4. Sex/Human Trafficking within the U.S. is legally
defined as commercial sex acts induced by force,
fraud, or coercion or commercial sex acts in
which the individual induced to perform
commercial sex has not attained 18 years of age.
Minors as young as 12 years old are recruited
into prostitution in the United States.
(source: www. Polarisproject.org)
6. STATISTICS
What countries come to mind where sex trafficking is
happening?
• 85% of confirmed sex trafficking victims are U.S. Citizens-
mostly runaways (www.covenanthouse.org)
• 48% said they did because they did not have a place to
stay (Covenant House/Fordham University)
• Fastest growing crime (FBI Reports)
• Social Media means for recruitment – Not just Facebook
and Twitter
• 80% of victims are women
• $32 billion industry (United Nations)
7. SAN DIEGO STATS (PLNU STUDY)
• $810 million a year – 2nd largest to drugs
• 85% gang affiliated- 110 gangs involved
• Estimated between 8,000-11,000 victims a year
• Schools are a target for recruiting
• Average age 14 ½
• 30-40 men a day
• Goal of $500 to $1,000 a day
How big do you think it is?
8. Currently there are 20
million sex/human
slaves in the world
today!
(United Nations report)
9. RECRUITMENT
• “Boyfriend” asks his girl “just this one time”...
• Social Media
• Girl recruiters
• Material enticements
• Involvement with drugs, payment for drugs
• Fraudulent job offers
• Parents offering their kids to friends/associates
for money
• Family members (generational or cultural ties)
• Gang members “swooping” in on newcomers to
school
11. HOT SPOTS FOR RECRUITMENT
• Trolley, train stations and bus stops
• House parties
• Neighborhood parks near schools
• Alternative high schools
• Social media
• Tattoo parlors
• Churches
• Malls
12. The industry is a
$32 billion a year
Industry worldwide
and has
20 million sex
slaves
Endicia Confidential
13. And there are new apps everyday!
The FBI states there are over 750,000 predators on line at any time
14. WHO ARE YOUR KIDS SPEAKING WITH?
Your kids think they are speaking with this
17. M.O. OF TRAFFICKERS
• You get further with honey than vinegar
• Pose as adoring suitors
• Victims stay in the relationship out of love for their
abuser
• Masquerade as consensual relationships
• Paraded around right out in the open, we fail to see the
signs
• Frequently used strategy is seduction forming a bond
leading to selling their bodies to please their boyfriend
18. TYPICAL CHILD/TEEN PROSTITUTE
• Traumatic childhood ( not always, there are
always exceptions)
• Abused physically, emotionally, and/or sexually
• So atrocious they look for something better
• Usually ending in something much worse
• They become throw-away youth
• Foster kids, homeless kids, runaway kids and
pregnant teens
• Good kids making bad decisions
19. HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS
• Is the person accompanied by someone who seems controlling
or abusive?
• Do they have to ask permission to eat, sleep or go to the
bathroom?
• Is the person rarely allowed in public? Can they go out in public
alone?
• Do they have more than one cell phone?
• Can you detect physical or psychological abuse?
• Is someone else collecting their pay or holding their money for
"safe keeping
20. COMMON WORK AND LIVING
CONDITIONS
• Is not free to leave or come and
go as he/she wishes
• Is in the commercial sex industry
and has a pimp / manager
• Is unpaid, paid very little, or paid
only through tips
21. COMMON WORK AND LIVING
CONDITIONS
• Works excessively long and/or
unusual hours
• Is not allowed breaks or suffers under
unusual restrictions at work
• Owes a large debt and is unable to
pay it off
22. COMMON WORK AND LIVING
CONDITIONS
• Was recruited through false promises
concerning the nature and conditions of
his/her work
• High security measures exist in the work
and/or living locations (e.g. opaque windows,
boarded up windows, bars on windows,
barbed wire, security cameras, etc.)
22
23. POOR MENTAL HEALTH OR
ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
• Is fearful, anxious, depressed, submissive,
tense, or nervous/paranoid
• Exhibits unusually fearful or anxious
behavior after bringing up law enforcement
• Avoids eye contact
24. POOR PHYSICAL HEALTH
• Lacks medical care and/or is denied
medical services by employer
• Appears malnourished or shows signs of
repeated exposure to harmful chemicals
• Shows signs of physical and/or sexual
abuse, physical restraint, confinement, or
torture
25. LACK OF CONTROL
• Has few or no personal possessions
• Is not in control of his/her own money, no
financial records, or bank account
• Is not in control of his/her own identification
documents (ID or passport)
• Is not allowed or able to speak for
themselves (a third party may insist on
being present and/or translating)
26. OTHER SIGNS
• Claims of just visiting and inability to clarify
where he/she is staying/address
• Lack of knowledge of whereabouts and/or
of what city he/she is in
• Loss of sense of time
• Has numerous inconsistencies in his/her
story
27. DON’T TALK WITH
STRANGERS!
• Omegle tagline: Talk to Strangers: You
just pick someone at random and start a
conversation.
• Starts innocently: Send me a photo
• Predators have 24/7 access to your kids
in your home
Who remembers this?
28. Omegle (oh·meg·ull) is a great way to meet new
friends. When you use Omegle, we pick someone
else at random and let you talk one-on-one. To help
you stay safe, chats are anonymous unless you tell
someone who you are (not suggested!), and you
can stop a chat at any time. Predators have been
known to use Omegle, so please be careful.
If you prefer, you can add your interests, and
Omegle will look for someone who's into some of
the same things as you instead of someone
completely random.
32. • Prostitution is not what it used to be. It is run by
gangs mostly and can now be used as extortion
and black mail against the john so they don’t tell
those they work with, or family that they have
been with a prostitute.
• So what may initially cost $40.00 now may cost
you thousands.
• That is something to think about!
33. JOSH MCDOWELL PORN
SURVEY
• More than one quarter (27%) of young adults ages 25 – 30
first viewed pornography before puberty.
• Nearly half of young people actively seek out porn weekly
or more often
• Teens & Young Adults consider “not recycling” more
immoral than viewing pornography
• Teenage girls and young women are significantly more
likely to actively seek out porn than women over age 25
• 66% of Teens and Young Adults have received a sexually
explicit image and 41% have sent one
• More than half of Christian youth pastors have had at least
one teen come to them for help in dealing with porn in the
past 12 months
34. LUKE 15:11-32
• Lets read this
• Who are the 3 main characters?
• What roles do they play?
• What kind of relationship did the parents and
children have?
• What dreams might this father have had for
his boys?
• What was it like when your child/children
were born?
• What about when they became teenagers?
How was the relationship?
35. PRODIGAL SON: LUKE 15:11-32
CLOSER LOOK
• Parable of the lost sheep
• Prodigal: someone who is wasteful
• Background on understanding the times
• What is the response of the younger
son?
• What is the response of the father?
• What is the response of the older son?
36. GRACE FORGIVENESS
COMPASSION
• What kind of pain would you feel if your child treated
you like this?
• If your child had been trafficked what would be your
response on return?
• What might be some of your actions?
• How can you forgive in this instance? Jesus says, “You must be
compassionate, just as
your Father is
compassionate.’ Luke
6:36 NLT
