Essay on Human Trafficking in the United States

Most of the people have common beliefs about human trafficking. One of the common myths about human trafficking is that citizens of the United States never become victims of human trafficking (Withers, 2017). It is believed that human trafficking usually occurs to poor people in other countries or those who come to the United States to seek employment opportunities. It is further believed that victims of human trafficking in the United States are immigrants who lack English fluency so that they cannot speak out for themselves to seek help.

Recalling the first time hearing about human trafficking, I remember sitting with my mother during the church service. As the pastor explained the brutality of human trafficking, an image began to form in my head of a young prepubescent girl forced into compromising positions. Then, the pastor stated something that broke my heart, the majority of these girls were not captured, but sold. They were sold by their fathers, or other members of their families.

I mainly just picked sex trafficking in the United States because this is a ