tricking, defrauding, manipulating or threatening victims into providing commercial sex or exploitative labor.
5. Human trafficking is often confused with human smuggling
Unlike human trafficking, human smuggling involves illegal border crossings. The crime of human trafficking does not require any movement whatsoever. Survivors can be recruited and trafficked in their own home towns, even their own homes.
6. You can take precautions
Children can be made more or less vulnerable by the adults in their lives. If a child is loved, cared for, and taken care of, they are much less likely to get lured into sex trafficking. It’s important to educate yourself on the risks of sex trafficking in your area and to do your part to protect the children you love from becoming a statistic.
Tia Muhammad, BS, is an award-winning freelance content & media creative, copywriter, blogger, digital designer, and marketing consultant. She owns the boutique content and digital media company, jackieGLDN|studio.