Human Exploitation And Exploitation Of The United States, Canada, And Western Europe

Human trafficking is a public health problem within the United States and Internationally. The victims subjected to the lifestyle of human trafficking can have sexually transmitted disease, HIV virus, and AIDS. It is an estimated 30,000 victims of human sex trafficking dying each year from abuse, disease, torture, and neglect. According, to U.S. government an estimates, of 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders annually, and up to 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States each year (Hodge, 2008). “According to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), over the past 30 years, over 30 million children have been sexually exploited through human trafficking” (Random Facts, 2015, para. 24).

Human trafficking is one of the many faces of organized crime. Human trafficking is a broad term which contains trafficking for the purpose of sex along with the exploitation of labor. Currently, there are 20.9 million victims of sex slavery (Stacy.j.cecchet 2014 482) whom have or are suffering suffer inhumane circumstances and consequences. Sex trafficking is one of the largest criminal activities in the world (Stacy 249). Vulnerable women and children are taken advantage of and thrown into sex slavery, yet there is no explanation available as to how women and children are taken and thrown into the industry within countries such as Canada and the United States of America (482 Stacy j Cecchet 2014), which have human rights protection. Sex slavery leaves everlasting mental and physical effects on the abused women and children being trafficked. Even though sex trafficking is a crime it is also, for a lack of better words, an industry which would cease to exist if it was not for the supply and demand for women and children.

Human trafficking is a prominent problem within the United States that is often overlooked. The definition of human trafficking is, “Human trafficking - the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or other forms of exploitation” (“Human trafficking”). People in the United States believe that human trafficking is a problem that occurs in other less developed countries compared to the United States. What these individuals do not realize is that human trafficking occurs on American soil contrary to popular belief. The United States is one of the top three destination countries of human trafficking and human trafficking is a top criminal enterprise across the world (“WEAVE, Inc.”).

Up to 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked annually, of which about 80 percent are women and up to half are children. Human traffickers take people against their own will in order to make some money for themselves, and they have no compassion towards their victims. Several solutions have been brought up, but most will not fix the problem. Some people state that we just need to add to law enforcement efforts and put harsher punishments into effect, just like Koh Tsin Yen did in her 2016 article “Point: Human trafficking is a domestic and transnational crime. Governments should strengthen their law enforcement efforts to combat it” that was published on InfOhio’s Point of View Reference Center. On the other side of this argument, opponents

Recently I learned about human trafficking and it is where organized criminals smuggle immigrants in and out of different countries for, sex, drugs, forced labor, and people even volunteer themselves to gain legal documentation. Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar industry and criminals profit from the exploitation of others. The facts are vulnerable people are trafficked in the commercial sex trade and labor industry every day in America. In 2014, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline received multiple reports of human trafficking cases in each of the 50 states and D.C. Stopthetraffik.org say “Our economies are affected by increasing unemployment and the number of working poor.”

Having a criminal record makes problematic to leave abuse, poverty and prostitution. This causes victims to stay in their situations. Victims outside the sex industry such as agricultural industry trafficked are also victims of the criminal justice system. If these workers resist their unspeakable treatment, they risk deportation. In many cases, employers of the victims threaten to call law enforcement to suppress and or deport their trafficked workers. Even if these trafficked victims ran away, they would be apart of undocumented workers that are subject to the whims of local law enforcement. Although the criminal justice system and war may seem to be the most important causes of human trafficking, the real primary current cause of human trafficking is triggered by the victim's economic

You turn on the news and see another story about trafficking in a third world country. You’re not surprised. One day, you see a story about trafficking in the United States. You’re surprised. Human trafficking happens all around the world, yet it’s a taboo subject. Over 20 million people are trafficked around the world. They’re usually forced into labor or prostitution. There are government efforts towards combating this problem. Despite these efforts, the government is not doing enough because in preventing and regulating it.

f the world. It is the largest source of sex slaves sent to the U.S. Young girls and women are kidnapped by men who trick, threaten and seduce them into working in the sex trade. The Pimps most of the time threatens to kill their families and/or children. Pimps seduce and make these young girls fall in love, then those boyfriends or fiancés pretend they are taking these girls to meet the parents then just kidnap them. Women get tricked the most by promising a good paying job maybe in a different city or even in a different country. With them wanting a better paying job or future they agree on taking the job not knowing they will be forced to prostitution. Some women are forced to see 30 to 60 men a day, some clients being police men. With clients being police men, the women believe they have no one to run to for help. They feel trapped thinking of the danger they can put their families in and knowing they can’t trust anyone to help them. Only 17 of the 3,000 to 5,000 pimps in Tenancingo were convicted in Mexico between 2010-2013. There are an estimated 20,000 trafficking victims in Mexico every year.

