Human Trafficking In Persons Report

Policies and regulations to combat human trafficking are motivated by diverse concerns; the concern for the humanity of those who are exploited and the concern for the United States’ economy as it participates in the importation of goods from countries who are knowingly active in the various forms of exploitive work. The following policies have been staples in the movement to combat not just a national but a global issue.

"We must show new energy in fighting back an old evil. Nearly two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, and more than a century after slavery was officially ended in its last strongholds, the trade in human beings for any purpose must not be allowed to thrive in our time" (George Bush, 2003). Human Trafficking, and other associated evils, have existed since the dawn of time. Today 's human trafficking has become a way of life, a criminal underworld upon whose existence stands crime rings, governments, government agencies and even some businesses. It has grown to a trade of immense dimensions with fingers throughout the entire realm of organized crime. Every aspect can be touched by the it, and it would seem as though there is nothing that can be done that is truly effective. This paper will attempt to analyze what has been done to stop human trafficking and discuss the attempts to stop it.

Human Trafficking is the illegal act of manipulating humans to engage into sexual acts for money against their will (NHTRC). Human Trafficking has been a extensive conflict throughout our societies among countries. This topic is very crucial because Human Trafficking is considered the modern form of slavery. Due to the global rate of Human Trafficking increasing over the past few years, the United States government is alarmed. The government fears crimes, displacement, and retaliation within families. Human Trafficking has progressed over the past hundreds of years beginning initially with slavery in the 1400s-1600s, to currently rape and smuggling humans from foreign countries. Human Trafficking has become oppressive due to the government’s lack of laws, regulations, and immigration policies, which need enhancements with more specifics to provide further prevention.

As a child, in elementary and middle school, I enjoyed reading many books. The last time I read an engaging and fascinating book was in sixth grade. But as time went by, my interest in reading decreased, especially when I took AP Literature and Composition and was forced to read five literature books, unfortunately. However, one book became notable and important to me for the reason that the book was compelling on the subject of sex trafficking.

As part of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, the U.S. Department of State recognizes individuals who devote their lives to ending modern slavery. These TIP Heroes do everything in their power to raise public awareness about human trafficking and to protect victims around the world. Brahim Ramdhane of Mauritania received the honorable world this year for his own activism efforts. Meet the rest of the Heroes

Human trafficking received more attention since the United Nations Protocol to Prevent Suppress and Punish Trafficking on Person (United Nations 2000) and the United Stated anti-trafficking law Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (United States 2000).The United States adopted its first anti-trafficking law by ratifying a convention that was created in the United Nations, United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Person (2000), which was known as “the Palermo Protocol.”

Human trafficking is so bad in the U.S. that an article states “Largest anti-trafficking organizations in the United states estimate that in excess of eighteen thousand foreign nationals are trafficked annually in the United States.” (Fisanick) This statement shows that the

Victims of human trafficking continue to face health consequences years after their release. Potentially one of the most devastating forms of human trafficking, sex trafficking and its associated sexual abuse is responsible for the majority of long term health conditions that arise from trafficking (Muftic & Finn, 2013). According to Muftic and Finn (2013), women who enter into sex work via human trafficking, are at even greater odds of suffering from severe health conditions “…than women who enter into sex work by other means” (p. 1866). Other factors such as length of time in captivity, location of captivity, and age, also affect the long term severity of medical conditions (Oram et al., 2012). Trafficking victims who are exploited within

When watching a horror film we are submitted to the momentary feeling of tension and unrealism. Deep inside we know it’s not real and the movie will soon be over. “The Jammed” (2007), “Redlight” (2009), “The Whistleblower” (2010), “Not My Life” (2010), all have two things in common. The first, they are all based on true events of surviving victims of human trafficking; the second is they are films recommended by the (UN.GIFT) an international organization for human trafficking prevention and awareness. So when it comes to human trafficking what role are we each playing in real life?

When people think about human trafficking they think of what the victims go through, but not what they experience after surviving it. When a person gets a victim out of the human trafficking system, are put back out in the world and expect them to function normally, but what they experienced will catch up to them. The mental ailments of human trafficking are harder to adjust to than the physical ailments. They might be in fear of getting back into the system, they feel people might disown them and they think they might be kidnapped again.

Due to the attention sex trafficking had gotten throughout the past years, many laws in countries like the United States have been passed. For example, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) established “methods of prosecuting traffickers, preventing human trafficking, and protecting victims and survivors of trafficking” (Polaris). As the issue of sex trafficking was still present, this act became reauthorized in 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2013. This allows a stronger “collaboration with state and local law enforcement to ease charging and prosecuting traffickers” (Polaris). Since sex trafficking is still an ongoing business, if people illustrate their care for this issue and report it to the government, nations will constantly reauthorize laws in attempts of eliminating slavery. With nations, such as the United States being an example of creating stricter laws, this will help other countries with severe slavery problems to make new laws and get one step closer to completely eliminating modern

According to the latest 2016 TIP report human trafficking is an extremely profitable $150 billion-dollar global industry that affects not only the economic structure of the modern world it also inhibits the basic human rights of individuals worldwide. An industry of that size is hard to conceptualize, so consider a comparison with one of the top ten Fortune 500’s most profitable global corporations Apple. As reported by USA Today, Apple’s reported earning only $53.4 billion that would only represent approximately a third of the profit from the human trafficking industry. Money from human trafficking flows to third parties like businesses, corporations, and banks who receive financial benefit and may serve the sole purpose of being a funding source to facilitate the human trafficking. Given the large profit available from human trafficking combating it can only be effective by attacking the tremendous funds perpetuating it.

The U.S government’s main tool to involve foreign governments on human trafficking is the Trafficking in Persons Report, this is how the United States is responding towards the issue. The purpose that the U.S is taking part is because human trafficking effects everyone around the world, whether they’re the country of source or the destination. The goals that the U.S. try to achieve when they are in a foreign policy is spreading democracy, bringing peace, National Security and humanitarian help. The Thai government continues the operation of its human trafficking law and manages awareness-raising activities against human trafficking. This led to the Thai prime minister to hold chaired meetings with labor and civic organizations to manage against

The Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report), is an annual report issued by the U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. The report primarily assesses and ranks the current situation relating to the severity of human trafficking activities that goes on various countries according to US perceptions.

Thailand is a country with a population of 67.73 million people, approximately 48.2% being women. Of these women, around 1,000,000 of them (~80% under 16 years of age) are involved in sex trafficking and prostitution. When nearly 1.5% of a nations population is involved in an illegal and morally ambiguous industry, it should not be taken lightly (Jones; Hays). This serious issue led to the U.S. State Department putting Thailand on the Tier 2 Watchlist in 2013, dangerously close to the lowest ranking Tier 3 in terms of monitoring and combating human trafficking for a nation (US TIP 2013). Just recently, the 2014 report was released and confirmed a new Tier 3 ranking, despite efforts on the part of the new military regime to combat the issue.