Stopping Human Trafficking- Free2Hope

Trafficking in persons shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, ​by means of the threat or use by 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 and 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. 

1. The action of trafficking which means the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons.
   
   
2. The means of trafficking which includes threat of or use of force, deception, coercion, abuse of power or position of vulnerability.
   
   
3. The purpose of trafficking which is always exploitation. In the words of the Trafficking Protocol, article 3 "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.  

• There are an estimated 100,000 children being ​ trafficked in the United States right now.
  
• Last year, human trafficking made more money than Google, Nike,  ​and Starbucks combined.