Human Trafficking

Laura J. Lederer is president of Global Centurion, a nonprofit organization fighting human trafficking around the world.

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Chapter 1. Numbers Never Lie? Estimating the Nature and Scope of Human Trafficking

Q 1. How many people are trafficked in the United States and around the world?
Q 2. How widespread is sex and labor trafficking in the United States?
Q 3. Does labor trafficking occur in the United States?
Q 4. Is there one internationally recognized method used for estimating human trafficking?
Q 5. Why do campaigns to end human trafficking feature stories of former trafficking victims?

Chapter 2. The “3P” Framework: Prosecution, Prevention, Protection and Assistance

Q 6. What is the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the 3P Framework?
Q 7. Partnership: What is the so-called “Fourth P” in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act?
Q 8. Prosecution: Is law enforcement an important aspect of combating human trafficking?
Q 9. Protection: Is victim assistance an important part of combating human trafficking?
Q10. Prevention: Is “moving upstream” the most essential part of stopping human trafficking?

Chapter 3. Survivors: Language, Image, Life

Q 11. Victim vs. Survivor: Does the language used in discussions of trafficking matter?
Q 12. Is survivor-informed, survivor-centered engagement important to anti-trafficking work?
Q 13. Can images subliminally reinforce misconceptions about human trafficking?
Q 14. - What barriers do trafficking survivors face to escape and obtain care?
Q 15. Can trafficking be reduced by targeting buyers?
Q 16. Has production of electric vehicles been linked to forced labor?

Chapter 4. – Countering Traffic in Persons

Q 17. Have some anti-trafficking and law enforcement entities been rocked by trafficking scandals?
Q 18. Is the National Human Trafficking Hotline an effective tool for combating human trafficking?
Q 19. Are the experiences of trafficking survivors being incorporated into anti-trafficking work?

Chapter 5. Learning from Lived Experience: What Survivors Are Telling Us

Q 20. Have researchers found links between trafficking, homelessness, and drug addiction?
Q 21. What negative health impacts are associated with human trafficking?
Q 22. Do other forms of human trafficking exist?

Chapter 6. The Long Arc of Slavery
Q 23. How long has slavery been in existence?
Q 24. How did the modern anti-slavery movement develop?

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