7 days and 7 faces of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
A summary of my Twitter campaign that focused on one of seven different faces of modern slavery each day of the week, including sexual exploitation, labour exploitation, criminal exploitation, domestic servitude, organ harvesting, forced labour and debt bondage, and child exploitation.
Day 1 - Sexual exploitation
Frequently through prostitution where women, men and children are placed into off-street brothels and forced to see many clients and receive little or no money.
Day 2 - Labour exploitation
Where victims are forced to work very long hours and often have to hand over all of their wages to the trafficker - sweatshop factories, construction sites, farm work and paving/tarmacking.
Day 3 - Criminal exploitation
Vulnerable individuals forced to work in criminal enterprises such as cannabis factories, theft (shoplifting), credit card and ATM fraud, DVD pirating and begging.
Day 4 - Domestic servitude
Victims who live and work in households where they are forced to work through threats of serious harm and physical/sexual assaults.
Day 5 - Organ harvesting
Where persons are trafficked in order to sell their body parts and organs for transplants - includes eggs, kidneys and eyes.
Day 6 - Forced labour and Debt bondage
Victims are forced to work against their will to pay off debts they will never realistically be able to and often includes the illegal acquisition of government benefits applied for in their name.
Day 7 - Child exploitation
Children are amongst the most vulnerable victims and often sold into forced labour or domestic work through debt bondage by family members where they can be at risk of sexual or physical abuse.
