Modern slavery

Child Sex Trafficking

The recruitment, enticement, or maintenance of a child under 18 for commercial sex acts without the need to prove force, fraud, or coercion.

Trafficking Victims

Children exploited in prostitution who are recognized as victims of trafficking regardless of cultural or socioeconomic factors.

Consequences of Sex Trafficking

Long-lasting physical and psychological trauma, disease, drug addiction, unwanted pregnancy, malnutrition, social ostracism, and death experienced by child victims.

Bonded Labor

A form of coercion where workers are forced to pay off debts, often inherited or unlawfully imposed by traffickers or employers.

Debt Bondage

A situation where workers are trapped in a cycle of debt due to high recruitment fees and interest rates, making it difficult to escape.

Domestic Servitude

A form of human trafficking where domestic workers are unable to leave their employment and face abuse and exploitation in private homes.

Vulnerabilities of Domestic Workers

Limited freedom of movement, lack of basic worker protections, and increased isolation contribute to the risks of domestic servitude.

Forced Child Labor

Situations where children are made to work under coercive conditions that benefit someone outside their family, often without the option to leave.

Indicators of Forced Child Labor

Children in custody of non-family members required to perform work, such as forced begging, indicating exploitation.

Unlawful Recruitment of Child Soldiers

The use of children by armed forces through force, fraud, or coercion for combat or other labor roles.

Roles of Child Soldiers

Children may be forced to serve as combatants, porters, cooks, guards, or be subjected to sexual exploitation by armed groups.

Psychological Consequences of Child Soldiering

Similar devastating physical and psychological effects as those experienced by child sex trafficking victims.