What are the main causes of child trafficking?

Causes Of Child Trafficking

• There are a wide variety of causes of child trafficking. The primary cause of child trafficking is how lucrative it is for child traffickers.
• Poverty.
• Lack of Education.
• No Birth Records.
• Humanitarian Disasters.
• Ineffective Legislation.
• Lack of Enforcement.

What is the key that makes children most at risk for being trafficked?

Although there is no standard profile of a child trafficking victim, several risk factors make certain children more susceptible (see Figure 1). Researchers have found that sex traffickers often target children and youth with a history of maltreatment, sexual abuse, low self-esteem, and minimal social support.

What is the most common form of child trafficking?

According to the Report, the most common form of human trafficking (79\%) is sexual exploitation.

How do traffickers lure their victims?

Human traffickers lure their victims by using charm, lies and deception, promising a better life and opportunities to make money. These promises are false. The intention is not romantic but to make money. The victim may be sold off or used for labour or sexual exploitation.

What happens if you are human trafficked?

Victims might be jailed or deported, but once they’re released or back in their home countries, they usually end up in the hands of their traffickers once again.

What is Romeo pimping?

‘Loverboys’ (or romeo pimps) are human traffickers who usually operate by trying to make young girls or boys fall in love with them. Sometimes they manipulate young people in other ways. Once they have victims under their influence they exploit them, for instance in the sex industry.

Why do victims of human trafficking not escape?

Isolation: The victim is unfamiliar with the language of the country they are in and often do not know how to get around. If from another country, traffickers remove the passport/identity documents from victims. Stripped of their identity, victims believe that there is nowhere to go to receive help.

Where do traffickers recruit their victims?

FBI investigations show that human traffickers frequently use online platforms to recruit individuals into forced labor or sex work. They target vulnerable people by preying on their personal situations, and they groom their victims online by offering fake employment opportunities and the promise of a better life.

What are human traffickers looking for?

They lure and ensnare people into forced labor and sex trafficking by manipulating and exploiting their vulnerabilities. Human traffickers prey on people who are hoping for a better life, lack employment opportunities, have an unstable home life, or have a history of sexual or physical abuse.

Is trafficked based on a true story?

TRAFFICKED is the first truly global, authentic feature film on human trafficking. Inspired by real characters from the award-winning book ‘Sex Trafficking’ by leading slavery expert Siddharth Kara, this is the story of three such girls from America, Nigeria and India.