About Human Trafficking

What is Human Trafficking?

Human trafficking is what slavery, as a business, looks like in the 21st century. It
describes the procurement of people against their will through force or deception,
to be transported, sold and exploited for:
 Sex and forced prostitution
 Forced labor in sweatshops, farms and construction sites
 Slavery or domestic servitude
 Illegal international adoption
 Forced marriage or child brides
 Child soldiers
 Forced begging
 Sale of human organs
 Sacrificial worship
 Sports (e.g. child camel jockeys or football players)
Trafficking victims are stripped of their basic human rights and treated as
commodity.
A single victim can be bought and sold many times.

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Human Trafficking – Some Key Facts
 Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world.
 Its total annual revenue is estimated at between US$5 billion to US$9
billion.
 Rough estimates suggest that between 700,000 to 2 million women are
trafficked across international borders annually—more than one person per minute.
 Approximately 80 per cent of those trafficked are women and girls.
 An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked every year.
 Those trafficked often come from poorer areas, ethnic minorities, or are
displaced persons such as runaways or refugees.
 The most common destination countries are Thailand, Japan, Israel,
Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Turkey and the US

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August 13, 2010
United States Dept Of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2010 – Trinidad and Tobago (Tier 2 Watch List)

Trinidad and Tobago is a destination, source, and transit country for women and children subjected
to trafficking in persons, specifically forced prostitution, and children and men in conditions of forced labor. Some women and girls from Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and
Suriname who had been in prostitution in Trinidadian brothels and clubs have been identified as trafficking victims. Trinidadian trafficking victims have been identified in the United Kingdom and
the United States. Undocumented economic migrants from the region and from Asia may be vulnerable to forced labor and forced prostitution. As a hub for regional travel, Trinidad and Tobago
also is a potential transit point for trafficking victims traveling to Caribbean and South American destinations.
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Despite these
efforts, Trinidad and Tobago is placed on Tier 2 Watch List because the government did not show progress in prosecuting and punishing trafficking crimes and protecting trafficking victims,
whom the government often jailed and deported. The government’s formation of a working group to substantively address its human trafficking problem portends good prospects for future
improvements, and if effective legislation were adopted and enforced, the government would be poised to take the further steps in prosecuting trafficking cases and identifying and assisting
victims.
Recommendations for Trinidad and Tobago: Draft and enact legislation that prohibits all forms of human trafficking and formalizes victim protection measures; encourage victims’ assistance in
the investigation and prosecution of trafficking offenses, including through provisions for legal alternatives to victims’ removal to countries in which they would face retribution or hardship and
provisions ensuring that identified victims are not inappropriately incarcerated, fined, or otherwise penalized solely for unlawful acts as a direct result of being trafficked; develop formal
procedures to guide officials in identifying trafficking victims and referring them to appropriate services; vigorously investigate and prosecute trafficking offenses, and convict and sentence
trafficking offenders; intensify efforts to ensure that all trafficking victims receive access to appropriate victim services; and implement a national awareness campaign that addresses all forms
of trafficking.
Prosecution
The anti-trafficking task force, which is co-chaired by an official from the Ministry of National Security in partnership with IOM, has been overseeing the implementation of a nine-month anti-
trafficking action plan and organized three subcommittees: one to draft legislation, one to develop victim assistance policies, and a third to raise public awareness; however, the government
made no discernible progress in its prosecution and punishment of sex and labor trafficking offenders during the reporting period. The lack of comprehensive legislation that would make human
trafficking a crime and would ensure protection of trafficking victims was a significant limitation in the government’s ability to prosecute trafficking offenders and address human trafficking in
Trinidad and Tobago during the reporting period. The government reported no prosecutions, convictions, or sentences of trafficking offenders. The government reported one trafficking
investigation during the year, and it began extradition proceedings in February 2010 against a foreign national wanted for human trafficking in another country. The government provided
logistical, human resources, and some financial support to IOM anti-trafficking training for police, immigration officers, police, and other officials during the reporting period.
Protection
The government made minimal progress in protecting victims during the reporting period. The government did not employ systematic procedures for law enforcement authorities to proactively
identify victims and refer them to available services; however, in a positive step, some law enforcement officers are reported to have taken suspected victims to shelters. The task force recently
began development of guidelines for officials to refer potential victims to shelter, counseling, medical care, and interpreter assistance. The government did not provide foreign trafficking victims
with legal alternatives to their removal to countries where they may face hardship or retribution. The government did not report proactively identifying any victims during the reporting period.
NGOs identified foreign trafficking victims in jail for immigration or other violations committed as a direct result of being trafficked that were later deported. The government offered some social
services directly and through NGOS that received government funding, but due to a lack of a formal procedures to guide officials in victim identification and referral to services, few victims
received assistance. Trinidadian authorities encouraged crime victims in general to assist with the investigation and prosecution of offenders, though without legislation criminalizing human
trafficking or formal trafficking victim protection provisions there were few incentives for victims to assist.
Prevention
The government made some progress in preventing human trafficking during the reporting period through the establishment of the anti-trafficking task force. While the government did not
conduct public awareness activities during the reporting period, the responsible subcommittee developed plans to implement a trafficking victim hotline and nationwide information campaign.
While prostitution is illegal in Trinidad and Tobago, the government did not take additional measures to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts during the reporting period. Authorities did
not consider child sex tourism to be a problem in Trinidad and Tobago during the reporting period and reported no prosecutions related to child sex tourism.