Sexual Exploitation
South Africa – Seven things everyone should know about Human Trafficking
Number one the problem is enormous. Victims are estimated 24.9 million. Human Trafficking is not about movement. The essence of Human Trafficking is coercion. Traffickers are motivated by money. Anyone can be a trafficking victim. Traffickers vary their tactics. We need to put traffickers in jail not their victims. There is hope traffickers can be stopped. The world is not powerless to stop traffickers. Using vetted specialized investigative units that receive peer-to-peer training from embedded experts, traffickers can be identified, arrested, prosecuted, and jailed. This frees victims to recover without fear that their trafficker will return. Caring for survivors without stopping traffickers only ensures that the trafficker will continue to create more victims who will need survivor care. Full Factsheet