Bride Kidnapping In Kyrgyzstan

In certain communities in South Asia, the low status of girls has to be compensated for by the payment of a dowry by the parents of the girl to the husband at the time of marriage. This has resulted in a number of dowry crimes, including mental and physical torture, starvation, rape, and even the burning alive of women by their husbands and/or in-laws in cases where dowry payments are not met.

Human Trafficking is a form of organized crime, in which people of all ages are taken from their homes to be exploited for sexual or labor purposes. The traffickers use fear and violence to get these people to come with them, and all they really want out of it is money. I will be using four main sources to gather my information. First I will give a general overview of two websites giving great depth into the topic of human trafficking. I will then summarize three case studies on human trafficking. Finally, I will give my views on the issue, and tell why it is such any important topic for the public to hear about.

Nearly all civilization at one point practiced bride or wife kidnapping. The reason why wife kidnapping was practiced and was accepted by society is because gender equality was not an important issue at the time. Also, the men who practiced this tradition were mostly people of power and authority. In modern society, gender equality and feminism are a big deal in all societies around the world with the exception of a Central Asian country called Kyrgyzstan. To this day, people in Kyrgyzstan still practice the old tradition of bride kidnapping even though it is against the law in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan has witnessed many women, who were kidnapped to be a bride, suicide because their freedom is taken away from them. Another reason why kidnapped

“A third method used by traffickers is kidnapping. Those approached to work in the sex industry but who are unwilling to leave their country of origin may be kidnapped.” (Hodge)

The first type of abuse discussed includes sex trafficking and forced prostitution. Many would believe that these two types of abuses are one in the same, but they are not. Sex trafficking involves the act of taking a human from one country to another country with the intent to use them for prostitution. Forced prostitution is the act of mentally or physically intimidating a human to perform sex for value. In both of Rath and Meena’s stories, they were forced to sell sex for money that they would not receive. Rath’s story is an example of sex trafficking, as she unknowingly was taken into sex trafficking from her home in Cambodia to Malaysia. Rath believed that she would be working in a Thai restaurant with her friends, but sex traffickers forced them in prostitution in Malaysia. As the term “sex trafficking” has been used

The main cause for sex trafficking in Russia is immigration and bad economy. The main cause to any crime is bad economy. For example if there is food shortage anywhere, people turn to theft and stealing. Human trafficking is a great source of profit. Bad economy leads to people commit horrific crimes to make money and support themselves through the harsh economy. “Human trafficking does not exist solely because many people who are vulnerable to exploitation. Instead, human trafficking is fueled by a demand for cheap labor or services, or for commercial sex acts. Human traffickers are those who victimize others in their desire to profit from the existing demand.” (Why Trafficking Exists) Unfortunately the economy around the world is not the

According to the United Nations of Drugs and Crime, Human Trafficking of a Person is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs”. Human Trafficking is not something that is new to the world. Infact Human Trafficking has been in existence since the 1400’s; as you maybe able to revert back to your

Originally, the crime of kidnapping was defined as the unlawful and non-consensual transportation of a person from one country to another. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, states began to redefine kidnapping, most notably eliminating the requirement for interstate transport. Under the laws of most states, kidnapping is a crime where the victim has transported a substantial distance or held in a place of isolation through the use of force. Kidnapping statutes also define a set of purposes for kidnapping including collecting ransom, inflicting bodily injury, or terrorizing

was and is a serious crime. Majority of culture question why these men have to kidnap a bride

Biljana Meshkovska, one of the authors of the article Female Sex Trafficking: Conceptual Issues, Current Debates, and Future Directions, reports, “According to this United Nations protocol, human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation” (381). She records that 600,000 to about 800,000 females, males, and minors can become victims yearly (384).

Crimes Against Persons can be violently invasive against someone’s will, especially with Kidnapping. In the following discussion, we will see how Common Law and Missouri Statutes define Kidnapping and compare how it has changed over the years. Afterwards, we will discuss reasons for this change and show how existing kidnapping laws should address drug and sex traffickers.

Through the widespread use of the Internet, people are able to effortlessly find love globally online. A person may notice numerous advertisements and websites on the Internet that promote international marriage arrangements. One may encounter advertisements that market available foreign women, commonly known as “mail-order brides.” The term “mail-order bride” describe women brought to countries such as the United States from developing countries for the purpose of marriage (Kusel 168). Certain businesses offer “pen-pal” services for men to interact with the foreign women. In reality, however, the service may contribute to an industry that resembles human trafficking. The Department of Homeland Security defines “human trafficking” as the “use

In recent times, the number of human trafficking cases has skyrocketed through the roof. So, what exactly is human trafficking? Human trafficking is defined as a criminal activity, in which people are recruited, harboured, transported, bought or kidnapped for the purposes of exploitation. These exploitations include forced labour, child soldiery, sexual slavery, forced marriages and so on. Statistics show that the main victims of human trafficking consist of women and young girls while children come in a close third (Appendix A). Over the years, human trafficking has become rampant worldwide as the demand for human labour and sex slaves drastically multiplies due to the Internet.

Child brides are a little voiced problem that occur around the world. Fourteen million girls become child brides every year, a number that is increasing due to the growing populations of countries where child marriage is common (Fisher). I chose to focus on child brides specifically in Africa and the Middle East due to the high instances of child marriages in those parts of the world. In my research I also found that child brides are very common in South Asia and South America as well. In Niger, Chad, Mali, Bangladesh, Guinea, Central African Republic, Mozambique, and Nepal over half of girls are married before they turn eighteen (Fisher).This is largely due to traditional tribal practices, cultural norms, and an overall lack of education.

There are 2 main reasons why people do this, they are ransom and psychological problems. One of the most famous cases involved ransom, the boy was Charles Lingbergh's son, he was taken straight from the crib his kidnapper wanted 50,000 dollars in exchange for the child's life. Maybe for some terrible people that could be an easy out for their current financial state to them it was an easy 50K. Taking a child out of spite usually always leads back to the psychological aspect. Most of who kidnap today had some sort of traumatizing event happen to them like for example Ariel Castro in an article "In Note" had said to a reporter " he was abused by his parents as a child and that he was raped by an uncle." Living through hell as a child can affect your choices and some people feel the need to force that pain and suffering on others to avenge their own troubles. Whether theres a financial reason or a brain problem kidnapping is becoming a more serious