Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery

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.

“43% of victims are used for forced commercial sexual exploitation, of whom 98% are women and girls” (UNGIFT). Women and girls are ensnared in sex trafficking in a variety of ways. Some are lured in with offers of real and legal work in restaurants, massage parlors, or anything else. Others are promised marriage, education and a better life. Still others are sold into trafficking by boyfriends, friends, neighbors or even parents (SOROPTMIST). Many of the girls and women are also forced into pornography. With all of the types of sexual exploitation comes abuse. Sexual, physical, and emotional are all types of abuse put onto females in human trafficking. Many people traffic others in hopes of getting money, work done, or just pure pleasure.

Human trafficking has been entwined into the structure of governments, arms trade, drug trade, and even spreads as far as terrorism. For many years it has been a fact that the money that has been made by selling other humans to the highest bidder. It is also known that the organized crime operations generate one of the most profitable resources to the organization. These organizations use this money for theirs or other’s crime and end up in the hands of drug lords. Drug lords, in order to promote their own business give money to support terrorist groups and activities. Security after September 11, 2001 has recognized human trafficking as a national and international security risk.

Human trafficking exists in several nations all around us. No nation, including the United States is exempt from human trafficking. There may be factors that create unique anti-trafficking issues and obstacles for each nation, but the characteristics are all the same or very similar worldwide. These characteristics are how the trafficking is conducted, how the victims are kidnapped, the percentage of victims, the gender of the victims, and the percentage of each gender in different trafficking situations. The situations include children, adults, male, and female victims. The situations the victims fall into are pornography, forced labor, sex slaves, prostitution, child sex tourism, and many more. These are the issues and key points made by the authors to persuade the reader to agree with their position.

This article provided an overview of relevant issues surrounding contemporary sex trafficking, including risk factors. The article estimates that 600,000 to 800,000 men, women, and child are sex trafficked every year. It also explains three main factors that play into sex trafficking: human rights, migration, and security. This article exemplifies women’s lack of agency in relation to their bodies. Although there are male sex workers, there are many more female workers, further exploiting women’s sexuality. This aids in the fear women grow up and live with; the fear of being sold.

Human trafficking is viewed as modern day slave exchange. It is a genuine crime under both global and national legal systems. It opens casualties to economic exploitation with a significant number of them being women and children less than 18 years old years. It is essential to know the way that human trafficking has raised critical human rights issues, particularly concerning women and children as stakeholders are beginning to reexamine their way to deal with this societal issue. Human trafficking has emerged as the third greatest criminal industry by drug trafficking and illicit arms. The human trafficking industry has helped in the expansion of different crimes, such as child abuse, prostitution and violence against women. With the assistance of existing research, this paper seeks to explain the different measurements of human trafficking and how it has influenced the general public at the individual, national and global level. The paper offers a few proposals with regards to the most ideal route concerning managing the issue of the current slave trade.

Human trafficking is a modern-day multibillion slavery business, involving victims who are kidnapped, smuggled and/or recruited then forced into slavery, labor and/or sexual exploitation. The primary cause of human trafficking is poverty. It is a global epidemic sweeping the nations and has been for years. It is more prevalent in third world countries, yet it is occurring all over the world. Traffickers make an income and a way of living from offering humans for slavery, labor, and sexual exploitation. According to Equality Now, “At least 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide into commercial sexual servitude, forced

From the ancient Greek and Romans to the medieval times, and up until today, humans have been subject to various forms of physical and sexual slavery (Rutgers University Campus Coalition Against Trafficking). Victims are often beaten, raped, limited in movement, denied food or water, tortured or drugged, in order to provide absolute obedience. These methods may be a form of punishment for disobedience, but may also serve as prevention to warn the victims of the potential consequences in case of breaching the established rules (Banović and Bjelajac). These inhuman treatments cause mental and physical scarring that is almost always permanent to a severe level. The majority of genders taken into sex trafficking are women. Out of 3,646 cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in 2016 so far, 2,678 of those cases are sex trafficking and 3,058 of the victims are female (Trafficking Resource Center). The victims that are able to leave the industry require special extensive after care. Victims are people who have been traumatized from the experience. Survivors are those who have overcome the horrors. Can all the victims be survivors? The purpose of aftercare is to bring practical help, hope, and healing, to those devastated by trauma

