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Great Falls College MSU October 2016 A Cancer Called Abuse Child abuse Abuse Drug abuse Human Trafficking Definition and scope of the problem A Montana Perspective Law enforcement Safe house operators ID: 563853

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Slide1

Dr. Cherie McKeever

Great Falls College MSU

October 2016Slide2

A Cancer Called

Abuse

Child abuse

Abuse

Drug abuseSlide3

Human Trafficking

Definition and scope of the problem

A Montana Perspective :

Law enforcement

Safe house operatorsVictims

What can you do to help?

QuestionsSlide4

Action + Means + Purpose

Model

National Human Trafficking Resource Center

Commercial sex versus human trafficking Slide5

$32 billion dollar industry

Estimated close to half million

children

are trafficked for sex in the U.S.

Average age of girls forced into sexual slavery is 12 years old.

Girls may “age out” by 18.Slide6

Many Levels of Trafficking

Jesse Slaughter, Great Falls detective assigned to Internet Crimes Against Children – extortion is becoming more common among local teenagers.

Gang level

Organized crime

The higher the level the more sophisticated the criminals.Slide7
Slide8

https://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/02/health-care/health-care-takes-fight-against-trafficking

Big money buys smart technology.

Extreme violence buys silence. Slide9

The Victims

Both boys and girls, as young as 5 or 6

Brought into the sex trade many ways:

Sold to a trafficker by a parent or trusted friend

Lured by promises of love, security, a good job, or?

Extortion

Abduction

And then they disappearSlide10
Slide11

Why Don’t They Run?

Complete control by their trafficker or “handler”

The younger they are, the easier they are to control.

Stripped of identity, means of communication, driver’s license, etc.

Threatened and/or beaten into submission

Isolated and totally dependent upon the trafficker for physical and financial needs.

May be forcefully addicted to drugs.

Escape becomes mentally and often physically impossible. And if one tries and fails?Slide12
Slide13

 It’s estimated that fewer than 2% are ever rescued or leave “the life.”Montana Dept. of Justice Attorney General’s Office

https://dojmt.gov/agooffice/human-trafficking/Slide14

4her

Windie

Lazenko

http://4hernd.org/

“Anyone’s daughter, everyone’s community.”Slide15

Rescue

Montana DOJ Human Trafficking Force

Homeland Security

FBI

Nonprofit Organizations such as 4her and Operation Underground Railroad

“The Abolitionists” Slide16

The Lucky 1 – 2%

Once at the Safe House:

Rest is #1 priority.

Every girl is different but they are all exhausted. Girls have had little sleep and “sleep with one eye open all the time.”

Often want all lights on all the time for first month.

Building trust and helping them to feel safe is very difficult. Slide17

The Lucky Few

Medical exams

Counseling and attempts to rebuild a sense of self-worth.

Navigation of the justice system if necessary.

Often 6 months or more before they are ready to start reclaiming their lives:

Identifications

Driver’s licenses

GED, other educationSlide18

traffickrefuge.org

Greatest need:

Gas cards and Walmart gift cardsSlide19

The Other 98%Slide20

High Profit – Low Risk

Traffickers see low risk vs. high profit margins due to many factors, including:

Lack of law enforcement training and scarce resources for investigation.

Ineffective, outdated laws that make prosecution difficult – the

victim

is the criminal

Low community awareness

Social blaming of victims

https://traffickingresourcecenter.orgSlide21

High Profit Due to High Demand

Windie

Lazenko

“Anyone’s daughter, everyone’s community.”

Human trafficking for sex has no gender, racial or socioeconomic limits. Stereotyping allows traffickers to hide in plain sight.As other countries have begun to address human trafficking, it has driven up the demand in the U.S., especially for children.Slide22

“Right here, right now, human trafficking is a bigger threat to our families than terrorism. But nobody wants to believe that. Not in Montana. Nobody wants to talk about it.”

Law enforcement agentSlide23

So What Are the Numbers?

Less than 1% of actual cases reported, even fewer are ever prosecuted.

The I-15 Corridor

The Bakken

Native American populations vulnerable

Backpage.com Slide24

Can We Have An Impact?Slide25
Slide26

Law Enforcement

More manpower to work cases - rescue victims, arrest and convict traffickers. If the trafficker goes free, the victims suffer.

Prevention - as much as possible. Educate the public and eliminate misconceptions so community has a realistic picture of issue. Slide27

Safe House Operators

Increased public awareness on how to identify victims and the critical need to call law enforcement when suspicious.

Be vigilant with the little ones.

Get information into the schools! Slide28

Victims

Every story is different with one common thread – none of the victims had any idea what was happening to them until it was too late.

Most of them thought they would never get out alive.

Some now devote their lives to increasing public awareness to try and save others. Slide29

What Can You

Do?

Education and public awareness

Increased pressure on legislators to toughen laws and increase “boots on the ground” manpower.

Provide assistance to the YWCA Mercy Home and the safe house

We all have different platforms, different gifts - Find your strength, find your voice and act?Slide30
Slide31
Slide32

NoMore

Violence Symposium - April 2017 Slide33
Slide34

Resources

Montana Department of Justice

https://dojmt.gov/agooffice/human-trafficking/

Montana Safe House

http://www.traffickrefuge.org/

National Human Trafficking Resource Center

https://traffickingresourcecenter.org

Windie

Lazenko

4her North Dakota

http://4hernd.org/

Operation Underground Railroad

http://ourrescue.org/