Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness
The City of Burbank is committed to stopping perpetrators of human trafficking. One key initiative is to provide awareness to the community of the signs associated with human trafficking.
WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
Human trafficking is considered by many to be a form of modern-day slavery where perpetrators exploit human beings for profit. Traffickers treat victims as their property. There are two kinds of human trafficking: sex and labor. Both are a violation of basic human rights and both are crimes under U.S. federal law and California state law.
Sex trafficking occurs when one person uses force, fraud, coercion, deceit,
violence or threats of injury to make another person engage in commercial sexual activity or pornography. (When the victim is under the age of 18 years old, sex trafficking does not require force, fraud, coercion, deceit, violence or threats of injury. Minors cannot legally consent to sexual activity.)
Labor trafficking occurs when one person uses force, fraud, coercion, deceit, violence or threats of injury to make another person engage in forced labor or services.
Under BMC 5-3-1701, businesses will be required to post the appropriate signage and give employees the mandatory training related to human trafficking.
Here you can:
-Learn how to file a complaint if a business does not have the required postings.
-Print the required postings.
-Find the required training.
Human trafficking is considered by many to be a form of modern-day slavery where perpetrators exploit human beings for profit. Traffickers treat victims as their property. There are two kinds of human trafficking: sex and labor. Both are a violation of basic human rights and both are crimes under U.S. federal law and California state law.
Sex trafficking occurs when one person uses force, fraud, coercion, deceit,
violence or threats of injury to make another person engage in commercial sexual activity or pornography. (When the victim is under the age of 18 years old, sex trafficking does not require force, fraud, coercion, deceit, violence or threats of injury. Minors cannot legally consent to sexual activity.)
Labor trafficking occurs when one person uses force, fraud, coercion, deceit, violence or threats of injury to make another person engage in forced labor or services.
Under BMC 5-3-1701, businesses will be required to post the appropriate signage and give employees the mandatory training related to human trafficking.
Here you can:
-Learn how to file a complaint if a business does not have the required postings.
-Print the required postings.
-Find the required training.
If you know of a business that is not displaying the human trafficking notice, file a complaint via email to Code Enforcement at [email protected]
Businesses prescribed in the ordinance must provide at least 20 minutes of training to its new and existing employees. Businesses are required to document with an attendance sheet or a certificate. Use this link for an approved training.