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Since 2007, Polaris has operated

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the U. S. National Human

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Trafficking Hotline. The Trafficking

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Hotline connects victims and survivors

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to support and services.

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We have learned from those survivors

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that in this country, human

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trafficking generally falls into one of

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25 categories or business models.

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Some of these are formal

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businesses that are otherwise operating

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within the law - farms, factories,

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restaurants, industries like landscaping,

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janitorial services, and construction.

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Trafficking also happens in fraudulent

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businesses such as massage parlors that

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are licensed to provide health

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and wellness services, but in

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fact sell commercial sex.

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And of course trafficking happens in

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entirely illegal or illicit operations

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such as street-based

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prostitution and drug sales.

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These are business models,

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but trafficking also

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happens informally in opportunistic

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ways that might surprise you.

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Landlords extorting sex for rent

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from their tenants is trafficking.

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Children being sold to support a

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parent's drug habit is trafficking.

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Housekeepers who come to the United

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States to work for diplomatic

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personnel and are mistreated and

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threatened if they complain

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may be trafficking victims.

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Here is an example

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of how force, fraud, and coercion

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work in a labor trafficking

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situation in the United States.

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Rafael borrowed money to pay for

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his temporary work visa and

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transportation from his hometown in Mexico

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to the job in the United States.

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He thought he was going

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to make a good living, in a

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legal job, picking fruit in

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Washington and that the debt

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would be easily paid off.

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But when he got there, the job

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paid almost nothing. The living

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conditions were filthy and overcrowded.

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Still, he felt like he couldn't

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leave - if he didn't earn anything

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at all, he would not be

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able to repay the debt and

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his family would suffer.

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In this case, he was a victim

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of fraud because he took a

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job in which the pay was

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misrepresented. And he was a victim of

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coercion because he was stuck in

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that job, because he had no

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other options and the trafficker

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knew this and took advantage of it.