1. Comprehensive Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking: Findings from Clients in Three Communities
- Author:
- Laudan Y. Aron, Janine M. Zweig, and Lisa C. Newmark
- Publication Date:
- 06-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Urban Institute
- Abstract:
- Humans are trafficked across international borders for the purposes of labor exploitation (e.g., domestic servitude, sweatshops) or sexual exploitation (e.g., forced prostitution) and the victims are subjected to coercion, fraud, abuse, or some other form of deception on the part of the traffickers. The Department of State (2004, 2006) estimates that 600,000 to 800,000 people—adults and children—are trafficked across international borders around the world annually. About 90 percent of these victims are females and over half of all those trafficked each year are believed to be trafficked for sexual exploitation. Among those trafficked, about 14,500 to 17,500 are trafficked into the United States each year. Recent data show that victims are often trafficked by perpetrators of the same nationality (Free the Slaves and Human Rights Center 2004).
- Topic:
- Crime, Gender Issues, Human Rights, and Human Welfare
- Political Geography:
- United States