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| Assisting in the illicit transport of willing clients (undocumented migrants) across international borders |
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Kidnapping, transporting, or selling unwilling individuals for the purpose of forced work and/or profiting from that work
* Between 2-4 million people are trafficked annually
* Women and young girls account for 56% of non sexual forced labor slavery and 98% of sexual forced labor slavery
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| Women and girls are more likely to become victims of forced labor or sexual slavery because |
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Vast majority of purchasers are heterosexual men.
Women are easier to control than men.
Girls are less valued, more likely to be sold by impoverished families.
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| As many as 1/2 of trafficking victims are adolescents and children because |
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| easier to control and cheaper to feed |
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| Pose as human smugglers, labor recruiters, will sometimes even date or befriend a woman to gain trust |
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| Slaves told they have to "buy" their freedom by working off costs incurred to buy and sell them |
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| Russian authorities discover mass grave of remains of 14 abducted women and girls. A gang of 8 men were convicted of abducting girls from all over the region |
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| Arrested in 2005. Ran one of the world's largest sex trafficking rings out of a network of Houston bars. Police freed 120 women. |
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| Gerardo "El Gallo" Salazar |
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Arrested in 2010. Dated young girls in Mexico and enticed them to come to the US as his girlfriend. Once here, forced them into sexual slavery.
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| International Marriage Broker Regulation Act |
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Brokers must run criminal record and sex offender registry background
Brokers must provide this information to the bride in her primary language
Brokers must issue all brides a government written pamphlet that includes all legal rights and resources available in the US |
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| Traveling abroad for the purpose of purchasing sex/sexual entertainment. Sexual services purchased outright from brothels or street prostitutes. |
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| traveling abroad for the purpose of sex but also for the purpose of relationships |
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| Emotional Labor (Hochschild 1983) |
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| form of emotional performance that workers enact as part of a job |
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| kidnapping or even killing people to remove organs |
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