Reference no: EM133743240

Review these examples of human trafficking:

Natalia - Domestic Servitude/Labor Trafficking

Thirteen year old Natalia was told by her parents she was moving to the United States with family friends who would allow her to receive an education and learn English. Born and raised in a small village in Ghana, Natalia's family was struggling to pay the school fees for their children's education and welcomed the opportunity for Natalia to receive an education in the United States. Shortly after she arrived in the United States, the father she was living with began to physically and sexually abuse the young girl, creating a constant environment of fear for Natalia. For the next six years she was forced to clean the house, wash clothes, cook, and care for their three children, often working 18 hours a day while receiving no form of payment. She was never allowed to enroll in school as the family had promised, go outside, or even use the phone. One day, after she was severely beaten, Natalia saw an opportunity to run away from the home and a neighbor called the police. She was then taken to a local hospital for medical care.

Brittany - Escort Service/ Sex Trafficking

A man approached Brittany at a mall in her hometown, asked if she was looking for a job, and gave her a business card for a local restaurant he owned. When Brittany called the number on the card, the man confirmed that he was looking for waitresses to start working immediately. Brittany needed the job and asked for the restaurant's address, but the man told her he would pick her up at the mall where they first met. Instead of going to the restaurant, the man drove her to a nearby hotel and told her that she was going to be a prostitute instead of a waitress. At gunpoint, Brittany was forced to drink bottles of vodka and take blue pills that made her dizzy and disoriented. Brittany tried to look for help but was locked in the hotel room without access to a phone. After three days of being beaten, drugged, and forced to have sex with men, Brittany managed to escape and asked the first car she saw to call the police.

The United States Law: Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) states that human trafficking is the recruitment of individuals for labor by force, fraud, or coercion. Reflecting on the above cases, and/or others that you are familiar with from readings and/or other sources, identify:

• Who is vulnerable to human trafficking
• Why are they vulnerable
• How might people be put in this position
• Were each of the survivors that we read about obtained for labor? Was this done by force, fraud, coercion, or a combination?
• Identify one resource for survivors of human trafficking and provide the link for the resource.