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

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 Law Article 149. Trafficking in human beings or other illegal agreement on human Trafficking or undertaking other illegal transaction, which is the object of man as well as recruitment, relocation, harboring, transfer or receipt of man committed to operating with use deception, blackmail or vulnerable condition, - shall be punishable imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.

Human Trafficking in Ukraine Country where people are sent to, trafficked through and recruited Women and children are usually taken for the sex industry Men are usually taken for manual labor Almost 100,000 Ukrainians have been victims since 1991

Who are Human Traffickers? 65% Strangers 12% Friends 2% Significant others 2% Business Partners 1% Family members 18% Other 57% Women 43% Мen 60% Ukrainian 10% Russian 5% Polish 2% Lithuanian 23% Other

How are people recruited? 85% Personal contacts 12% Newspaper 1.5% Family 0.5% Internet 0.5% Kidnapped 0.5% Other

Where are People Recruited From? Bars Bazaars Boarder Crossings Bus Stations Discos Employment Agencies Internet Stores Tourism Offices Anywhere!

What Kinds of Jobs are Victims Promised? Agriculture Au Pair (Childcare) Dancer Housekeeper Manual work Salesperson Study Abroad Waiter/Waitress

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How do Victims Escape? 30% By themselves 28% Police raid 20% Allowed to go home if they become injured or sick 8% Client rescues them 3% Family finds them 14% Never return home

***How to Protect Yourself*** Learn international laws Find out if the employment agency is legal Link directly to your potential employer Do not sign an employment contract you do not understand (for example, a contract in another language) Fill out all the documents yourself Find 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 programs Find out if a foreign employer is legal Learn 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 Contacts Ministry of Labor: Center for Immigration Services: (Free from landlines) IOM resources available in Ukraine through: or