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Project#2 Human Trafficking; What are the reasons for trafficking, and…

- - - - eventual credibility
        
        3 direct quotes/paraphrases
        
        "The federal Trafficking Victim Protection Act of 2000 divided human trafficking into two categories: forced sex works which is termed "sex trafficking," and forced labor, which is termed "labor trafficking."
        
        "There are many human trafficking cases like this where it is unclear if the Ohio legal definition for "human trafficking" is met, even though it would be categorized as human trafficking under federal law"
        
        "Human trafficking survivors face many challenges and if the survivor is undocumented or has a long criminal recorded, these challenges may be compounded."
        
        What/why I will use this article/website?
        
        As the foundation for my paper I plan to use this article because in my research it contains the most information regarding human trafficking. It will define human trafficking, those most vulnerable, and resources for the victims
- - - - Domestic prostitution of minors
      - Geography
      - what people are trafficked for?
- - - - Law enforcement task forces, often coordinated between different agencies, are a common tactic to combat a variety of crimes – including human trafficking. Often, the FBI will partner with a local police department to conduct sting operations on traffickers.
      - Operation Cross Country XI recovered 84 minors and arrested 120 traffickers. The focus of the operation was specifically on underage victims. Some critics of the effort have complained that the operation needlessly sweeps up willing sex workers, charging them with felonies and further perpetuating a lifestyle of crime. Still, few argue with the necessity of pulling teens from a life of rape and abuse.
      - When people fall prey to sex traffickers, it can take a village of law enforcement agencies and advocacy organizations to pull them from the sex work they’re forced to endure. Detectives, officers and FBI agents often coordinate efforts to rescue those who are trapped and put their abusers behind bars.
    - - “They’re hiding in plain sight,” said Cpl. Alan Wilkett, a veteran of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office in Florida. “The trafficker is comfortable in that there’s such high transit [on the highways] that it becomes difficult to spot the activity.”
      - "Most of the victims are folks that are in such vulnerable positions they are not able to make their own decisions".
        — FBI Assistant Director in Charge William Sweeney
      - “That renewed focus, I think, has also led to increased reporting and then increased prosecutions and increased attention,” Sweeney said. “So it really seems to feed upon itself – which is good in the fact that we’re helping victims, [and] obviously bad in the fact that you realize how pervasive it actually is.”