Human Trafficking: The Salvation Army ’ s Response

1. Human Trafficking:The Salvation Army’s Response

2. Overview • Human Trafficking Defined • The U.S. Context • Our Operating Philosophy • TSA’s Response • Needs and Opportunities

3. Human Trafficking Defined

4. Acts Obtaining Recruitment Harboring Transportation Provisioning

5. Means COERCION Threats of serious harm against any person; any scheme or plan intended to cause a person to believe that failure to perform would result in serious harm to another person, & the abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process • FORCE • Power • Violence • Constraint used against a person FRAUD An act of deception with criminal intent *Proof of force, fraud, coercion is not required for persons who have not attained 18 years of age.

6. The US Context

7. International Trafficking to the US 14,500 - 17,500 persons are estimated to be trafficked into the U.S. annually* 100,000 – 150,000 victims are estimated to be in the U.S. *U.S. Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, 2004. Not disaggregated by age or gender. Estimate excludes internal trafficking.

8. Top 10 Countries of OriginCertified Adult Foreign Victims (FY 2011) Source: U.S. Dept of Justice, 2013. *Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.

9. Human Trafficking in the US • In fiscal year 2011, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made 938 arrests related to human trafficking, leading to 722 investigations and 271 convictions. • During the same time span, the FBI opened 183 human trafficking investigations in addition to 352 cases specifically related to the commercial sexual exploitation of domestic minors. (U.S. Department of Justice, 2013)

10. Our Operating Philosophy A few points about Sex trafficking

11. Operating Philosophy Victims of sex trafficking are trafficked into and used in various sectors of the sex industry such as prostitution, pornography, and stripping. They may be exploited in more than one sector.

12. Operating Philosophy The success of the commercial sex industry and sex trafficking industries hinges on a consumer—the male sex buyer.

13. Operating Philosophy Sexually trafficked women and other prostituting women experience the same realities of life in prostitution.

14. Not all prostituting persons are sexually trafficked, but prostitution harms those in it, whether they are trafficked or not. Operating Philosophy Ipswich, England: murder victims

15. Operating Philosophy All pimps ARE sex traffickers. 1. Kevin Provencher, New Hampshire Union Leader sports reporter turned pimp. Photo: gawker.com. 2. Allen Eugene Brown, “Prince.” Photo: NJ.com. 3. Tracy Lauren Marrow, a.k.a. Ice T, former pimp. 4. Maribel Rodriguez Vasquez, 2008, Los Angeles. 5, Fei Zhang, 2007, UK.

16. Operating Philosophy Pimp quote: “Both my hands swelled up because I beat the bitch so much.” The vast majority of adult women in prostitution experience levels of psychological coercion, physical abuse, and torture that plainly classify them as victims of sex trafficking. Image: Toledo Blade.

17. Operating Philosophy Sex is not work. William Blake, Satan Watching the Caresses of Adam and Eve, 1808

18. Operating Philosophy God did not create any woman for the purpose of prostitution. In other words, prostitution is prima facie evidence of the fall. William Blake, The Creation of Eve, 1808.

19. The Salvation Army’s Response to Human Trafficking Overview 1. USA Legislative Advocacy Raising Awareness Training North American Anti-trafficking Council Territorial Initiatives & Direct Services 2. SAWSO

20. TSA US National HeadquartersAnti-Trafficking Efforts • Joined a broad spectrum of groups in Support of the Trafficking victims protection act of 2000 • Spearhead webinars, email listserve, booths at conferences • iast.net web site. • www.salvationarmyusa.org/trafficking

21. TSA US National HeadquartersAnti-Trafficking Efforts • ANTI TRAFFICKING TRAINING AND FAAST’S HANDS THAT HEAL MANUALS • INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND OF PRAYER & FASTING FOR VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING. • PRAYER GUIDES IN 7 LANGUAGES. • NORTH AMERICAN ANTI TRAFFICKING COUNCIL SPEARHEAD VARIOUS TERRITORIAL INITIATIVES AND DIRECT SERVICES AS FOLLOWS:

22. TSA Direct Services Models & Hubs Models: • Case Management • Drop-in-Centers • Street Outreach • Strip Club Outreach • Leadership Training • Mentoring • Jail/Prison Outreach • Hubs: • Orange County, California • Atlanta, Georgia • Chicago, Illinois • Las Vegas, Nevada • Raleigh, North Carolina • Cincinnati, Ohio • Columbus, Ohio

23. Cases Serviced 2008-2013 to date 260 total cases • 21% labor trafficking • 76% sex trafficking • 3% both labor and sex • 19% male • 81% female • 23% foreign national • 77% American born Hotline calls 2012 • 271 Country of Origin for Foreign Born Victims • Philippines • Thailand • Kenya • Italy • Bolivia • Chile • Guatemala • Honduras • Mexico • India • Germany • Somalia • China

24. Salvation Army World Service Office

25. Ecuador • SAWSO $46,000 – Confronting Human Trafficking through Community-based Initiatives Photos: Lisa Thompson, The Salvation Army. 2005. Sign on a strip club in Ecuador advertising Columbian women.

26. Mexico - La Gloria Trafficking Prevention, Extended- Hours Day Care Center and Community Center March, 2010

27. La Gloria

28. La Gloria

29. Needs and Opportunities

30. Needs and Opportunities • Education support/scholarships for job training • Emergency medical and dental expenses • Funds for activities/classes (to keep clients from being idle while waiting for permanent programming) • Airfare (relocation and/or family reunifications) • Housing • Case Management/Counseling/Therapist • Outreach

31. God Fights for Us “One of you routs a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as he promised. So be very careful to love the LORD your God.” ~ Joshua 23:10

32. Contact Information Commissioner Nancy Roberts World Secretary for Women’s Ministries International Headquarters www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/antitrafficking Prepared by Salvation Army World Service OfficeNational Headquarters, USA