Human Trafficking is a local and a global crisis
Human Trafficking is a local and a global crisis
Human Trafficking is a local and a global crisis
Human Trafficking is a local and a global crisis
Human Trafficking is a local and a global crisis
Human Trafficking is a local and a global crisis
Learn More About Human Trafficking in Hawaii
There are unique risk factors and systemic inequities prevalent on Hawaiʻi Island. This can include high living costs, transient populations, a tourism-driven economy, and a shortage of services for survivors. All factors that contribute to the onset of human trafficking within our communities.
A peer-reviewed, empirical research study conducted in 2019 in the state of Hawaii by Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, founder and director of the Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research at Arizona State University, and the Child & Family Service of Hawaii revealed the following information on the sex trafficking issue in the state of Hawaii:
Out of 363 participants in the survey study, 26.7% identified as sex trafficking victims.
Sixty-four percent of the sex trafficking victims interviewed were native or part native Hawaiian.
Eighty-three percent of the sex trafficking victims identified as female.
The age of the first sex trafficking experience ranged from 4 years old to 55 years-old.
The average age of sex trafficking victimization before the age of 18 was 11.3 years old.
Sixty-nine percent had experienced homelessness and were more likely to report domestic violence, sexual abuse and emotional abuse in childhood.
Sex trafficking victims suffer from mental health diagnosis more than those non-sex trafficked.