Human Trafficking in Ohio by Chealse Meyer https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1 en-us 2018-05-17 03:04:51 UTC 2023-10-21 11:53:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Forms of Human Trafficking: meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261444461 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. ]]> 2018-05-17 03:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261444461 Sex Trafficking Ring meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261446541 1. Trafficker
2. Buyer
3. Victim 


]]> 2018-05-17 03:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261446541 Forced Labor in Ohio meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261446905 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.

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]]> 2018-05-17 03:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261446905 OHIO meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261447645 Ohio is ranked #4 in the nation for MOST human trafficking cases]]> 2018-05-17 03:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261447645 What is currently being done? meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261447872 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. ]]> 2018-05-17 03:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261447872 What is the Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force? meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261448168 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.]]> 2018-05-17 03:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261448168 What can we do as citizens? meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261448437 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

]]> 2018-05-17 03:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261448437 Works Cited meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261448927 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.

]]> 2018-05-17 03:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261448927 meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261449615 2018-05-17 03:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261449615 Why Ohio? meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261449676 The demand is HERE 

  • lots of access to major highways

  • farmland 
]]> 2018-05-17 03:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261449676 watch this video^ meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261449801 2018-05-17 03:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261449801 The Statistics meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261450002 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


]]> 2018-05-17 03:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261450002 What is Human Trafficking? meyercr https://padlet.com/meyercr/81avkgtrurl1/wish/261451269 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.
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