Possible risk factors associated with becoming HT victim and primary intervention

Possible risk factors associated with becoming HT victim and primary interventions
There are various possible risks factors that are associated in human trafficking such as living in extreme poverty or having nowhere to call home (Todres et al., 2021). The most common methods of control used by traffickers include psychological and physical abuse, threats, isolating victims from their friends and family, and the application of economic pressure. International organizations should provide the supply of essential services such as housing and employment, which allows people to seize control of the situation.
The intervention to reduce extreme poverty risk factor include building a place of refuge for those who are homeless for an interim period of time as well as temporary housing (Todres et al., 2021). The victims find themselves in a position in which they are unable to flee and are terrified to do so for a number of reasons, including worry for their own or their family’s safety. Another risk factor is physical abuse, neglect, or substance abuse in the person or their family a history of untreated mental health difficulties, either individually or in one’s family, might be a risk factor for suicide (Franchino., 2021). People who are trafficked are often taken a significant distance from where they were born and raised and put entirely under the control of a third party, whether it a person or an organization. They are forced to work a variety of occupations, some of which include physical labor, but the bulk of the jobs entail sexual exploitation, such as prostitution. They are forced to work in conditions that are degrading and inhumane.
One of the strategies that human traffickers use in order to seduce and keep control over their victims is to utilize illegal drugs (Schwarz et al., 2019). These smugglers often prey on those who are struggling with the effects of their drug use and use the promise of unlimited access to narcotics as a tool to keep their victims under their control. When searching for potential victims, a criminal may visit a nearby methadone clinic; in rare cases, victims are even sold into the trade by family members who are themselves addicted to methadone.
The primary interventions include establishing a close connection through communicating to individuals who have been kept hostage by a human trafficker (Schwarz et al., 2019). The affected individuals may come to the conclusion that being high on drugs is a more palatable option than the anguish and suffering that comes along with being a prisoner. Unfortunately, the same victim becomes increasingly more dependent on their captors for the supply of addictive drugs as their dependence on their captors rises.
References
Franchino-Olsen, H. (2021). Vulnerabilities relevant for commercial sexual exploitation of children/domestic minor sex trafficking: A systematic review of risk factors. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 22(1), 99-111.
Schwarz, C., Alvord, D., Daley, D., Ramaswamy, M., Rauscher, E., & Britton, H. (2019). The trafficking continuum: Service providers’ perspectives on vulnerability, exploitation, and trafficking. Affilia, 34(1), 116-132.
Todres, J., & Diaz, A. (2021). COVID-19 and human trafficking—the amplified impact on vulnerable populations. JAMA pedi
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