Anyone can be trafficked.
Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt
of persons through the use of force, fraud, or coercion
for the purpose of forced labor or sexual exploitation.
Labor Trafficking
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Sex Trafficking
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Who is at risk?
Traffickers frequently prey on individuals who are poor, vulnerable, living in an unsafe situation, or are in search of a better life. –OVA
Vulnerable & Marginalized Groups:
History of sexual and/or physical abuse/trauma
Poverty
Runaway or homelessness
Foster care/child welfare involvement
Need for basics food and shelter
Gang involvement
Pre-teen/Teenagers
LGBTQ status
Refugee or immigrant status
Substance use disorder
Intellectual disability
Indigenous status –OVC