Preventing Children Trafficking : 'Don'T Talk To Strangers'.
PREVENTING CHILDREN TRAFFICKING : ‘DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS’
Purwanti Hadisiwi
Abstract
In the last four years, 794 cases of human trafficking were at least recorded in West Java.
The victims of human trafficking from West Java are documented as the highest in Indonesia.
Frauds and kidnapping are methods mostly used by external party, while threats, violence and
abuse are ways often carried out by internal party (family), in children trafficking. Frauds and
kidnappings occur in a process of interaction between children and kidnappers that ends up in
a lost or regret in the victim’s side. Concerted efforts from various parties to protect and
prevent children and teenagers from frauds and kidnappings that end up in human trafficking
should be seriously considered as an urgent priority. "Do not talk to strangers" is a phrase
that is commonly taught to children in the United States to prevent children from interactions
with unknown person that frequently causing kidnappings. Perhaps, it’s time for the children
of Indonesia, especially in West Java where being friendly to other people were taught as a
form of hospitality, the idea of “do not talk to strangers” should be widely introduced, not
only in the context of face to face interactions, but also in the interactions using mediated
communication, such as social media.
Keyword : children trafficking, kidnaping, ‘don’t talk to strangers’
Introduction
This discussion is inspired by a film, which depicts two American teenagers on their
vacation to France. At the airport, they met a young man who was saying hello and offering
to drive them to their destination. The girls were very happy, they never think that the man
who looks very friendly and helpful was one of the sindicate of human trafficking. Not long
after the young men send the girls, some of the sindicate came to take the girls by force. The
next story is about a struggle of father to find his teenage girl from human trafficking
Purwanti Hadisiwi
Abstract
In the last four years, 794 cases of human trafficking were at least recorded in West Java.
The victims of human trafficking from West Java are documented as the highest in Indonesia.
Frauds and kidnapping are methods mostly used by external party, while threats, violence and
abuse are ways often carried out by internal party (family), in children trafficking. Frauds and
kidnappings occur in a process of interaction between children and kidnappers that ends up in
a lost or regret in the victim’s side. Concerted efforts from various parties to protect and
prevent children and teenagers from frauds and kidnappings that end up in human trafficking
should be seriously considered as an urgent priority. "Do not talk to strangers" is a phrase
that is commonly taught to children in the United States to prevent children from interactions
with unknown person that frequently causing kidnappings. Perhaps, it’s time for the children
of Indonesia, especially in West Java where being friendly to other people were taught as a
form of hospitality, the idea of “do not talk to strangers” should be widely introduced, not
only in the context of face to face interactions, but also in the interactions using mediated
communication, such as social media.
Keyword : children trafficking, kidnaping, ‘don’t talk to strangers’
Introduction
This discussion is inspired by a film, which depicts two American teenagers on their
vacation to France. At the airport, they met a young man who was saying hello and offering
to drive them to their destination. The girls were very happy, they never think that the man
who looks very friendly and helpful was one of the sindicate of human trafficking. Not long
after the young men send the girls, some of the sindicate came to take the girls by force. The
next story is about a struggle of father to find his teenage girl from human trafficking