What it Looks Like in Huron County
- You can be a victim of trafficking and still return home every night
- Emotional manipulation is used to recruit and condition the victim
- Incriminating photos are taken and then used as leverage to ensure victims will do what they are asked in fear of exposure
- Social media is used as a main recruitment tool in rural areas
- Many victims identify their pimp as their “boyfriend” and think that they are in love! Showing attention and interest can be confusing to a young girl that is looking for acceptance
- Rental properties, Airbnb’s, hotels, abandoned farms or barns can all be used to isolate the victim and keep the person trapped to the life
- #1 growing crime on the planet, 93% are Canadian Born and Raised
- Female friends will befriend a victim and then introduce them to the “party scene” and new young men that pay attention to them
- Youth who struggle with low self-esteem, bullying, discrimination, poverty, abuse, isolation and other social or family issues tend to be targeted
This is a video of a woman explaining her experience of human trafficking in Huron County.