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a <br />COID1h115S10M for WOfD721~ <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />May 10, 2007 <br />A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />WHEREAS, human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery in which men, women, and <br />children are exploited for commercial sex and labor purposes; and <br />WHEREAS, human trafficking is currently the second largest criminal industry in the world after <br />drug dealing, and is the fastest growing; and <br />WHEREAS, victims of human trafficking can frequently be found in domestic labor situations, <br />sweatshop factories, construction, farm work, hotel, restaurant and tourist industries, janitorial <br />work, and the commercial sex industry; and <br />WHEREAS, traffickers use force, fraud and coercion to draw victims into lives of servitude and <br />abuse, frequently subjecting victims to rape, beatings, confinement, debt bondage, involuntary <br />servitude, and psychological and emotional abuse; and <br />WHEREAS, systematic approaches to detecting trafficking, creating protocols for assisting <br />victims, providing services to trafficking victims, and holding traffickers accountable are all <br />crucial steps in eradicating trafficking; and <br />WHEREAS, the U.S. Congress responded to the problem of human trafficking by passing the <br />Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, a comprehensive statute designed to <br />hold traffickers accountable and provide services for trafficking victims; and <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina's location on the I-95 corridor, large military bases, large immigrant <br />population and demand for immigrant labor creates an environment hospitable to trafficking in <br />our area; and <br />WHEREAS, U.S. government studies estimate that approximately 800,000 persons are trafficked <br />across international borders each year, with 18,000 to 20,000 persons trafficked into the United <br />States and thousands more trafficked domestically; and <br />WHEREAS, the F:B.I. estimates that 23% of those trafficked into the United States are trafficked <br />into the southeast; and <br />WHEREAS, the General Assembly of North Carolina passed House Bill 1896 into law in <br />August, 2006, which addresses human trafficking and sexual servitude by increasing criminal <br />penalties, especially for those individuals who harbor children; and <br />