Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking is defined as: The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.

Sex Trafficking is defined as: The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act is under 18 years of age.

All minors involved in commercial striping, pornography or being prostituted are victims of human trafficking according to federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act [18 U.S.C. Sections 1589-1594] and are not to be arrested or criminalized for their participation, rather to be offered victim services and protection from pimps, purchasers and traffickers.

Victims of human trafficking are people forced or coerced into labor or sexual exploitation. Labor trafficking here in the US involves foreign nationals caught up in a variety of situations that encompass individuals in domestic service and farming, to larger scale operations such as sweatshops, construction, landscaping, restaurants and hotels, as well as major multinational corporations. Sex trafficking is the most profitable regarding the illegal trade in people, and involves all forms of sexual exploitation including prostitution, pornography, striping, escort, bride trafficking and the commercial sexual abuse of children.

Identifying the Possible Victims of Human Trafficking: A helpful guide to the warning signs and indicators to look for when working with clients as a service provider and identifying possible hot spots of trafficking activity in your community.

O.A.T.H. Awareness 101 Presentation

Invite a representative of O.A.T.H. to come to your office, club, church, or Organization and host an O.A.T.H. Coalition Awareness 101 Presentation. These sessions are designed to help you be informed on the growing problem of Human Trafficking, help you learn to identify victims, and find out how you can get involved to help us fight this battle.

The Awareness 101 Presentations are free to the host and all attendees, but we do request that your group or organization consider assistance for travel expenses, and an honorarium for the volunteer speaker is greatly appreciated. To receive more info on the Awareness 101 Presentation, or to schedule a session for your group or organization, please contact us.

Community Law Enforcement & Professional Human Trafficking Training

The Oklahoma District Attorneys Council and the Oklahoma Regional Community Policing Institute is seeking agencies, organizations or churches to host Human Trafficking trainings in their city or county. This is an 8 hour training for law enforcement, social service providers, educators, medical and mental health providers and community leaders. This training is CLEET Certified, providing law enforcement officers with 8 CLEET hours and 2 Mental Health CEU's. These trainings are free to host and free to all attendees, thanks to a government grant through VAWA - Violence Against Women's Act.

Download the Registration Form for more information and to sign up for this training.