The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children is the first international

consensus definition of the problem. The Protocol defines "trafficking in persons" as follows: the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.

http://www.stopvaw.org/Finding_a_Common_Definition_for_Trafficking.html

How common is human trafficking?

Precise figures at the global or even local level remain elusive. Reliable data on trafficking are difficult to obtain owing to its illegal, often invisible, nature; the range and severity of trafficking activities; and variations in how trafficking is defined (2). These and other factors also blur the distinction between trafficked persons, extremely vulnerable migrants and exploited labourers. Individuals may be trafficked within their own country or across international borders ( 3). Trafficking is reported to involve nearly every part of the world as places of origin/recruitment, transit or destination and this illegal trade in humans is believed to reap enormous profits for trafficking agents (4). Although women, men and children may all be trafficked for various purposes, trafficking is often a gendered crime. Current evidence strongly suggests that those who are trafficked into the sex industry and as domestic servants are more likely to be women and children (3). Reports on trafficking of males indicate that men and boys are more commonly trafficked for various other forms of labour, and that these trafficking sectors generally differ by country or region ( 5).

http://www.castla.org/templates/files/who-vaw-ht-eng.pdf

Elements Of Human Trafficking

On the basis of the definition given in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol, it is evident that trafficking in persons has three constituent elements; The Act (What is done) Recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons The Means (How it is done) Threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of

power or vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits to a person in control of the victim The Purpose (Why it is done) For the purpose of exploitation, which includes exploiting the prostitution of others, sexual exploitation, forced labour, slavery or similar practices and the removal of organs. To ascertain whether a particular circumstance constitutes trafficking in persons, consider the definition of trafficking in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol and the constituent elements of the offense, as defined by relevant domestic legislation.

ARTICLE: 2.4 million victims of human trafficking worldwide, says UN

By Lauren Gambino
1:40PM BST 04 Apr 2012

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/9185811/2.4-million-victims-of-humantrafficking-worldwide-says-UN.html

Yuri Fedotov, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said at a special General Assembly meeting on trafficking that 80 per cent of trafficking victims are being exploited as sexual slaves. "At any one time, 2.4 million people suffer the misery of this humiliating and degrading

crime," Fedotov said. He said fighting these criminals "is a challenge of extraordinary proportions". According to Yuri Fedotov, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime based in Vienna, only one out of 100 victims of trafficking is ever rescued, and two out of every three victims are women

EXTRA READINGS (Trafficking of women in Greater Mekong Region)

-http://www.unodc.org/documents/toc/Reports/TOCTA-EA-Pacific/TOCTA_EAP_c02.pdf

http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/human_trafficking/coalitions_trafficking.pdf

http://www.law.washington.edu/AsianLaw/HumanTrafficking/Shahani_keynote.pdf
contains Government responses to human trafficking: the Aquino administration sorry, di ko kasi maopen na kaya di ko macopy paste. Hehe

VIDEOS

women trafficking in US http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvGGUsdDjB0

Mail order brides Philippines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivf0bsWP0mY