Sex Trafficking is one of the leading problems in the U.S and the world. This project was created initially for my internship and presented this to Chatham University.

3. This does not just occur in the United States. It is a universal problem.

4. “ Victims of trafficking are forced into various forms of commercial sexual exploitation including prostitution, pornography, stripping, live-sex shows, mail-order brides, military prostitution and sex tourism. Victims trafficked into prostitution and pornography are usually involved in the most exploitive forms of commercial sex operations. Sex trafficking operations can be found in highly-visible venues such as street prostitution, as well as more underground systems such as closed brothels that operate out of residential homes. Sex trafficking also takes place in a variety of public and private locations such as massage parlors, spas, strip clubs and other fronts for prostitution. Victims may start off dancing or stripping in clubs and then be coerced into situations of prostitution and pornography.“ --- Sex Trafficking http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/about/fact_sex.pdf

6. Now that we are in the AGE OF COMPUTERS it is even easier to sex trafficked individuals EXAMPLE: CRAIGLIST

7. CHILDREN TRAFFICKED ON CRAIGSLIST Erotic Services Section Sold Children as Young as 4-years Old Craigslist, an Internet company well known for enabling users to conveniently advertise everything from jobs to housing, is a popular marketplace for the sale of human-beings. With its free postings and relative anonymity for its users, Craigslist's "Erotic Services" site has become a vehicle for the trafficking and exploitation of women and children. There have been numerous reportings of children falling prey to traffickers advertising on Craigslist and victims as young as four years old have been sold on the Erotic Services site. Recent Craigslist headlines include a report on January 11, 2007 Cook County, Illinois. Three adults were arrested, two of which were posting advertisements on Craigslist for girls ranging in age from 14 to 16 years old to perform sex acts. ABC 7 Chicago reported that �some of these girls were forced to turn 10, 12 tricks a day resulting in tens of thousands of dollars for the pimps.� In response to the mounting evidence that its site is being used for these insidious purposes, Craigslist has often refused to comment or claimed lack of resources to effectively monitor postings. The Internet, with all of its conveniences, has become a major platform for facilitating human trafficking, prostitution and sexual exploitation of children. Currently, approximately 400,000 women and children are being prostituted in the U.S. annually. Surprisingly only 10-20% of prostitution is street-based. Behind closed doors, hidden by the anonymity of the Internet the exploitation of children is surging. Love146 has launched the Craigslist "Call to Action" campaign. It urges Craigslist, a multi-million dollar company and face of other philanthropic causes, to take responsibility for the role its site is playing in facilitating child trafficking and exploitation. In light of the New Year, Love146 are asking Craigslist to make a New

9. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/19/48hours/main5323194.shtml Craigslist Killer When one looks at this picture no one would think he is a killer. How this relates to the Internet? Met a girl through Craigslist through one of their services. He killed her. The Internet in this case was used to scope out targets for his next victims. He is not the only one who has met somebody online. But, he misused the website and as a result Craigslist is being blamed for the murder.

10. Location of Sex Trafficking in the United States

11. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER…PEOPLE ARE TRAFFICKED FROM EVERY STATE, EVERY DAY

12. Demographics (this is all forms of trafficking) Human, Sex, Labor trafficking for e.g.

17. DATE 1990 LOCATION Houston, TX CASE Cantina Case NUMBER Several ORIGIN Honduras DESCRIPTION Several Honduran women were exploited in a smuggling operation which guaranteed them safe passage and "jobs" for a fee of $450. The women were trafficked and forced to dance and have sex with men in a cantina. The women escaped when the owner of the club suddenly died. DATE November 1991 LOCATION Oceanside, CA CASE Love Shack Brothel NUMBER 20 ORIGIN Mexico DESCRIPTION Oceanside police shut down a prostitution ring which catered to 300 migrant farm workers. The women, who were trafficked to the U.S. from Mexico, were placed in makeshift shacks furnished only with mattresses. Instead of making arrests, local officials demolished the shacks and cleaned up the heaps of condoms and beer cans. http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/sex_traff_us.pdf ---SEX TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES EXAMPLES OF sex TRAFFICKING IN THE USA

18. DATE October1994 LOCATION Chinatown, NYC CASE Bowery St.Brothel NUMBER 50+ ORIGIN Thailand DESCRIPTION A routine inspection by city housing authorities uncovered a brothel in which over 30 women of Thai origin are imprisoned. In a subsequent raid of the premises, INS officials find barred windows, armed guards and squalid conditions. Sixteen people are arrested and convicted of various crimes related to the prostitution ring and brothel. http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/sex_traff_us.pdf ---SEX TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES EXAMPLES OF sex TRAFFICKING IN THE USA

19. Plan of Action