Human Trafficking Summary

There are many cases of human trafficking, mostly amongst women and children. Human trafficking specifically of women is used

Another major consequence of legalizing prostitution becomes apparent when the legitimization of sex markets strengthen the criminal-enterprise of organized pimping (Poulin par. 19). Such bolstering, accompanied by a significant increase in sexual solicitation activities and human trafficking, brings with it the deterioration of these enslaved women (Poulin par. 19). Decriminalizing prostitution presents one of the root causes of sex-trafficking, to the extent that human trafficking promotes the delivery of people into slavery—a crime equally as old as civilization (Raymond par. 9). “Around the world, for those in desperate poverty, the false promise of a better life often draws victims into the control of criminals who then traffic and enslave them” (Bales par. 1). “Many victims of trafficking of persons begin their journey by consenting to be smuggled from one country to another. Because of this, the crimes ‘smuggling’ and ‘trafficking’ are often confused. Smuggling and trafficking both involve moving

In the second section of my essay, I will propose mandatory training of law enforcement officials in order to identify victims and ensure that they are not labeled as criminals. I will also emphasize the importance of increasing awareness about the issue of human trafficking among the general public to help rescue victims and prevent trafficking situations. I will explain how victims come into contact with people other than their traffickers but are often unable to directly ask for help. Frequently, women trapped in trafficking have a crippling fear of their trafficker and would not dare to brave the unknown of calling for help, even if

In this eye-opening look at the contemporary American scourge of labor abuse and outright slavery, journalist and author Bowe visits locations in Florida, Oklahoma and the U.S.-owned Pacific island of Saipan, where slavery cases have been brought to light as recently as 2006. There, he talks to affected workers, providing many moving and appalling first-hand accounts. This book deserves the attention of anyone living, working and consuming in America.

Human trafficking is a serious issue occurring internationally. According to the organization Allies Against Slavery, 30,000 women, men, and children

Every year, a countless number of men, women, and children are thrown into human trafficking, unwillingly.

Human trafficking is being discussed more heavily this day and age due to its increasing prevalence in the U.S. It is a modern-day slavery that involves someone monitoring and directing business that spawns millions of dollars a year. Human trafficking is illegal in all states. In the article (Un)Popular Strangers and Crises (Un)Bounded: Discourse of Sex-Trafficking, the European Political Community and the Panicked state of the Modern State written by Jacqueline Berman (2003), trafficking in women is described as a worldwide problem that often involves many difficult, global criminal elements. This article fits into criminal justice because sex trafficking is a heinous crime that strips women and children of their innocence and right to self-determination. Victims are innocent because they have been kidnapped and forced into prostitution.

This journal article titled Sex trafficking of adolescents and young adults in the United States: healthcare provider's role, has three main points. One, sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation are increasingly being recognized in the United States and global public as health problems. Two, victims interact with healthcare providers, but due to the lack of training and protocols they often go unnoticed. Three, healthcare providers play an important role in identifying, assessing and responding to the needs of victims and survivors and implementing policies and protocols to prevent sex trafficking.

Trafficking in people have been defined as the modern day form of slavery and is perhaps among the most profitable transnational crime next to sale of drugs and arms. This transnational crime has been subject to international and national attention. Publicity and human rights advocacy has helped pave the way for the creation of both laws to stop the sale and enslavement of people (Human, 2015). Every day around the world there is someone being trafficked. Every person thinks that when someone gets trafficked it is all the same but it is not. There are many different types of way for trafficking and how they try to gain their victims.

The U.S. Government often fails to make distinction between sex work and sex trafficking. In a 2004 publication made by The State Department, ‘The Link Between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking,’ “[equates] trafficking and prostitution” (Weitzer 64).

Sex workers, also known as prostitutes, have been victimized domestically and transnationally due to decriminalization of prostitution where those who deciding to engage in prostitution or sex work are unable to be protected, defend themselves, and are victimized. Sex trafficking occurs in victims who are transported and exploited by traffickers who seek to make profit through forced and coerced sex work. Prostitution and sex trafficking are both sexual violent acts that have been used against victims in different but similar methods. The purpose of this essay is to differentiate sex work between sex trafficking and encourage the decriminalization of prostitution. This research paper argues that the decriminalizing of prostitution improves

ABSTRACT: The prevalence of human trafficking in the United States is something law enforcement and policy makers are attempting to address. Unfortunately, this crime is growing in number of incidents despite these efforts. This analysis examined the victims of human trafficking, showing how there are a broad range of victims in human trafficking. This addresses the misconception that only persons outside of the U.S. are victims of human trafficking. Also discussed is the need for better training amongst local law enforcement officers, due to the role they have will confronting cases of human trafficking. Training for these officers would include education about human trafficking, and how to identify human trafficking. There also needs to specific policies in place for when officers do encounter human trafficking incidents. Finally, the policies addressing human trafficking are address. Most of the research agreed that the specific policies (The Palermo Protocol and the Trafficking and Violence Protection Act) have good definitions as to what classifies human trafficking. However, it is recommended that a more victim central approach is used by those handling the cases because that would be beneficial to the victims and prosecution of traffickers.

“When I was 15, a woman who initially helped me sent me to England. On the first day in England, a man came, raped me and beat me. I was terrified, He forced me to have sex with lots of men he brought to his house” (“What is Human Trafficking?”). Over the last decade, thousands of kids from all over the world have been smuggled into Europe to do dirty work, girls are trafficked for the sex industry, boys work as prostitutes or for dirty crime, and chinese children are trafficked to work in Europe sweatshops or on the streets (Almond 28).

The League of Nations acted immediately, although trafficking was not one of it’s original plans. Starting in 1921, the League of Nations started to send out questionnaire’s to countries asking about what they were doing to prevent women and children from being trafficked and being forced to work in the job market. After having an immediate and huge response from the nations, the League of Nations created some procedures and plans that would help them to combat this problem . In 1921, The International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children (1921), was held with attendance from around thirty-four countries. During this convention, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children

Human trafficking is one of the most dangerous crimes touching humanity. Because it violates the basic human rights to life and liberty of a significant proportion of the world’s population, of whom are socially, economically and politically vulnerable. It makes the processes of recruiting, transporting, hiding and holding, and finally receiving a person through a use of force, coercion, false promise, and monies for the purpose of exploiting them. In the article human trafficking: preventing, protecting prosecuting by Susie Johnson on page 3 there is a fact that states “through out the world 27 million people are trafficked”. These victims are used for a number of different purposing including, but not limited to prostitution, pornography,