A new
law is meant to protect workers from
human trafficking violations. It requires
the
Examining Board of Psychology,
Medical Quality Assurance Commission,
and the
Licensed Mental Health Counselor,
Marriage and Family Therapist and
Social Worker Advisory Committee to work
with the
Office of Crime Victims Advocacy (OVCA)
to share information on human trafficking.
This includes methods of recognizing
victims, services available to victims and
where to report potential trafficking
situations.
Human trafficking is modern day slavery. It
involves forcing or coercing people to
provide labor or commercial sex. Human
trafficking occurs when a person uses
violence, deception, or threats to force or
coerce another person to provide labor or
commercial sex. The abductor prevents the
victim from leaving the situation. Human
trafficking also occurs when a person
recruits, harbors, transports, provides, or
obtains another person knowing that force,
fraud, or coercion will be used to exploit
the other person for labor or commercial
sex.
Who are the victims?
- About half of all human trafficking
victims are children.
- Many victims have first suffered other
crimes such as sexual assault, sexual abuse
or domestic violence.
- People offered a better life through
employment, marriage, education or life in a
more prosperous country.
You can contact the Washington State Office
of Crime Victims Advocacy at 1.800.822.1067.
For more information, please visit the
OCVA Web site. |
