Human Trafficking In Oklahoma

Human trafficking is defined as the illegal movement of people by force or fraud, usually for the purposes of forced labor, domestic servitude, or commercial sex operations. Two main types of human trafficking in Oklahoma are labor trafficking and sex trafficking. There are around thirty million enslaved people around the world. Human trafficking is not only happening in developing countries. It is happening in our very own country, the United States.
Modern-day slavery: Human Trafficking in Oklahoma written by Sarah Kujawa, talks about the different kinds of trafficking, and gives several facts, statistics, and cases about it. Human trafficking is the second largest and fastest growing criminal activity in the entire world. One specific case discussed, is about a boy that the
On November 1, 2012 the Oklahoma Legislature expanded OBN’s investigative authority to include offenses related to Human Trafficking. A question that the OBN receives frequently is “where might a person encounter victims of human trafficking?” The answer to that question according to the OBN is “Although the use of the internet is the primary focus of sex traffickers, commercial sex operations often occur as illegal brothels or pornography productions sites. These sites may be hiding sex trafficking victims by operating under the guise of massage parlors, escort services, strip clubs, or modeling studios.” “What do you say to a person you suspect is a victim of human trafficking?” This is another question that the OBN has received often in the past. The answer to that question is to ask them certain questions. Examples of these types of questions could be, “What type of work do you do?” or “ Are you being paid?” If a person is still not sure whether they are talking to a human trafficking victim or not, the OBN has a phone number that you can call, but they also say it is good to call