Hidden in Plain Sight : America's Slaves of the New Millennium

Pimp-controlled sex workers, exploited migrants, domestic servants, and sex trafficking of runaway and homeless youth are just a few of the many forms of sex trafficking and labor trafficking going on all around the world—including in the United States. This book exposes both well-known and more obscure forms of human trafficking, documenting how these heinous crimes are encountered in our daily lives. What types of human trafficking crimes are being committed here in the United States? Who are the victims of traffickers? How do we all unknowingly consume the services and products of slavery? And why are human traffickers able to maintain their illicit operations with relative impunity—indeed, with less than .01 percent of human traffickers ever being held accountable for their crimes? Hidden in Plain Sight: America's Slaves of the New Millennium documents how human trafficking and its byproducts touch every community in America, from impoverished inner-city neighborhoods to middle-class suburbs and alcoves of wealthy estates. It presents information derived from narrative accounts of real-life trafficking cases, interviews with convicted human traffickers, empirical research, and criminal case files to expose the grim realities of human trafficking in America, perpetrated by Americans. Readers will grasp the origins, evolution, and extent of the problem; understand how trafficking plays an unrecognized role in our day-to-day lives; and see why advancements in awareness and anti-trafficking resources have not changed the status quo. The victims of trafficking continue to be criminalized by law enforcement, and the offenders continue to exploit and profit from new recruits. This book equips readers with the knowledge needed to identify human trafficking cases and advocate for policy changes to end this scourge in America. Exposes the tragic fact that human trafficking is likely going on in every city of the United States, often in legitimate industries, and that every American has worn, touched, or consumed goods produced with slave labor Documents the shocking number of human trafficking forms, including sex trafficking of runaway and homeless youth, mail-order brides, forced labor and sex trafficking in massage parlors and nail salons, door-to-door solicitation crews, military sex tourism, child sex tourism, domestic servitude, gang-controlled sex trafficking, slavery in the chocolate and textile industries, and exploitation of undocumented migrants Features a combination of direct experiences identifying and rescuing victims, interviews with convicted human traffickers, empirical research, and criminal case files Lays out action items for the modern-day abolitionist movement to better prevent human trafficking victimization, as well as to protect survivors and prosecute offenders Hidden In Plain Sight: America's Slaves Of The New Millennium Documents How Human Trafficking And Its Byproducts Touch Every Community In America, From Impoverished Inner-city Neighborhoods To Middle-class Suburbs And Alcoves Of Wealthy Estates. It Presents Information Derived From Narrative Accounts Of Real-life Trafficking Cases, Interviews With Convicted Human Traffickers, Empirical Research, And Criminal Case Files To Expose The Grim Realities Of Human Trafficking In America, Perpetrated By Americans. Readers Will Grasp The Origins, Evolution, And Extent Of The Problem; Understand How Trafficking Plays An Unrecognized Role In Our Day-to-day Lives; And See Why Advancements In Awareness And Anti-trafficking Resources Have Not Changed The Status Quo. The Victims Of Trafficking Continue To Be Criminalized By Law Enforcement, And The Offenders Continue To Exploit And Profit From New Recruits. This Book Equips Readers With The Knowledge Needed To Identify Human Trafficking Cases And Advocate For Polity Changes To End This Scourge In America.--inside Flap. Prologue -- Part I. Sex Trafficking -- Runaways, From The Frying Pan Into The Fire -- Happy Beginnings, Sad Endings -- Disposable Wives -- Child Sex Tourism -- Adult Sex Tourism -- Human Trafficker Deployment -- Trafficked To La Mara -- Now Recruiting For An Exciting Summer Abroad -- Mentality Of A Monger -- Part Ii. Labor Trafficking -- Legal And Still Exploited -- Domestic Servants, Diplomatic Slaves -- Knocking At Your Door -- Dark Side Of Chocolate From The Cote D'ivoire -- Slaved In India, Retailed In America -- Cheap Luxury -- Stealing Our Jobs? -- Part Iii. Overcoming Barriers To The Abolition Of Modern Slavery -- Hidden In Plain Sight -- Disposable Kids -- Whac-a-mole Crusade Online -- Blaming The Hotel -- Crimmigration And Labor Trafficking -- Out Of The Shadows -- Appendix A: Sex Work Terminology And Abbreviations -- Appendix B: Sample Human Trafficking Expert Witness Testimony Outline -- Appendix C: Gathering Data From Human Trafficking Survivors -- Appendix D: Sample Sex Tourist Timeline: Dirk -- Appendix E: Additional Quotes From Mongers -- Appendix F: Sample Tool To Identify Youth At High Risk Of Being Trafficked. Kimberly Mehlman-orozco, Phd. