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James Capozella photo Indiana Human trafficking and victim identification seminar presented Tuesday By James Capozella A number of interested CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for chil- dren) volunteers, Depart- ment of Child Services pro- fessionals and foster care parents have a much better understanding now of the various types and meth- ods of human trafficking in the region, thanks to Re- gion 9 Coalition Coordina- tor Christina Wicks and In- diana Faculty member Deb Getz. Although both women usually get the attention of a much larger audience, the 15 or so attendees from Pike County came away with a much better and clear- er understanding of what and how human trafficking takes place in Indiana. Wicks described the work of the Indiana Trafficking Victims Assistance Pro- gram (IT VAP) to the group assembled at Cakes & Cof- fee Cafe at 6 p.m. Monday night, where refreshments and dinner was also on the agenda. The group learned that the supposed col- lege student pushing mag- azines, the massage par- lor that pops up and disap- pears over night or the hotel maid still paying for trans- portation into the country are common areas of human trafficking. There's a good chance most people have had contact with someone in a situation such as that, Wicks said. Calls to the Indiana Hu- man Trafficking hotline have gone from 186 in 2014 to 263 in 2016, according to Wicks. The law enforce- ment cases grew from 50 to 83 in those two years. In- terstate highways and agri- cultural labor needs, along with large cities, make for easy access for trafficking to take place. Sex traffick- ing at the Super Bowl or ca- sinos grabs the media head- lines, but other areas such as the hotel industry, ser- vice industries, farm labor, domestics and massage par- lors are common industries with human trafficking. In addition to explain- ing what Indiana Traffick- ing Victims Assistance Pro- gram (IT VAP) does, Wicks educated those in atten- dance about the many red flags that signal a possible avenue for perpetrators and recruiters to utilize against children and adults. Training, outreach, net- work building, victim ser- vice, case coordination and referrals are a part of the activity of IT VAP, as well as making the public aware of situations that can lead to human trafficking cases. Wicks said the main thing she would like to happen is "we need to tell as many people as possible and come back here and educate more people about human traf- ficking." Indiana Universi- ty faculty member Deb Getz added, "We had an amazing group of people to come and listen" to this program. An extensive list of red flags that everyone can look for was presented by Wicks. She said recruiters for sex trafficking are often wom- en, but only about nine per- cent of them are strangers. Often victims of human trafficking do not identify as victims and will not ask for help, so it is important to look for signs that open the door for abuse. Some things to look for include chronic runaways, truant and home- less youth, goods and servic- es provided that they can not afford, excessive cash, mul- tiple hotel keys, cell phones and poker chips. It could be that some- one else has control over their I.D. or has false iden- tification, signs of brand- ing such as tattoos and jew- elry. Restricted commu- nication, physical injury or signs of abuse are clear signs of trouble. A child ap- pearing nervous or scared, lacking knowledge of where they are or failing to make eye contact are indica- tions. Psychological trau- ma and abuse, anxiety, de- pression, suicide, panic at- tacks, flat effect, dissocia- tion and memory loss are all red flags of victims. Lastly, it's a red flag if someone is with them at all times and seems controlling. Traffick- ers use social media (Face- book, Backpage.com, et al) to recruit and solicit. Aubry Lloyd, an under- age victim of human traf- ficking in the sex industry, told her story in a video pre- sented by Wicks. Aubry ex- plained that she was abused at home and was recruited by a female friend for six months. The friend took her in because she wanted to get away from her family. That night, the friend's fa- ther asked her to join his es- cort service but she turned him down. She later went to a party with her friend and was drugged. Aubry found herself naked that night and she had been raped by a stranger who paid the friend's father. She was threatened with violence by the father and thus began a life of sex work. Aubry said the women were beaten reg- ularly and said at least one woman disappeared after being beaten. Aubry was locked into the sex trade with no home to return to and a life of un- derage girls attending par- ties full of adults that she should have been able to trust, such as police offi- cers, lawyers and wealthy college students. Instead, they paid the perpetrators for the girls' favors. Although drugs are a way of making money, the perpe- trator in human trafficking can have a person work for him over and over. One way to end the abuse is to under- stand the vulnerabilities re- cruiters and traffickers prey on in children. The call to 888 -373-7888 (the NHT ho- tline) or 800 -800 -5556 can be anonymous and the same is true when calling local law enforcement. CASA volunteers pres- ent at the seminar includ- ed Casa Director Kelli Gor- don, Assistant Director Ka- tie Rumble, Bidget Cannon, Shirley Segert, Rachel Cox, Earl B Townsend IV and Barb Baumgart. DCS was represented by Kiersten Stephens, Ashley Doades, Stephanie Gilmour and Kate Green. 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