In broad daylight 'Human Trafficking' Part 2

November 2, 3:26 PMBirmingham Crime ExaminerSunny Slaughter

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One of the biggest concerns about human trafficking is that anyone has the potential to be a perpetrator and everyone has the potential to be a victim.   Unfortunately, there is no physical description of the perpetrator of the crime which can go out an APB (All Points Bulletin), because the organizers can be male, female, any physical description, any minority or ethnic group and in any business.

Combating domestic violence is simply a matter of providing information for the community, that is factual, informative, simple and forthcoming. We don't need a community that is paranoid, but aware!

Human Trafficking is a BILLION dollar crime second only to drugs and arms dealing and because of the amount of money that can be continuously generated by this crime, the perpetrators are highly unlikely to give it up willingly and have designed one of the most sophisticated means of integrating themselves into society. They can do in broad daylight!

 
"10 things you needed to know about Human Trafficking that you may have missed yesterday"

1. Hotel staff - Do they speak English? Can they read? Can they answer your questions? Are they able to look you in the eye?  If they don't understand you, then how did they fill out their job application?  Are they paying taxes? Do they understand the information asked?  Is someone else speaking for them?

 2. Restaurant - Have you gone to the same restaurant often enough and the staff keeps changing?
Who are the employees? Servers and workers in the kitchen (you may never see them)  Why does the staff keep turning over?  How are they interacting with management?

3. Nail Salons - Are you going to the nail salons and the staff keep changing?  Do they go away on vacation and never return?   Are they comfortable with small talk?  Do they seem free to come and go as they please, for lunch, outside etc.?

4. Barb wire - Is used to keep people or keep people out…which way is it facing and what type of place is it?  What type of neighborhood is it?  What direction is the barb wire facing? Is it to keep people in or keep people out?  What else do you notice about the place? (Fencing, guard dogs, vehicles)

5. Transportation - Multiple people coming and going in passenger vans usually minorities who are being coached or watched?  What type of vehicle is it?  Who is driving?  What type of items do they have?

6. Housing - Who's living in your neighborhood? People coming and going at all hours? Different cars, women, children?  Overcrowded living conditions? The people that live there are not related to one another and their faces keep changing?

7. Runaway - The child that has runaway? Have they really runaway or could they be a victim of trafficking? What has been indicated at the home by the police and media?  Has the child ever runaway before? Who are they friends and who are they talking too?  Do they have access to the Internet, cell phone any technology and does it have GPS?

8. School - New kids at your child's school - what is your child saying about them? How long do they stay?  Do they remember their names? Talk freely about their parents?  Interact well with other children; seem isolated or significantly violent or quiet?

9. Be careful who and how your child interacts with other kids and adults? How well do you know them?
Parents have been known to traffic their own children. (at home, in hotels etc.) Who frequents the house?
Any indication of drugs, guns, alcohol?  You may know them very well and they could still be hiding a secret.

10. WHAT'S YOUR ROLE? 

None of these beware not paranoid tips are indicative of any particular ethnic or minority group, or are they clues to criminal activity based on a sole observation or brief encounter.  However, each of us should have a heightened sense of awareness in all things around us.   Challenge yourself to see all things in the world with a new vision.  Had someone taken the time to notice more carefully and keep calling, maybe Jaycee Dugard would not have been missing for so long.

If you would like a presentation or to receive additional information please feel free to contact me:

Sunnetta "Sunny" Slaughter
Criminal and Educational Consultant
SME - Crimes Against Persons (Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Crimes Against Children, Human Trafficking)
Domestic Violence Instructor (SME), Department of Homeland Security/Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Director, AL Silent Witness Initiative on Domestic Violence
205-422-8218 (cell)
onevisionbhm@msn.com
www.nmotionconsulting.com
www.alabamasilentwitness.org