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What is Human Trafficking? Trafficking in persons is a modern day form of slavery 27 million slaves worldwide - more than 400 years of transatlantic slave trade 1 2 nd largest illicit trade following drugs trafficking 50% of victims are children 2, 80% are women 3 $152 billion generated annually by traffickers globally 4 1 Kevin Bales, Free the Slaves Dept of Justice 3 US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2007 4 ILO, A global alliance against forced labor 2005 2 US 2 © 2013 Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition

What is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment and transportation of people within or across borders by force, fraud, or coercion for the goal of exploiting them economically 5 5 Polaris: 5 polarisproject. org © 2013 Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition

Human Trafficking in the United States Slavery is illegal everywhere and many countries are adopting protocols for combating the trafficking of people Department of Justice estimates 18, 000 people are trafficked into the U. S. every year 6 Trafficking Victim Protection Act (TVPA) broadened the definition of human trafficking and established the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons 7 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report ranks countries on their anti-human trafficking efforts, with penalties for those with lower rankings 6 TIP 7 San report 2003 Jose Police Department Human Trafficking Task Force: www. sjpd. org/stopht 4 © 2013 Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition

Human Trafficking in California is one of the top 3 states in the U. S. for human trafficking 8 Three of the 10 worst child sex U. S. trafficking areas are in California: San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego 9 California Trafficking Victims Protection Act (2005) covered criminal prosecution, victim protection, and prevention efforts but did not require law enforcement training (covered by Prop. 35 in 2012). Human trafficking crimes carry a lighter penalty under California law than rape and kidnapping 8 California 9 California 5 Emergency Management Agency: www. oes. ca. gov Against Slavery: www. californiaagainstslavery. org © 2013 Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition

Human Trafficking in the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition (baatc. org) serves as a connecting organization to deepen and grow the Bay Area response to human trafficking BAATC’s Freedom Summit stands as the largest anti-human trafficking conference in the country to date BAATC partners with 50+ organizations engaged in fighting human trafficking in the Bay Area and beyond No Traffick Ahead is a multi-county working group consisting of over 60 agencies collaborating on the issue of human trafficking brought together for Super Bowl 50 and is now continuing beyond. 10 http: //www. southbayendtrafficking. org/ © 2013 Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition

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Consumer market power fights slavery • The Bay Area is in the top tier of all economic engines utilizing slave labor to accommodate our consumer demand. What we purchase here, sends a message everywhere Slaveryfootprint. org: how many slaves work for you? • Be Selective: pick products with the highest daily usage and strongest correlation with slavery around the world: chocolate, coffee/tea, rice, sugar, hygiene products • Be careful not to "villainize" companies, some who have done the most harm are the ones often working for the greatest change. betterworldshopper. org and goodguide. com © 2013 Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition

10 | 10 10 minutes • Add Trafficking Hotline to phone 1 -888 -373 -7888 10 days • Record your own Slavery Footprint at slaveryfootprint. org • Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter • Ideas for engaging your friends & family • Talk to a friend/family member • Change consumer habits; buy fair trade • Write companies © 2013 Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition 10 months • Commit to read a book, watch a movie, do a bike ride, join a discussion group or blog • Attend a training • Hold an awareness and/or fundraising event

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