A Short Introduction

into Human Trafficking

Going, going…gone?• Dinosaurs

• Gramophones

• Slaves?

The Slave Trade• 1562: First English slaving

expedition

• Over 12 million African slaves trafficked over 400 years

• People forced, deceived, and sold into exploitation

The Abolitionists

• Former slaves e.g. Olaudah Equiano• Church leaders e.g. Thomas Clarkson• Female reformers e.g.Hannah More• Parliamentarians e.g. William Wilberforce

Increasing concern in late

18th century

Modern-Day Slavery

• Debt bondage: trapped in loans and repayments to survive

• Descent slavery: born into discriminated group

• Domestic servitude: hidden abuse of workers

• Forced child labour: arms, drugs, sex, work, begging, religious sacrifices, fraud

People Trafficking• People taken by deception or violence for

exploitation

• Fastest growing form of global organised crime

• The second largest source of income for organised crime

• 80% of victims are female and 50% are children

• Commercial and sexual exploitation

• Every country either a source, transit, or destination for trafficking

An Example: STOP THE TRAFFIKOver 800 partners in

over 50 countries

•Businesses•Charities•Education

bodies•Community &

faith groups

What can you do?

Increasing Awareness: Education

Respond to the Community of Christ World Conference Resolution 1295 by

•conducting classes, seminars and dialogue sessions

•Check out reputable anti-trafficking websites for more informationwww.stopthetraffik.orghttp://www.againstourwill.org/videoshttp://www.ungift./knowledgehub

•Get friends, organisations congregation to hold awareness raising events, stunts, talks

Increasing Pressure: Advocacy

Write to and meet your local

and national politicians about people trafficking

and STOP THE TRAFFIK

Increasing Support: Fundraising

•Donate directly to reputable ANTI-TRAFFIK campaigns

•Watch for Community of Christ action plans

The Chocolate Campaign TRAFFIK FREE GUARANTEES?

• 40% of chocolate is from West Africa's Cote d’Ivoire

• Over 12,000 children are trafficked onto plantations

• Some cocoa industries now guarantee some products are slave-free

• Call for a TRAFFIK FREE GUARANTEE on the chocolate you eat

Copy right International Labour Rights Fund

Successes Achieved Already• Feb 28, 2007-school children demonstrate against

Nestle

• July 2007-BBC produce 2-part series on issue

• Feb 13, 2008 Salvation Army’s STOP THE TRAFFIK demand slave free chocolate

• July 28, 2008-Royal Verkade declare all its products now ‘slave-free’

• Oct 11, 2008-Cadbury announce its ‘Dairy Milk Chocolate line’ will conform – it does so Oct 2009

• Late 2008-MARS relents for Mars Bars only by 2010 – its whole range by 2020

• Dec 7, 2009-Nestle finally conforms for Kit Kats by January 2010 and whole range by 2020

PowerPointpresentation

Declaration and petitions

Good Chocolate

Guide

Youth group sessions

Posters and flyers

Press releases and template

Fundraising ideas

Trafficking stories and

links to others

Videodownloads

www.stopthetraffik.org Now It's Your Turn