human trafficking 101
the "Sounds of freedom" film came in ahead of Indiana Jones!
trailer: https://www.angel.com/pay-it-forward/sound-of-freedom?utm_medium=direct&utm_source=angel-freedom&utm_campaign=sound-of-freedom-theatrical
buy tickets (Mystic Lux Theatre is one of the places showing it):
https://www.angel.com/tickets/sound-of-freedom?zip=03842&date=2023-07-08
human trafficking PREVENTION HOTLINE-1.800.843.5678
quick facts: There are over 40 million victims of human trafficking globally today; 25% are children. The average age of a child victim is 12-14 years old — organizations have rescued as young as 3 years of age. A child is sold for sex approximately 20 to 30 times per day. Human trafficking has surpassed the illegal sale of arms & it’s expected to surpass the sale of drugs in the next few years. This is the fastest-growing and second-largest criminal enterprise in the world generating over $150.2 billion illegal profits a year, of which $99 billion comes from sexual exploitation. In 2018, over half (51.6%) of the criminal human tracking cases active in the US were sex tracking cases involving only children.
SIGNS TO LOOK OUT FOR TO SPOT A VICTIM:
https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/indicators-human-trafficking
what you can do:
https://www.angel.com/blog/sound-of-freedom/posts/sound-of-freedom-join-the-fight-against-child-trafficking
take a free 1-hour training on how to spot victims of human trafficking:
https://polarisproject.org/training/
LIST OF TONS OF ORGANIZATIONS- FIND ONE NEAREST TO YOUR ZIPCODE;
MISSINGKIDS.ORG
TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING AND WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR NEAR TRUCK STOPS:
https://www.lanierlawfirm.com/trucking-and-human-trafficking/#
THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS RECEIVEd ABOUT ILLICIT MASSAGE PARLORS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
• HOW DO some MASSAGE PARLORS POSE AS A FRONT FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
THESE MASSAGE BUSINESSES ATTEMPT TO HIDE THEIR COMMERCIAL SEX OPERATIONS BY POSING AS LEGITIMATE MASSAGE BUSINESSES. THESE FAKE OR ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES CLAIM TO OFFER LEGITIMATE SERVICES WHILE OPERATING AS A BROTHEL BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THESE ILLICIT PARLORS PROVIDE COMMERCIAL SEX TO CUSTOMERS THROUGH MASSAGE AND OTHER SERVICES.
• ARE ALL MASSAGE PARLORS CONDUCTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
WHILE NOT ALL ILLICIT MASSAGE PARLORS ARE CONDUCTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ACCORDING TO THE 2020 DATA REPORT OF THE U.S. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE, ILLICIT MASSAGE PARLORS WERE THE SECOND MOST COMMON IDENTIFIED TYPE OF SEX TRAFFICKING.
• ARE MASSAGE PARLORS RUNNING TRAFFICKING RINGS IN MY AREA?
ACCORDING TO @POLARISPROJECT'S RESEARCH, THERE WERE MORE THAN 9,000 ILLICIT MASSAGE PARLORS
OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY WERE REPORTED IN EVERY STATE.
REPORTING A MASSAGE PARLOR IN QUESTION IS A DELICATE MATTER, AND SHOULD NEVER BE HANDLED BY THE INDIVIDUAL ALONE, AS IT MAY COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF VICTIMS OF EXPLOITATION. IN ORDER TO BEST HELP VICTIMS IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, LEARN HOW YOU CAN SAFELY IDENTIFY THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND REPORT THEM HERE: HTTPS://OURRESCUE.ORG/.../MYTH-OR-FACT-MASSAGE-PARLORS...
trailer: https://www.angel.com/pay-it-forward/sound-of-freedom?utm_medium=direct&utm_source=angel-freedom&utm_campaign=sound-of-freedom-theatrical
buy tickets (Mystic Lux Theatre is one of the places showing it):
https://www.angel.com/tickets/sound-of-freedom?zip=03842&date=2023-07-08
human trafficking PREVENTION HOTLINE-1.800.843.5678
quick facts: There are over 40 million victims of human trafficking globally today; 25% are children. The average age of a child victim is 12-14 years old — organizations have rescued as young as 3 years of age. A child is sold for sex approximately 20 to 30 times per day. Human trafficking has surpassed the illegal sale of arms & it’s expected to surpass the sale of drugs in the next few years. This is the fastest-growing and second-largest criminal enterprise in the world generating over $150.2 billion illegal profits a year, of which $99 billion comes from sexual exploitation. In 2018, over half (51.6%) of the criminal human tracking cases active in the US were sex tracking cases involving only children.
SIGNS TO LOOK OUT FOR TO SPOT A VICTIM:
https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/indicators-human-trafficking
what you can do:
https://www.angel.com/blog/sound-of-freedom/posts/sound-of-freedom-join-the-fight-against-child-trafficking
take a free 1-hour training on how to spot victims of human trafficking:
https://polarisproject.org/training/
LIST OF TONS OF ORGANIZATIONS- FIND ONE NEAREST TO YOUR ZIPCODE;
MISSINGKIDS.ORG
TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING AND WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR NEAR TRUCK STOPS:
https://www.lanierlawfirm.com/trucking-and-human-trafficking/#
THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS RECEIVEd ABOUT ILLICIT MASSAGE PARLORS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
• HOW DO some MASSAGE PARLORS POSE AS A FRONT FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
THESE MASSAGE BUSINESSES ATTEMPT TO HIDE THEIR COMMERCIAL SEX OPERATIONS BY POSING AS LEGITIMATE MASSAGE BUSINESSES. THESE FAKE OR ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES CLAIM TO OFFER LEGITIMATE SERVICES WHILE OPERATING AS A BROTHEL BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THESE ILLICIT PARLORS PROVIDE COMMERCIAL SEX TO CUSTOMERS THROUGH MASSAGE AND OTHER SERVICES.
• ARE ALL MASSAGE PARLORS CONDUCTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
WHILE NOT ALL ILLICIT MASSAGE PARLORS ARE CONDUCTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ACCORDING TO THE 2020 DATA REPORT OF THE U.S. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE, ILLICIT MASSAGE PARLORS WERE THE SECOND MOST COMMON IDENTIFIED TYPE OF SEX TRAFFICKING.
• ARE MASSAGE PARLORS RUNNING TRAFFICKING RINGS IN MY AREA?
ACCORDING TO @POLARISPROJECT'S RESEARCH, THERE WERE MORE THAN 9,000 ILLICIT MASSAGE PARLORS
OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY WERE REPORTED IN EVERY STATE.
REPORTING A MASSAGE PARLOR IN QUESTION IS A DELICATE MATTER, AND SHOULD NEVER BE HANDLED BY THE INDIVIDUAL ALONE, AS IT MAY COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF VICTIMS OF EXPLOITATION. IN ORDER TO BEST HELP VICTIMS IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, LEARN HOW YOU CAN SAFELY IDENTIFY THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND REPORT THEM HERE: HTTPS://OURRESCUE.ORG/.../MYTH-OR-FACT-MASSAGE-PARLORS...