; and use of threat of violence toward victims and/or families of victims. This training course will cover such topics as: ? Who is Trafficked ? Trafficking vs. Smuggling ? How People Are Recruited ? Human Trafficking: What Is It? ? Elements to Meet Trafficking Definition ? Victim Characteristics ? How Victims are trafficked ? Who Are The Human Traffickers ? International & National Perspective ? Where It Exists in US ? Trafficking Cases In Ohio ? Victim Identification & Rescue ? Case Scenario ? Victim Service Providers ? Interagency Cooperation

This initiative was funded by federal Byrne Grant 2006-JG-B0V-V6490 awarded through the State of Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.