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Advance Praise for Hidden in Plain Sight......Page 2 Title Page......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Prologue......Page 10 Preface......Page 16 Part One:Sex Trafficking......Page 22 Chapter 1:Runaways, from the Frying Pan into the Fire......Page 26 Chapter 2:Happy Beginnings, Sad Endings......Page 38 Chapter 3:Disposable Wives......Page 54 Chapter 4:Child Sex Tourism......Page 64 Chapter 5:Adult Sex Tourism......Page 72 Chapter 6:Human Trafficker Deployment......Page 84 Chapter 7:Trafficked to La Mara......Page 92 Chapter 8:Now Recruiting for an Exciting Summer Abroad......Page 114 Chapter 9:Mentality of a Monger......Page 124 Part Two:Labor Trafficking......Page 134 Chapter 10:Legal and Still Exploited......Page 136 Chapter 11:Domestic Servants, Diplomatic Slaves......Page 144 Chapter 12:Knocking at Your Door......Page 150 Chapter 13:Dark Side of Chocolate from the Côte d’Ivoire......Page 156 Chapter 14:Slaved in India, Retailed in America......Page 164 Chapter 15:Cheap Luxury......Page 170 Chapter 16:Stealing Our Jobs?......Page 176 Part Three:Overcoming Barriers to the Abolition of Modern Slavery......Page 182 Chapter 17:Hidden in Plain Sight......Page 184 Chapter 18:Disposable Kids......Page 192 Chapter 19:Whac-a-Mole Crusade Online......Page 198 Chapter 20:Blaming the Hotel......Page 206 Chapter 21:Crimmigration and Labor Trafficking......Page 212 Chapter 22:Out of the Shadows......Page 216 Acknowledgments......Page 226 Appendix A: Sex Work and Sex Trafficking Argot......Page 230 Appendix B: Sample Human Trafficking Expert Witness Testimony Outline......Page 238 Appendix C: Gathering Data from Human Trafficking Survivors......Page 240 Appendix D: Sample Sex Tourist Timeline—Dirk......Page 244 Appendix E: Additional Quotes from Mongers......Page 246 Appendix F: Sample Tool to Identify Youth at High Risk of Being Trafficked......Page 250 Index......Page 256 Cover 1 Advance Praise for Hidden in Plain Sight 2 Title Page 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 Prologue 10 Preface 16 Part One: Sex Trafficking 22 Chapter 1: Runaways, from the Frying Pan into the Fire 26 Chapter 2: Happy Beginnings, Sad Endings 38 Chapter 3: Disposable Wives 54 Chapter 4: Child Sex Tourism 64 Chapter 5: Adult Sex Tourism 72 Chapter 6: Human Trafficker Deployment 84 Chapter 7: Trafficked to La Mara 92 Chapter 8: Now Recruiting for an Exciting Summer Abroad 114 Chapter 9: Mentality of a Monger 124 Part Two: Labor Trafficking 134 Chapter 10: Legal and Still Exploited 136 Chapter 11: Domestic Servants, Diplomatic Slaves 144 Chapter 12: Knocking at Your Door 150 Chapter 13: Dark Side of Chocolate from the Côte d’Ivoire 156 Chapter 14: Slaved in India, Retailed in America 164 Chapter 15: Cheap Luxury 170 Chapter 16: Stealing Our Jobs? 176 Part Three: Overcoming Barriers to the Abolition of Modern Slavery 182 Chapter 17: Hidden in Plain Sight 184 Chapter 18: Disposable Kids 192 Chapter 19: Whac-a-Mole Crusade Online 198 Chapter 20: Blaming the Hotel 206 Chapter 21: Crimmigration and Labor Trafficking 212 Chapter 22: Out of the Shadows 216 Acknowledgments 226 Appendix A: Sex Work and Sex Trafficking Argot 230 Appendix B: Sample Human Trafficking Expert Witness Testimony Outline 238 Appendix C: Gathering Data from Human Trafficking Survivors 240 Appendix D: Sample Sex Tourist Timeline—Dirk 244 Appendix E: Additional Quotes from Mongers 246 Appendix F: Sample Tool to Identify Youth at High Risk of Being Trafficked 250 Index 256 What types of human trafficking crimes are being committed here in the United States? Who are the victims of traffickers? How do we all unknowingly consume the services and products of slavery? And why are human traffickers able to maintain their illicit operations with relative impunity--indeed, with less than .01 percent of human traffickers ever being held accountable for their crimes?__Hidden in Plain Sight: America's Slaves of the New Millennium__Readers will grasp the origins, evolution, and extent of the problem; understand how trafficking plays an unrecognized role in our day-to-day lives; and see why advancements in awareness and anti-trafficking resources have not changed the status quo. The victims of trafficking continue to be criminalized by law enforcement, and the offenders continue to exploit and profit from new recruits. This book equips readers with the knowledge needed to identify human trafficking cases and advocate for policy changes to end this scourge in America.