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IN 2017

365 Human Trafficking cases reported

breakdown of cases

Sex trafficking 288
Labor trafficking 36
Sex and Labor 20
Not specified 21

1,133 calls to the hotline

316 female, 36 male, 5 gender minorities

253 adults, 95 minors

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The demand is HERE

lots of access to major highways

farmland

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Human Trafficking Task Force, humantrafficking.ohio.gov/about.html.

“Human Rights Center.” University of Dayton, www.udayton.edu/artssciences/ctr/hrc/contact/index.php.

humantraffickinghotline.org/state/ohio.

“Identify a Victim.” Department of Homeland Security, 2 May 2018, www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/identify-victim?utm_source=google.com&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=rg.search-fy18.broad-allcit&utm_content=head&utm_term=%2Btrafficking.

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There are several different organizations that deal with raising awareness and also spreading information on human trafficking in Ohio. One that is more local and also formed through the University of Dayton is Abolition Ohio.

Abolition Ohio claims to be themselves:
We work in partnership with concerned community members and partner organizations in the Miami Valley and across the state and the country to prevent human trafficking, protect victims and survivors, and help prosecute the criminals responsible through awareness-raising, advocacy, education, and research.

Abolition Ohio's MISSION:
To stir society’s conscience to action against all forms of trafficking and slavery.

How to contact:
Phone: 937-229-3294

Address: Human Rights Center, Keller hall 455, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2790

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What is the Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force? 

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What is the Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force? 

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According to their website, the Governor’s Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force was formed to marshal the resources of the State of Ohio to coordinate efforts to identify victims, create a coordinated law enforcement system to investigate and prosecute human trafficking crimes, and to provide the services and treatment necessary for victims to regain control of their lives.

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According to the Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, in 2012 and 2014, Ohio passed laws to significantly strengthen its legal framework to combat human trafficking by protecting victims and punishing offenders.

Ohio is also focused on raising awareness through campaigns and a victim centered framework where they are helping survivors of human trafficking in their own communities.

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Ohio is ranked #4 in the nation for MOST human trafficking cases

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Sex Trafficking: when someone uses force, fraud, or coercion to cause a commercial sex act with an adult or causes a minor to commit a commercial sex act.

Forced Labor: any work or service which people are forced to do against their will, under threat or punishment

Debt Bondage: also known as "debt slavery" or "bonded labor", a person's pledge of labor or services as security for the repayment of a debt or other obligation other than repaying the debt.

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1. Trafficker
2. Buyer
3. Victim

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In 2017, a man was arrested for smuggling a group of teens from Guatemala into Marion, OH to be kept as slave laborers at an egg farm where they were forced to turn over most of their earnings.

Produces many products in our global supply chains:

fishing

textile

construction

mineral

agriculture

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Human trafficking is defined as being modern day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act.
(Homeland Security)