What are the Facts about Human Trafficking?
Who are human traffickers? Traffickers can be of any race or gender. They come from all ethnic backgrounds. Some traffickers use the privilege of wealth to help them control their victims, while other traffickers come from the same background or socioeconomic status as their victims.
Who do traffickers Target?
Traffickers target the vulnerable. They use control tactics which sometimes include physical violence, but most often use emotional abuse or threats to trap their victims. Traffickers often make false promises to their victims that address something the victim wants or needs like a home, a job, safety, or love. Traffickers often use threats of violence against a family member to control the victim. They can also threaten to out them to family members or expose them to law enforcement depending on the situation.
For professionals in the hospitality industry, knowing the signs of human trafficking can help them identify situations like these.
Traffickers may use hotels and motels to provide opportunities for commercial sex to paying customers. Victims may be forced to stay at a hotel or motel where customers come to them, or victims may be required to go to rooms rented out by the customers.
Within your own organization, you may have employees who are victims of forced labor. This can happen if a third party applied for a position on behalf of an individual or if employees are not receiving their own paychecks.
The privacy and anonymity offered by the hospitality industry are very appealing to human traffickers. When staff and guests do not know the signs of human trafficking, traffickers can operate discretely.
Human trafficking can happen in any industry
There is no industry that is immune from human trafficking. The sectors where victims are most frequently found are agriculture or horticulture, construction, the garment and textile industries, catering and restaurants, domestic work, entertainment, and the sex industry.
Here are some myths to look out for:
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Agriculture or horticulture
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Construction
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Garment and textile industries
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Catering and restaurants
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Domestic work
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Entertainment
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Sex industry
Separating fact from fiction with EasyLlama’s human trafficking training
Separating the myths from the facts about human trafficking is key to creating awareness and preventing this criminal activity. EasyLlama offers a comprehensive training course to provide an overview of human trafficking, including recruitment and transportation of victims, exploitation and abuse, identification of victims and victims' rights. Furthermore, our course includes interactive quizzes and real-life video scenarios to ensure that employees will be engaged and retain the important knowledge within the course.
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EasyLlama’s online training course guides employees to understanding and help preventing Human Trafficking in the workplace. This course will dive into the common traits of trafficked victims, how to report trafficking, and more. The course covers:
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