Chapter 2 Objectives:
What is human trafficking? A.M.P
- Define human trafficking
- Learn about the Scope of the Problem
- Learn the Difference between Human trafficking and Smuggling
- Learn about the Resources
What is human trafficking? A.M.P
Perspective:
Is it human trafficking or smuggling?
There are three crucial differences: location, consent, exploitation:
Location:
Smuggling is across borders
Trafficking can happening across borders or within a country. It can involve movement cities, towns, rural areas, or one street to the net.
Consent:
Smuggling is a service someone asks for and chooses to do it.
Trafficking involves either forcing a person to travel, or deceiving a person into taking on a journey under false promises of jobs, payment, or safety at the end.
Exploitation:
Smuggling is limited to one financial transaction in exchange for illegal entry to a country. Once the payment and border crossing is complete, the exchange ends, and the person is free to make other choices.
Trafficking uses force, fraud, or coercion against a person for the purpose of exploitation. A trafficked person can be exploited at the final destination and/or during the journey.
Location:
Smuggling is across borders
Trafficking can happening across borders or within a country. It can involve movement cities, towns, rural areas, or one street to the net.
Consent:
Smuggling is a service someone asks for and chooses to do it.
Trafficking involves either forcing a person to travel, or deceiving a person into taking on a journey under false promises of jobs, payment, or safety at the end.
Exploitation:
Smuggling is limited to one financial transaction in exchange for illegal entry to a country. Once the payment and border crossing is complete, the exchange ends, and the person is free to make other choices.
Trafficking uses force, fraud, or coercion against a person for the purpose of exploitation. A trafficked person can be exploited at the final destination and/or during the journey.
Challenge Yourself: Is this trafficking or smuggling?
Luis was invited by friends to work as a strawberry farmer in the United States. He would earn up to $75 a week. Luis paid a coyote to help him get into the States with fraudulent documents. He knew he was sneaking into the country illegally, but he was searching for a new life. He was willing to take the risk.
Luis was invited by friends to work as a strawberry farmer in the United States. He would earn up to $75 a week. Luis paid a coyote to help him get into the States with fraudulent documents. He knew he was sneaking into the country illegally, but he was searching for a new life. He was willing to take the risk.
The Resources:
Trafficking in Persons Report (https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/282798.pdf)
UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/2018/GLOTiP_2018_BOOK_web_small.pdf)
The Global Slavery Index (https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/global-findings/)
Trafficking in Persons Report (https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/282798.pdf)
UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/2018/GLOTiP_2018_BOOK_web_small.pdf)
The Global Slavery Index (https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/global-findings/)
Ask Yourself:
As a student, you are learning how to be critical. You are learning how to question research, question facts.
Is the Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) effective? Does it seem odd to you that the United States has an entire office in the State Department fully committed to policing the rest of the world on their level of human trafficking?
- Why do they do it?
- Is it worth the resources it requires?
- What are some criticisms of this data collection?
What is the key difference between trafficking and smuggling?
Extra Resources:
https://sherloc.unodc.org/cld/en/v3/htms/index.html
https://sharedhope.org/resources/policy-research-resources/
http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/15/07/USA-TRAFFICKING-TIER3.jpg