Information from the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

What is Human Trafficking?

What is the International Organization for Migration (IOM)?

The largest counter human trafficking organization in Ukraine

Part of the United Nations Country Team in Ukraine

Gives information to people who want to work or study abroad

Helps victims of human trafficking

Number of Victims IOM has Helped

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What is Human Trafficking?• Modern form of slavery

• Second largest and growing form of organized crime

• Criminal industry

• Deception, violence and kidnapping

• Victims are adults, teenagers and children

• People taken for sex, manual labor, organ removal and marriage

• 600,000 to 900,000 victims every year

Ukrainian LawArticle 149. Trafficking in human beings or other

illegal agreement on humanTrafficking or undertaking otherillegal transaction, which is the object of manas well as recruitment, relocation,harboring, transfer or receipt ofman committed to operating withuse deception, blackmail orvulnerable condition, - shall be punishableimprisonment for a term of three toeight years.

Human Trafficking in UkraineCountry where people are sent to, trafficked

through and recruitedWomen and children are usually taken for the sex

industryMen are usually taken for manual laborAlmost 100,000 Ukrainians have been victims

since 1991

Who are Human Traffickers?65% Strangers12% Friends2% Significant others2% Business Partners1% Family members18% Other

57% Women43% Мen

60% Ukrainian10% Russian5% Polish2% Lithuanian23% Other

How are people recruited?85% Personal contacts12% Newspaper1.5% Family0.5% Internet0.5% Kidnapped0.5% Other

Where are People Recruited From?BarsBazaarsBoarder CrossingsBus StationsDiscosEmployment AgenciesInternetStoresTourism OfficesAnywhere!

What Kinds of Jobs are Victims Promised?AgricultureAu Pair (Childcare)DancerHousekeeperManual workSalespersonStudy AbroadWaiter/Waitress

Ukrainians are Sent to…

Russian

Federation

35%

Turkey

15%Poland

14%

Italy

4%

Other

countries

22%

Within

Ukraine

5%

Czech Rep

5%

Victims are From…

Secondary24.7%

High school14.1%

College/technic.school44.8%

University14.2%

Other2.2%

How do Victims Escape?30% By themselves28% Police raid20% Allowed to go home if they become injured

or sick8% Client rescues them3% Family finds them14% Never return home

***How to Protect Yourself***Learn international lawsFind out if the employment agency is legalLink directly to your potential employerDo not sign an employment contract you do not

understand (for example, a contract in another language)

Fill out all the documents yourselfFind out who to contact in the country you are

going if there is an emergency

Call 527!

What is 527?527 – Is a hotline number that you can call to

get help with…Get information about safe work, travel, and study

abroad programsFind out if a foreign employer is legalLearn about legal, medical, psychological,

vocational and other assistance for victims of human trafficking with IOM and IOM’s partner organizations in Ukraine

Works with: life:), Kyivstar, Beeline, и МТС free Mon-Fri: 10-21; Sat: 10-18

Other ContactsMinistry of Labor: 8-044-289-50-97Center for Immigration Services:8-800-505-50-10

(Free from landlines)IOM resources available in Ukraine through:

www.stoptrafficking.ua or www.iom.org.ua