HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Egita Petrova
 Human Trafficking is a crime against
humanity. It involves an act of
 recruiting
 transporting

 transfering

 harbouring or receiving

a person through a use of

force, coercion or other means,
for the purpose of exploiting them.
 The main aim of human
trafficking
 Exploitation of people:
 sex business, prostitution
 forced labour

 slavery

 servitude

 other blue-collar work

 removal of human’s organs

and selling them

 Why it still exists?
 Unlimited number of people in
economical poor countries
 Unlimited number of clients both in
origin countries and also in
developed countries
 Unlimited number of cruel recruiters
(by Pol Holm)
 Unemployment
 Weak social and economical structure of
society
 Lack of opportunities to get education
 Temptation of better life in foreign countries
 Discrimination and violence against women
and children
 Armed conflicts
 Corruptibility of government and other officials
 How it works?

ORIGINATING COUNTRY
(“donor country”)

COUNTRY OF TRANSIT

COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
(from Global Fast Movement home
page)
 Who does it?
 Illegal companies, who help people to
get a job
 Want ads in newspapers
 Advertisements on internet and
different “chat portals”
 Different exchange
programs
 Model’s agencies
 Personal relations
 Most popular stereotypes
 Human trafficking is not topical
problem in Latvia
 Victims of human trafficking are moral
degenerate persons, prostitutes, who
don’t need help
 Victims of human trafficking are in their
own fault, so they haven’t earned any
help
(by Baltic Institute of Social Sciences)
 Shocking facts
 In 2007, 27 million
people are considered
slaves in today’s
modern society.
 161 countries out of
192 (according to the
United Nations) are
involved with human
trafficking.
 There is smuggling of
people happening each
year, worldwide, and it
has now reached
800,000 victims.

 Women and children are

still the favored target of
human trafficking each
year. They comprise 80%
of the total number of
people being trafficked.
 Human trafficking, as
an organized crime,
is approximated to
generate 32 billion
revenue each year.

 Individuals under the

age 18, make up half
of the total number
of humans being
trafficked.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Egita Petrova