Timarit Eflingar

TÍMARIT EFLINGAR-STÉTTARFÉLAGS 33 WHAT IS TRAFFICKING? TRAFFICKING Recruitment Transport Transfer Harbouring Receipt of persons ACT Threat of use of force Coercion Abduction Fraud Deception Abuse of power or vulnerability Giving payment or benefits MEANS Exploitation, including Prostitution of others Sexual exploitation Forced labour Slavery or similar practices Removal of organs Other types of exploitatio PURPOSE Resources for victims of human trafficking in Iceland: Bjarkarhlíð – Center for Victims of Violence. Phone 553 3000, bjarkarhlid@bjarkarhlid.is. Lögreglan - Police – 112 Kvennaathvarfið - The woman’s shelter – Tel. 561 1205. Stop The Traffik Iceland - stticeland@gmail.com The ACT, MEANS, and the PURPOSE can similarly represent the WHAT the HOW and the WHY of Human Trafficking. Essentially you have the actions that traffickers are taking, described under the ACT, and they are able to take them because of the control they have over that person, listed under the MEANS, and then the trafficker(s) are doing all of this in order to benefit themselves in some way, which is the various forms of exploitation listed under the PURPOSE.