PENNSYLVANIA, January 22 - through education; and

WHEREAS, Victims of human trafficking need support in order

to escape and recover from the physical, mental, emotional,

sexual and spiritual trauma associated with their victimization;

and

WHEREAS, Human traffickers use many physical and

psychological techniques to control their victims, including the

use of violence or threats of violence against the victim or the

victim's family, isolation from the public, isolation from the

victim's family and religious or ethnic communities, language

and cultural barriers, shame, control of the victim's

possessions, confiscation of passports and other identification

documents, threats of arrest, deportation or imprisonment and

withholding or depriving the victim's basic needs to survive,

such as shelter, food, nutrition, medication, health care and

essential goods, if the victim attempts to reach out for

assistance or to leave; and

WHEREAS, Although laws to prosecute perpetrators of human

trafficking and assist and protect victims of human trafficking

have been enacted in the United States, awareness of the issues

surrounding human trafficking by those people most likely to

come into contact with victims is essential for effective

enforcement because the techniques that traffickers use to keep

their victims enslaved severely limit self-reporting; and

WHEREAS, The effort by individuals, businesses, organizations

and governing bodies to promote the observance of "National

Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month" in January of

each year represents one of the many examples of the ongoing

commitment to raise awareness of and to actively oppose human

trafficking; therefore be it

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