ABOUT July 30, 2024 UN World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

On July 30 of every year, The United Nations hosts a World Day on human trafficking to raise awareness for Survivors of Human Trafficking worldwide. This year’s World Day theme is Building Resilience and Activating Community Collaborations.

SAFECHR has hosted two previous UN World Days and this year will be our third. We had a standing room only event last year and expect over 300 guests again this year!!

After receiving glowing feedback from an impactful last year’s UN World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (TIP), this year’s planning committee has a lot to offer to our attendees. Our evening will begin with dinner followed by our “Panel of Experts”, Awards, and conclude with raffle, door prizes, and dessert. Survivors, Policy makers, local Community Leaders, Mental Health Experts will come together to share their insights. Don’t miss! Global insights from the United States, Japan, India, Uganda, Germany, Albania and other nations.

HOW TO OBSERVE WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

1. Attend Programs on Human Trafficking

   Programs such as this one, provide important ways in which to protect our families and

   keep our cities safe.

   Read up on the history of trafficking

   You can and should do some reading up on the history of trafficking. Research how international organizations have handled it so far.

2. Donate to shelters for trafficking victims

   Donate clothes and other goods to shelters for victims of human trafficking, as this would go a long way. Any amount helps and it’s for a worthwhile cause.

3. Offer jobs to survivors of trafficking

   If you are privileged to do so, kindly give jobs to survivors of human trafficking, to help them get back on their feet. It takes a lot of strength and resilience to recover from something like human trafficking. Any help along the way is appreciated by survivors.”

   (Modified from source: Nationaltoday.com)

NEED for Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Partnership (4 Ps) Trainings:

• Indiana has an estimated 12,300 victims of trafficking which is about 1% of reported cases according to the Safe House Project 2023 report.
• There is NO average age of entry into the underworld of human trafficking. Although “Unlucky 13” is often cited, this is not accurate. The youngest child we have seen for trafficking was 18 months old (Gopal, 2016). Trafficking Victims are from various social and economic strata. Internationally, trafficked children are as young as 6 years old (Sri Lanka) to 9 years old (Nepal).  It is not limited to poorer and disadvantaged families. Victims are lured, deceived, and enslaved and are sons and daughters of physicians, lawyers, and white collared professionals
•  Human Trafficking is a global issue, but it is also a DOMESTIC issue.  50-80% of the children involved in internet porn are US citizens. 83% of trafficked individuals are US citizens.
•  Roughly 100,000 to 300,000 American children are trafficked within the United States each year
•  Human Trafficking is due to exploitation while Human Smuggling requires transportation paid for by those being smuggled.
•  Today, we have the largest number of slaves in the world in the history of humankind.
•  Japan and the Gulf Nations are the destinations for Asian minors
•  Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise with the lowest risk and highest dividends for traffickers. Children can be bought and sold multiple times each day, whereas drugs once used are gone forever.
• Often, victims do not consider themselves trafficked and do not identify with the term until several years later.
•  Victims develop “trauma bonds” and experience Complex Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome response to their trafficking.
•  In the United States, between 50-98% of child victims were once in foster care.  50% of victims reported in California, 65% in New York, and 98% in Connecticut. About 25% of traffickers were once in foster care
•  100% of the women traffickers were sex slaves as compared to 56% of men with the Male/Female Ration being approximately 70/30. Pimps earned $150,000-500,000 per year
•  Within 48 hours, of running away one out of three teens are lured into trafficking.