Trafficking is defined as the recruitment, harboring, provision, receipt, transportation and/or obtaining of individuals by use of force or threats, coercion, fraud and/or using systems of indebtedness or debt bondage for purposes of economic exploitation. This exploitation can include: forced labor for domestic, industrial, agricultural or sex work; prostitution, pornography and sex tourism; removal and sale of organs; servitude, including servile marriages; and slavery.
Of the 45,000 to 50,000 trafficked individuals that are brought to the U.S., 30,000 come from Asia, primarily from China, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Trafficking: Considerations & Recommendations for Battered Women's Advocates
A technical assistance brief for domestic violence programs to navigate the implications of serving trafficked women and adapt their policies and procedures accordingly.
Health Issues Affecting Trafficked Individuals
Depression, malnutrition, physical and sexual violence, sexually transmitted infections, sleep deprivation, starvation, trauma, tuberculosis, urinary tract infections, untreated workplace injuries. Health problems affecting trafficked individuals can be contracted from the conditions prevalent in highly oppressive work environments, from unsafe immigration routes, and from the disease loads in sending countries.
