Synthesizing Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts

Abstract

Anti-human trafficking efforts have been broadly classified as originating from within governmental and non-governmental organizations. This chapter presents a framing overview of these efforts, as well as the known vulnerability risks to trafficking as introductory material. This is followed by the identification and supporting discussion of a set of vulnerability amplifiers that may increase the vulnerability of victims to trafficking. These amplifiers include the presence of social normalization of deviance, a lack of enforcement of labor laws, a remaining lack of recognition regarding labor trafficking, and resulting ramifications. These risk amplifiers form the basis for a set of paths forward principles, offered to guide community development actions to improve prevention and detection of human trafficking.

Education Improves Emergency Department Providers' Knowledge of Human Trafficking

“…Some 20 million adults and children are labor-trafficked or sex-trafficked through force, fraud, or coercion. Up to 87.7% of victims reported being treated in an emergency room during the time that they were trafficked, however were never questioned by emergency department (ED) providers or staff about their living conditions (Andrews, 2018). Nationally, it is estimated that there are 150,000 HT victims in the United States and that 50,000 victims are trafficked into this country every year.…”