Ending the Business of Human Trafficking in New York City  Our Campaign- A Brief Overview
Launched in the Fall of 2006, NOW-NYC's human trafficking campaign set out to get a state law that recognized trafficking as a crime, increase public education on this form of modern-day slavery, collect trafficking victims stories, assess how state agencies are identifying, tracking and prioritizing this issue, and shed light on how the trafficking industry is a part of the local economy and identify the legitimate businesses that do business with traffickers What is Trafficking and Where Does it HappenTrafficking is the business of exploiting vulnerable women, men and children for use as commodities in conditions of sexual and labor servitude. Traffickers use fraud, deception, coercion, threats and force to transport, harbor or obtain a person to perform commercial sex or labor acts against their will. According to the U.S. State Department's 2010 Annual Report on Trafficked Persons, an estimated 12.3 million adults and children are in forced labor, bonded labor, and forced prostitution around the world. Last year, according to the International Labor Organization, "the world imported and exported billions of dollars in products tainted by forced labor in manufacturing and raw materials procurement." UNICEF estimates that as many as 2 million children are subjected to prostitution in the global commercial sex trade. Women comprise at least 56% of the world's trafficking victims, and nearly all the adult sex trafficking victims. New York State What many people are surprised to learn is that this modern-day form of slavery is happening right here in the U.S. and throughout New York State and most likely, in the neighborhoods where you work and live. The United States is the second highest destination in the world for trafficked women. New York is consistently named as one of the top cities that traffickers use as both a point of entry into the U.S., as a transit location, and as a final destination for victims. According to the U.S. Justice Department, New York City's JFK Airport is a main trafficking hub. Traffickers brazenly operate in our neighborhoods, advertise in our newspapers, set up makeshift brothels known as "10 day houses" and supply existing massage parlors, brothels and escort services. High profit margins coupled with negligible-to-low risk of arrest and prosecution have led to the proliferation of organized prostitution and labor exploitation in urban, rural and suburban areas of New York. The first human trafficker was prosecuted under the NY State Anti-Trafficking Law in 2007. How You Can HelpSupport Holding Johns Responsible for Soliciting a Minor for Sex
Ensure Trafficking Survivors Have a Fair Shot at Rebuilding Their Lives
Join NOW-NYC's Trafficking Action Network
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