"Traffickers will damage their victims
to the point where they feel scared, lost,
and hopeless and rather than risk being
beaten or death, they do what the
trafficker wants them to do. "
Coercion is defined as the"use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance." For traffickers, this means instilling fear inside of their victim in order to get them to do what they want by using all forms of abuse such as physical, mental, and psychological abuse. Traffickers may threaten to beat or kill their victim, unless the victim does what they want. Traffickers will damage their victims to the point where they feel scared, lost, and hopeless and rather than risk being beaten or death, they do what the trafficker wants them to do.
How Traffickers Use Coercion as a Means to Control Their Victim
Traffickers specifically seek out what are known as “unaccompanied minors” because they are easier to manipulate into a situation where the trafficker is in total “control.” This could mean manipulating them into getting their victim into their car so there is no escape or trapping them behind a locked door. Once the victim is out of the public’s sight, the trafficker is more easily able to threaten and beat his victim.
Physical Abuse
| Mental Abuse
| Psychological Abuse
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