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Understanding Human Trafficking
Sex Trafficking
- Sex trafficking is the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of commercial sex act in exchange for something of value. Money, Drugs, Rent, Food or just a place to sleep
- Sex Trafficking Thrives Because There Is A Demand.
- Any minor engaged in Sex Trafficking is victim of sexual assault.
Labor Trafficking
- Labor trafficking is the crime of using force, fraud or coercion to induce another individual to work or provide service.
- Common types include agriculture, domestic work, restaurants, cleaning services, and carnivals.
What’s the price of a Human?
While Drugs are sold once, a body can be sold over and over again
Every year, some 1 to 2 million children, women and men become victims of human trafficking; while traffickers make anywhere between $4,000 and $50,000 per person trafficked, depending on the victim’s place of origin and destination.
Red flags for Sex Trafficking and Labor Trafficking
Sex Trafficking
Labor Trafficking
Myths About Human Trafficking
There are plenty of myths about human trafficking — what it is, who can experience trafficking, what happens in a trafficking situation.
Learn the truth about some common myths.
In 2020, 10,583 situations of human trafficking were reported to the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline involving 16,658 individual victims.
The Law
The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) is a federal statute passed into law in 2000 by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Clinton. In the years since, Congress has built on this foundation, honing and expanding the U.S. strategy to combat sex trafficking and labor trafficking through a holistic, multi-agency approach.
Penalties
A conviction for Trafficking of Persons is punished by default as a felony of the second degree,3 with a maximum possible fine under Texas state law of up to $10,000 and prison time of up to 20 years.
However, a conviction be enhanced to a first degree felony if either “(1) the applicable conduct constitutes an offense under Subsection (a)(5), (6), (7), or (8), regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the child at the time the actor commits the offense; or (2) the commission of the offense results in the death of the person who is trafficked.