Human Trafficking In Cameron Wright's The Rent Collector

“According to UNICEF, every two minutes a child is being prepped for sexual exploitation.” Studies have shown that 1.2 million children are being trafficked each year. “This number excluded the millions already being held hostage by trafficking.” (1).

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).

This source will help me clarify the immensity of the issue and the need for immediate change. I will also include the true story of two women 's experiences being trafficked from the article "Understanding Human Trafficking in the United States" by T.K. Logan, Robert Walker, and Gretchen Hunt. The two women were brought to America on false promises of good work and fair pay as domestic workers in a home. However, their documents were confiscated upon arrival and the women were heavily abused and taken advantage of for five years in this home. Including this account in my essay will provide readers with a real example of the horrible reality of human trafficking.

Human trafficking, which involves the recruitment and movement of women, men, and children across or within national borders for the purposes of sexual, labor, and other forms of exploitation, is a serious human rights violation and important public health issue.(Oram, Siân, et al, 2016). Female children are the only ones taking part in this. They are the ones that are being taken from their homes and it

Imagine a population of 27 million people; populations more than Australia are the victims of human trafficking. This includes sex trafficking, child sex trafficking, forced labor, debt bondage, involuntary domestic servitude, and child soldiers. The methods are using threats, use of force, coercion, abduction, deception, vulnerability, or giving payments to the abductor. There are many contributing factors to human trafficking. These include the absence of laws in developing countries and failed states such as Libya. This also includes armed conflict around the world. Many governments are recruiting child soldiers not only for active combat but also for logistical and covert missions such as spies and lookouts. Forty percent of child soldiers

Human trafficking doesn’t happen in third world countries only. It doesn’t just happen to poor people and it certainly doesn’t solely happen to women. It is present here in the USA but it is hidden, and even worse, so are their victims. They are everywhere yet invisible. They are silently crying for our help through their eyes and smiles. According to Polaris, “…the prevalence of sex trafficking in the United States is still unknown, we do know that women, children, and men are being sold for sex against their will in cities and towns in all 50 states”. Human trafficking can happen to anyone even to Theresa Flores, the author of “The slave across the street”(“Sex trafficking” 2015). An average 15 year old American girl, coming from a privileged background and a respected family became a victim of sex trafficking and through her book, she convinces us that human trafficking doesn’t have a specific demographic.

Human trafficking has been around for many years, from Greeks to the Roman to medieval times, and even until to today. It is a worldwide issue. People have been exposed to many forms of oppression. The Richmond Justice Initiative told the Holly Austin Smith story. “When Holly Austin Smith was Fourteen years old, she ran away from home with a man. Holly often suffered from depression, but still had dreams of being a singer. Holly exchanged numbers with a man. Then, the man had called her. He asked her questions like, what were her dream? He also got to know her. What she thought was freedom turned into out to be an inexorable clutches of sex trafficking” (“Survival Story”). Trafficking is a dangerous act that can get young people

How often do you think teenage girls or boys are sex trafficked? Sure we hear about it all of the time in other countries like Paris or Japan, but how often does it happen right here in America? Too often. Globally 2.4 million people are trafficked for labor, 80% of them are used as sex slaves. Another common question would be what is human trafficking? “trafficking has been defined most often as the trade in women and children for prostitution or other immoral purposes.” “ It has been further clarified that victims do not need to be transported across international or other boundaries in order for trafficking to exist.” (Clawson J Heather, Dutch Nicole, Solomon Amy, and Grace Goldblatt Lisa. Aspe. Human Trafficking Into and Within the United States: A Review of the Literature Aspe 30, Aug 2009.)

According to the U.S. state department 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders per year in the United States. 80% of these people are female and half are children. Sex Trafficking makes a profit of around 32.4 million a year. The slaves sell for around $90 average globally. Many of the girls who are abducted are runaways from an abusive home or are bullied in school. This means the average sex slave is around 12 to 14 years old when they are abducted

In 2007, the U.S. state Department reported, “600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year,” “1 million is the number of children exploited by the global commercial sex trade every year,” and “161 countries identified as affected by human trafficking” (Polaris Project, DoSomething.org).

Where does your mind wander when someone talks about child trafficking? Do you think of children from third world countries being kidnapped or sold into the black market of human trafficking? Most of us probably think of human trafficking as being an issue that poor countries just have but, that isn’t the case. Human trafficking is alive and sadly thriving in the United States. According to Trafficking Source Center, 5,544 cases of human trafficking were reported in the United States in 2015. With human trafficking being around for so long, nations have to find ways to create tougher laws, find a way to focus on the issue, and create better safe havens for the victims of the crime.

Globally, about 20 to 30 million people are involved in the human trafficking system, and of those, 14,500 to 17,500 people are trafficked in the United States every year. Human trafficking is more prevalent today then ever before. It is the third largest crime internationally. People are abused and taken advantage of. According to the article, “11 Facts About Human Trafficking,” on average, a person is forced into the system around age 9, and the majority of victims are women and girls, with a small percentage of men and boys. In addition, the human trafficking system is a $32 billion dollar industry. Human trafficking can be defined as the selling and trade of human beings, ranging anywhere from children to adults, for the purpose of

Trafficking happens all over the world and most of the time, the traffickers are not caught until undescrible damage is some to the victims. A recent case of sex trafficking was between a man named Akeli Blake (25) and a young girl. The two met on a dating site and chatted for a few months before meeting up. They went out on a date and after it did not go

Human trafficking, or the selling and buying of people, is a well-hidden yet prominent issue within today’s society. It is both an immoral and horrific topic that needs brought to attention and dealt with. When human beings are manipulated into work, sexual servitude, or economic hardship, human trafficking is occurring. In the year of 2006, only one individual is convicted of human trafficking per 800 victims (UNGIFT). By looking at straight statistics, reasons human trafficking happens, and the toll it has on people, it is very clear that this is a major issue that is happening in our world.

Human Trafficking is one of the many horrors that occur across the world that is not spoken about enough in society. Human trafficking can include organ trafficking, prostitution, child pornography, forced labor, debt bondage, child labor and child soldiers. In all cases of human trafficking, human beings are controlled and exposed for profit the most common type of profit being money. People who are victims of human trafficking can be found working in a myriad of places such as massage parlors, sweatshops, brothels, fields, online escort services, and even in private homes. This horrific crime occurs all over the world. Many people never know that this is highly prevalent in the United States as well. Traffickers often have a separate language that they use when discussing their “business”. For example, some words can include bottom, cathouse, daddy, circuit, branding, pimp, trap queen, seasoning, john, madam, queen pin, stroll and trick.