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What You Need to Know
Sex trafficking is a lucrative, fast growing criminal enterprise and a complex evil to overcome, but Thrive New England is undaunted. With your help we can educate our communities and work to prevent the sexual exploitation of children.
What is Sex Trafficking?
Sex trafficking involves the manipulation of a person, through force, fraud, or coercion, to engage in commercial sex for the benefit of the trafficker.
Where is Sex Trafficking Happening?
A common misconception is that human trafficking only happens outside of the United States, but it is happening EVERYWHERE. Traffickers are cunning and prey on the most vulnerable in our society, including children.
Beyond the Basics
Sex Trafficking is a Growing
Problem in New England
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Ericka's Story
This video series was created by the Department of Homeland Security to help spread awareness about how sex trafficking recruitment can occur.
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Recommended Resources
 BooksNot for Sale by David Batstone Somebody's Daughter by Julian Sher The Slave Across the Street by Theresa Flores Girls Like Us by Rachel LLoyd Click this Tile to View this List on Amazon.com |  TIP ReportThe 2018 US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report A comprehensive resource of governmental anti-trafficking efforts across the globe. |
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 MoviesPriceless Very Young Girls - A Documentary |  StatisticsThe Polaris Project One of the core groups in the national fight against human trafficking. Includes studies, resources, and information on the National Human Trafficking Hotline, including hotline statistics by state. |
 Ted TalkHow to Combat Modern Slavery Kevin Bales' 20 Minute Ted Talk about the business and statistics of the modern slave trade. |  New England OrganizationsMy Life My Choice Amirah The Abolitionist Network Blog - Jasmine Marino |
 VideosVideos by Love146, a partner organization of THRIVE New England. Includes many informational videos about human trafficking ranging from educational to inspirational. |  National OrganizationsPolaris Project Not For Sale Love146 Gems-Girls Shared Hope National Center for Missing and Exploited Children |
 Social MediaSee what pages are liked on THRIVE New England's Facebook page. |  DHS Blue CampaignThe Blue Campaign is the unified voice for the US Department of Homeland Security's efforts to combat human trafficking. |
 NewsGoogle Alerts Stay up-to-date on trafficking issues and cases in your state by setting up a search for "human trafficking" + Your State |  Love146.orgA partner organization of THRIVE New England, whose website is full of great information, stories, and videos. |
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https://child.tcu.edu/about-us/tbri/#sthash.mciA9p8r.TGtA3bGR.dpbs
http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_182109/lang--en/index.htm
http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_243201/lang--en/index.htm
https://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-goods/
http://www.missingkids.org/ourwork/ncmecanalysis
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/states
https://polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/facts
See Linda Smith, President, Shared Hope International, in Prostituted Children in the United States: Identifying and Responding to America’s Trafficked Youth, Seg. 2. Prod. Shared Hope International and Onanon Productions, 2008
Kennedy and Pucci, Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Assessment Report — Las Vegas, Nevada, pg.106
http://sharedhope.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/SHI_National_Report_on_DMST_2009.pdf, pages 30-31
Laura J. Lederer and Christopher A. Wetzel, The Health consequences of Sex Trafficking and Their Implications for Identifying Victims in Healthcare Facilities
http://www.annalsofhealthlaw.com/annalsofhealthlaw/vol_23_issue_1?pg=94#pg69
Jessica Reichert and Amy Sylwestrzak, National survey of residential programs for victims of sex trafficking http://www.icjia.state.il.us/public/pdf/ResearchReports/NSRHVST_101813.pdf