Sexual Exploitation

Sexual exploitation is sexual abuse to mostly children and the youth through the exchange of sexual acts: Child pornography, prostitution of children, selling of children to sexual slavery. This is used for financial gain/ money gain.

Domestic Servitude

Domestic servitude is a form of forced labour and exploitation which involves live-in works such as maid, nannies, and other domestic help. People who do Domestic servitude are forced to work long hard hours and in return, they receive little pay. Abuse may also be involved.

Labour Exploitation

Labour exploitation is when people, all ages, any gender, are forced to work in poor conditions and receive very little pay. They are threatened with abuse, exposure to immigration authorities, control of their identity papers and others. Labour exploitation involves many services such as construction, factory work, manufacturing, and others. This is one of the most common types of human trafficking that occurs.

Forced Marriage

Forced marriage occurs when someone is forced to marry someone else they might not love or do not know. They are put under pressure and are threatened with violence (physical and sexual).

Organ Harvesting

Organ Harvesting is when human organs are taken out of the body and are sold through illegal trade. The common organs that are sold are the kidney and liver. The organs are taken out of humans that either agreed to sell their organ but never got paid, people that are kidnapped, people that just got their organs taken out without their permission.

Forced Criminality

Forced Criminality happens when someone is forced and threatened to do a criminal activity such as drug trading: selling drugs illegally, pickpocketing, bag snatching, ATM theft, etc. Forced criminality also has an effect on social welfare by taking individuals' money to have a financial gain.

Child Soldiers

Child soldiers occur when youth and children ranging from the ages 4-18, both female and male are used for any military acts. Child soldiers are made to commit acts of violence such as suicide bombers, human shields, fighters, spies, etc. The children used in this are also used for sexual purposes.