Although, smuggling and trafficking involve both humans, human trafficking differs from human smuggling because it is “compared to a modern day form of slavery”, involving “the exploitation of unwilling people through force” (Schmalleger, 2012, pg.605). Capturing, arresting and prosecuting human trafficking kingpins wouldn’t eliminate the problem, but rather encourage aspiring cartels to continue a “legacy”. However, fighting human trafficking is perhaps the most dangerous and difficult problem because of drugs and weapons, but nevertheless a rewarding accomplishment because “women and children compromise the largest group of victims” who are “often physically and emotionally abused” (Schmalleger, 2012, pg.607). A solution to this problem would probably be awareness, where the Federal government communicates to states, cities and communities to report suspicious activity. Therefore, proper help can be admitted to the victims by allowing new identities to be assigned; in addition, this would lower fraud and provide

One of the growing issues in our society is sex trafficking. Sex Trafficking is a hidden crime because victims rarely come forward to seek help due to language barriers, fear of the traffickers, and they do not know where or who to turn too. These young girls are lured into prostitution by force, fraud, or promises of a better life. Sex Trafficking is a serious crime that often goes overlooked because people are uncomfortable with the issue, and are not sure how to fight it. This issue can be found even at our own back door. The same interstate many Lamar Orange students use is the same one sex traffickers use to transport their victims. One in every five victims of human trafficking in the U.S. travels through Texas along Interstate ten. (Texas

It’s every human being’s responsibility to help prevent victims from suffering from physical and psychological aguish, one from which they’ll never fully overcome having survived human trafficking. Jones et al. (2007) stated, “political unrest, or (having) weak or corrupt infrastructures combined with widespread poverty, are breeding grounds for international criminal networks” (p. 113). Reducing the amount of corrupt officials and increasing the amount of supervision that goes on in both border crossing and local officials, a decrease in trafficking would follow since they’re vital to keep this business

Human trafficking is a broad topic it can be as little as getting someone across the border illegally to as serious as trafficking little girls younger than 12 around as prostitutes. An article written by CNN talks about the story of a young girl named Karla who faced the world of trafficking, states, “Her story highlights the brutal realities of human trafficking in Mexico and the United States, an underworld that has destroyed the lives of tens of thousands of Mexican girls like Karla.” Human trafficking is a topic that is sickening and barbaric. Karla also talked about how during the time she was trafficked she was raped by cops and priest; this made her see there was no escape. Trafficking across the Mexico-US border is outrageous and

The areas are as follows, sex trafficking, sex trafficking of minors, and labor trafficking. This allowed researchers to narrow in on a topic and allowed them the opportunity to really retain information that would be helpful in the reduction of human trafficking (Wolf-Branigin, 2010, pp. 424-436). It is known that there are many cases that go undocumented. With this being known there are not many legal services available because limited access to the services (Wolf-Branigin, 2010, pp. 424-436). Although there are many cases that go undocumented, the number of reports that are taking place are increasing. Between 2001 and 2006 prosecutors charged 189 perpetrators of human trafficking (Wolf-Branigin, 2010, pp. 424-436). This is an increase of 65 person from the previous years. (Wolf-Branigin, 2010, pp. 424-436).

Human trafficking of U.S. citizens and foreign nations persist and thrive for various reasons, one is the low risk involved. This is when the community is unaware of this issue, when the government/community institutions aren’t properly trained to respond, and the biggest reason yet is when law enforcement does not investigate and prosecute the crime, human traffickers perceive little risk or deterrence to affect their criminal operations. The next reason why human trafficking is so successful is because the high profits; when individuals are willing to buy commercial sex, they create a market and make it profitable for the traffickers to sexually exploit children and adults. (“Why”)

many academics, public officials, law enforcement authorities, and the news media believe human trafficking to be among the most tragic and horrendous transnational criminal activities facing us today. Victims are typically transported from