Human Trafficking is a horrendous crime that takes advantage of people through the illegal trading of human beings for purposes of forced labor, and commercial sexual/child exploitation. Traffickers tend to prey on the vulnerable, those who want a better life, have little or no employment opportunities, very unstable, and have a history of sexual abuse. With this being popular in society, anyone can easily become a victim. By being an undocumented immigrant, runaway and homeless youth, and a victim of trauma and abuse, you have already put a target on your back. The most popular victims are the undocumented immigrants due to the lack of legal status, language barriers, limited employment options, and social isolation. ("The Victims.")

Sex Trafficking is the recruitment or abduction of individuals ranging from grown men and women to innocent children to perform commercial sex acts in exchange of money, food, shelter or security of their lives. The rationale behind this savagery are the high demands and an immense financial gains coming from it. It is considered as the modern day slavery and the world’s third largest crime industry. About 70% females are associatively involved in this unwarranted line of trade across the United States. Numerous naive kids are being taken away from their homes. Violence and false advertisements are widely used to benefit from the victim's work.

In the world we live in today, sex trafficking exists under the surface of society and has for many years. People of different races, religions, and cultures cannot prevent them or another person from being a victim of sex trafficking. Sex trafficking happens in multiple ways and involves various things during the act. When forced or sold into sex trafficking, escaping the involvement and lifestyles become increasingly hard for the victims. All around the world, there are people who could possibly have been victims or still are victims that show signs which go unnoticed from the lack of knowledge of the subject. With more awareness and knowledge of the topic, sex trafficking can end.

My main topic throughout this paper will be human trafficking. Human trafficking is when people get transported from different areas for commercial sex act and forced labor; like a slave trade, recruitment and abduction. The most common types of human trafficking are forced labor, and sex trafficking. Forced labor is more of being forced to work or do anything against your well. Sex trafficking is modern day slavery and the which the trafficker uses forces and fraud to get the person to take part in commercial sex.

In 2007 Human trafficking generated more than 32 billion dollars, that was more than corporations such as Google, Nike, and Starbucks make combined ( Grillot, 2013). Human trafficking today is a huge business generating huge profits annually. “According to the International Labor Organization, an estimated $31.6 billion in profits was accumulated through exploitation, either sexually or through coerced labor in 2014” ( Miller, 2008, p.11 ). The profits are used for helping with criminal activities and even help fund terrorism. Awareness has increased in past decades. The sale of humans is nothing new as it dates back as far as ancient Egyptians. The victims are preyed upon by the traffickers looking for those who are young, poor and isolated from others such as homeless or addicts. They lure them by promising jobs and education. They are physically and emotionally abused. Some even tortured. They can suffer from malnutrition, alcohol and drug use, exposure to STD,s, such as HIV and unwanted pregnancies. There are also psychological issues such as depression, anxiety and even thoughts of suicide. This is repeated over and

Almost two centuries after the 16th President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, a new type of slave trade has taken possession of the lives of many human beings worldwide. Human trafficking is the modern form of enslavement. It includes the purchasing and selling of individuals for forced labor or sexual abuse. This new type of enslavement of human beings is evident all around the world. Additionally, the number of enslaved victims today is surpassing that of the Atlantic slave trade. There are approximately 20 to 30 million individuals involved in today’s human trafficking business. These statistics are alarming to experts and the community, therefore many actions are taken into

Slavery is a modern, pervasive problem. Human trafficking has been found in every state in America (humantrafficking.org). It seems that most Americans likely live within a comfortable drive of someone who is being exploited through human trafficking. There is a growing trend in human trafficking toward sexual exploitation (Bennetts, 2011). The Information Age has helped to create new opportunities for sex trafficking to flourish.