Human trafficking is a growing elicit industry, whose victims constantly interact with the daily services offered by responsible corporations. Because the patronage by a victim often goes unnoticed, corporations often unknowingly do business with them. Corporations are being held criminally and civilly liable for not helping their victim costumer.
Corporations are held liable under:
The Federal trafficking victims Protection Act 18 USC 1595
(a) An individual who is victim of a violation …. may bring civil action against the perpetrator or whoever knowingly benefits financially of by receiving anything of value from participation in a venture which that person knew or should have known
Has engaged in and act in violation … *“unknowingly” has been upheld in numerous court decisions, every business is liable. View Case
Mitigation and reducing the risk
The Twentyfour-Seven QR code® is a subscriber-based service used to assist
companies, law enforcement, and non-profit organizations worldwide in fighting human
trafficking. The Twentyfour-Seven QR code® when scanned by anyone in a secure location (such as a bathroom stall), provides anti-trafficking information, a direct link to law enforcement, and the national trafficking hotline number for victims.
The QR Code, which was designed by a survivor of human trafficking, provides a trafficking victim with:
The QR codes may be used as a supplement into existing anti-trafficking programs or as a standalone program. A subscription to the Twentyfour-Seven QR code®
includes:
Additionally, the Twentyfour-Seven Anti-Trafficking QR Code® provides the subscriber company with analytical data which can be used to quantify their anti-trafficking program.