It is very hard to knew for sure whether someone is being trafficked or not always make sure you have clear evidence and never undertake investigations go to the police and report it if you are quite sure it is happening.
Here are some indicators that it is happening the more signs, the more likely it is.
Heavy
security at the commercial establishment including barred windows,
locked doors, isolated location, electronic surveillance. Women are
never seen leaving the premises unless escorted.
Victims live at the same premises as the brothel or work site
For labor trafficking, victims are often prohibited from leaving the work site, which may look like a guarded compound from the outside.
Victims are kept under surveillance when taken to a doctor, hospital or clinic for treatment; trafficker may act as a translator.
High foot traffic-especially for brothels where there may be trafficked women-often by a stream of men arriving and leaving the premises
Groups of men escorting victim in public
Victims live at the same premises as the brothel or work site
For labor trafficking, victims are often prohibited from leaving the work site, which may look like a guarded compound from the outside.
Victims are kept under surveillance when taken to a doctor, hospital or clinic for treatment; trafficker may act as a translator.
High foot traffic-especially for brothels where there may be trafficked women-often by a stream of men arriving and leaving the premises
Groups of men escorting victim in public
Health characterics of a trafficked person
- Poor hygiene, malnutrition,
- Signs of rape or abuse
- Nervourness around people
- Fear of public places
- Fear of authoritys espesially police
Signs they are being held as a trafficked person
* Does not hold his/her own identity or travel documents;
* Suffers from verbal or psychological abuse designed to intimidate, degrade and frighten the individual;
* do they have a person who (trafficker, pimp) controls all the money, victim will have very little or no money;
* Is extremely nervous, especially if their “translator” (who may be their trafficker) is present during an intake
Questions you can ask but must be careful of this
Do not ask if unsure of reaction!
1. Is the person free to go outside there work place?
2. Is the person physically, sexually or psychologically abused?
3. Does the person have a passport or valid I.D. card and is he/she have these documents?
4. What is the pay and what are the conditions of employment like?
5. Does the person live at home or at there work premises
6. How did the individual arrive in there country, if the suspected victim is a foreign national?
7. Has the person or a family member of this person been threatened?
8. Does the person fear that something bad will happen to him or her, or to a family member, if he/she leaves the premises where she lives or works?
* Suffers from verbal or psychological abuse designed to intimidate, degrade and frighten the individual;
* do they have a person who (trafficker, pimp) controls all the money, victim will have very little or no money;
* Is extremely nervous, especially if their “translator” (who may be their trafficker) is present during an intake
Questions you can ask but must be careful of this
Do not ask if unsure of reaction!
1. Is the person free to go outside there work place?
2. Is the person physically, sexually or psychologically abused?
3. Does the person have a passport or valid I.D. card and is he/she have these documents?
4. What is the pay and what are the conditions of employment like?
5. Does the person live at home or at there work premises
6. How did the individual arrive in there country, if the suspected victim is a foreign national?
7. Has the person or a family member of this person been threatened?
8. Does the person fear that something bad will happen to him or her, or to a family member, if he/she leaves the premises where she lives or works?