Human Trafficking & Slavery• Abolition of Slavery 1833

• Human Trafficking = Modern Slavery

Forced labour

Sexual exploitation

Even extraction of body parts!

• Debts they never owed

• Working long hours, under the threat of violence

“I had to run away, even if it meant I might die”

• Roughly 2/1000 of the world are victims

• 3/1000 in Asia & Pacific

• Less than 0.04% of the traffickers were convicted

• More slaves in the world than ever before in the human history

• Dumped or killed when no longer of use

• 2nd biggest international crime industry – $31.6 Billion Profit, Flowing directly into our lives

• Slavery Convention 1926

• Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the slavery trade and Practices similar to Slavery( 1956)

• Protocol to Prevent, Supress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women & Children (2000)

• 137 State Participants

• Still many lack legal instrument or political will

• Criminal Code (Slavery and Sexual Servitude) Amendment Act 1999 (Cth)

• Fear of Deportation

• Punishment of Victims

• Raise Awareness

• Assist Authorities

• Reduce demand

• Economy highly demands labour

• Human exploitation fills demands

• Requires more worldwide participation

• Businesses & Individuals can help too

• Poverty & lack of education contributes to vulnerability