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Human Trafficking In Birmingham
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Statement of the Problem
Statement of the Problem
Prostitution & Trafficking
· Does human trafficking only occur in illegal underground industries?
Answer: While human trafficking occurs in illegal and underground markets, it can also occur in legal and legitimate settings. For example, common locations of trafficking include private homes, large fancy hotels, nail salons, restaurants, bars, and strip clubs.
Answer: While human trafficking occurs in illegal and underground markets, it can also occur in legal and legitimate settings. For example, common locations of trafficking include private homes, large fancy hotels, nail salons, restaurants, bars, and strip clubs.
· How is pimping a form of sex trafficking?
In the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, a severe form of sex trafficking is a crime in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion. Pimps, who are motivated by the opportunity to make money, sell women and girls in the commercial sex industry by using numerous methods to gain control over their bodies and minds, including:
In the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, a severe form of sex trafficking is a crime in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion. Pimps, who are motivated by the opportunity to make money, sell women and girls in the commercial sex industry by using numerous methods to gain control over their bodies and minds, including:
· Force
• Beating and slapping
• Beating with objects (bat, tools, chains, belts, hangers, canes, cords)
• Burning
• Sexual assault
• Rape and gang rape
• Confinement and physical restraint
• Beating and slapping
• Beating with objects (bat, tools, chains, belts, hangers, canes, cords)
• Burning
• Sexual assault
• Rape and gang rape
• Confinement and physical restraint
· Fraud
• False promises
• Deceitful enticing and affectionate behavior
• Lying about working conditions
• Lying about the promise of a better life
• False promises
• Deceitful enticing and affectionate behavior
• Lying about working conditions
• Lying about the promise of a better life
· Coercion
• Threats of serious harm or restraint
• Intimidation and humiliation
• Creating a climate of fear
• Intense manipulation
• Emotional abuse
• Creating dependency and fear of independence
• Threats of serious harm or restraint
• Intimidation and humiliation
• Creating a climate of fear
• Intense manipulation
• Emotional abuse
• Creating dependency and fear of independence
· Are pimps managers who offer protection to women and girls in the sex industry and split the money earned through commercial sex acts?
Answer: No. Contrary to common perceptions, pimps do not offer protection, and they are not benevolent managers. Instead, pimps usually take all of the money and typically establish nightly monetary quotas that women and children are forced to earn in order to avoid violent repercussions. Pimps even “brand” those under their control with tattoos of their name to demonstrate ownership.
Answer: No. Contrary to common perceptions, pimps do not offer protection, and they are not benevolent managers. Instead, pimps usually take all of the money and typically establish nightly monetary quotas that women and children are forced to earn in order to avoid violent repercussions. Pimps even “brand” those under their control with tattoos of their name to demonstrate ownership.
Trafficking
· In its 2004 Trafficking in Persons report, the U.S. government indicated that 600,000 – 800,000 individuals were trafficked across international borders each year, of which 80% were women and girls, and up to 50 percent were under 18 years old. It found that the majority of these transnational victims were trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation. (Ginny Baumann, Slavery and Women-Theory of Change 2004)
· Women especially are pushed into slavery due to the gender dimensions of poverty: women in poor communities not only suffer from the general lack of economic opportunities, but their choices are further narrowed by requirements that they only undertake a limited range of occupations or that they should remain confined to the household. When these harmful ideologies of women’s secondary status are present alongside extreme poverty, it is a lethal combination that permits their bodies to be regarded as commodities. Even in conditions of relative poverty, where the structures of economic opportunity are skewed against young women, it is those women who refuse to live within their constricted options that are most at risk from traffickers who arrive with the only appealing offer of a better life. (Ginny Baumann, Slavery and Women-Theory of Change 2004)
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