Bimonthly Human Trafficking Update
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March 2020
March 2020 Human Trafficking Update
Greetings everyone!
Thank you for signing up to receive occasional human trafficking updates from the Archdiocesan Human Trafficking Committee.
Our next update will be published in early May
Thank you to all who attended our February 8 Human Trafficking Symposium & to the hard-working volunteers who made the day a success! If you missed the Symposium, videos from 3 of our speakers are available here…
https://respectlife.arch-no.org/archdiocesan-human-trafficking-committee
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL
Who is buying another human being for sex? Read the recent Minnesota study:
“…are predominantly white men. Sex buyers come from all communities across the state of Minnesota (urban, suburban, and rural), range in age from late teens to elderly, and are from all income levels and racial/ethnic communities. In short, they seem to be demographically similar to the communities in which they live.”
https://uroc.umn.edu/sites/uroc.umn.edu/files/FULL%20REPORT%20Mapping%20the%20Demand.pdf“According to her, social media is now the most common way traffickers make initial contact with victims. She said this could be through every app imaginable, even those specifically for young children.
A 2018 study by the University of Toledo corroborated that statement by revealing how traffickers quickly target and connect with vulnerable children through social media. After initial contact, the grooming process begins. This is not a new tactic, but it seems to be even more effective through social media.”
Read more here…
https://fightthenewdrug.org/how-sex-traffickers-use-social-media-to-find-groom-and-control-victims/
“…while 58 percent of victims eventually meet their traffickers face to face, 42 percent who initially met their trafficker online never met their trafficker in person and were still trafficked.
The experts, whose identities are not being released, said the traffickers educate themselves by studying what the victim posts on commonly used view-and-comment sites such as Facebook, Instagram or SnapChat, as well as dating apps such as Tinder, Blendr and Yellow, or webcam sites like Chatroulette and Monkey, in order to build trust.
‘These guys, they learn about the girls and pretend to understand them,... these guys are very good at sort of pretending that they are all of these things and they really understand them and, “I know how you feel, you are beautiful,” and just filling the hole that these girls are feeling,’ said a professional contributing to the study.”
Read more here…https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uot-usd100218.php
LOCAL
Help the Free Indeed Home:
https://www.lacaht.orgGood information from the Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force on reporting Human Trafficking…
http://www.nolatrafficking.org/report-a-tip/
AWARENESS & TRAINING
Raise your awareness about Labor Trafficking. Use Sweat & Toil: Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking Around the World
Check countries' efforts to eliminate child labor
Download the Sweat & Toil app:iPhone…
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sweat-toil-child-labor-forced/id1018240593?ls=1
Android…
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.dol.childlabor&hl=en
Quarterly Basic Human Trafficking Trainings provide awareness, red flags, & reporting of human trafficking.
March 10
Join us at our next quarterly Human Trafficking Basic Training on Tuesday March 10 at 10am at the Archdiocese of New Orleans Northshore Catholic Pastoral Center in their conference room. An FBI agent & Debbie Shinskie, the chair of the Archdiocesan Human Trafficking Committee will be presenting. Trainings include red flags of Human Trafficking, how to report it, & other information about Human Trafficking in our own backyard. Attendance is free & limited to those 18 years of age or older. For more information please contact the Respect Life Office at [email protected]
April 21
Our April quarterly Human Trafficking Basic Training will be held at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Destrehan at 6:30pm. Trainings include red flags of Human Trafficking, how to report it, & other measures you can take to fight Human Trafficking. Attendance is free & limited to those 18 years of age & older. For more information please contact the Respect Life Office at [email protected].
More 2020 Human Trafficking Basic Trainings…
August TBD - St. Edward the Confessor, Metairie
October/November TBD - need a NORTHSHORE host parish
Presentations are available for whole church parish/group, parent groups, CYOs/schools (older students only).
An information table can be provided for events.
Our archdiocesan Human Trafficking Awareness video —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kaiXfqGDrc
Please watch & share!
Specialized red flags & reporting of human trafficking trainings are available for youth, parents, healthcare providers, those who pray on the sidewalk at abortion facilities, & any groups that provide direct outreach to the poor. If you would like a basic training for your group or parish, please let us know!
PRAYERMarch 14, April 11
Intercessors of St. Josephine Bakhita invite you to join them as they pray a specially designed Rosary which asks for a treasure of graces to fall upon the victims, survivors, and perpetrators of Human Trafficking. They will meet at 1:15pm on the 2nd SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH at St. Edward the Confessor Church. For more information, please call Yvette at 504-874-9225.
Please keep our Street Team & all those we encounter in your prayers.
Our Prayer Team - Under Her Mantle always welcomes new members!
If you know someone who would like to join our prayer team or you would like to be a part, please email their/your email address or phone number to [email protected]... Thanks!
Please invite your parish’s Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion who visit the sick/homebound & those they visit to join our prayer team!
St. Bakhita prayer…
NEEDS
Baptist Friendship House is collecting items for their backpacks for victims of Human Trafficking. They are in specific need of ladies’ underwear sizes 5 & 6, deodorant, & exercise pants/leggings.
If you can help, contact Baptist Friendship House at 504-949-4469.
You can help law enforcement fight human trafficking while you are traveling. Help law enforcement identify victims…use the TraffickCam app when you stay in hotels/motels…
ADVOCACY
Current Human Trafficking bills in Congress include…
HR 507 Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2019…
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/507/text
Learn more about Louisiana laws relative to human trafficking…
sharedhope.org/PICframe5/analysis/PIC_AR_2015_LA.pdf
ABOUT US
The Archdiocesan Human Trafficking Committee is a response to the archdiocesan synod focus on human trafficking & participates in the Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force, the Governor’s Human Trafficking Summits, & the USCCB’s Coalition of Catholic Organizations Against Human Trafficking.
Visit our website…
https://respectlife.arch-no.org/archdiocesan-human-trafficking-committee
We welcome your input & ideas!
Basic information…
To learn more about human trafficking, visit our Human Trafficking toolkit to explore the links & learn more…
https://respectlife.arch-no.org/human-trafficking
If you see something, say something! Learn the signs & report suspicious activity…
http://polarisproject.org/recognize-signs
National Human Trafficking Hotline
888-3737-888
Put this number in your cell phone. It’s better to make a report & be wrong than to not make a report & allow trafficking to continue.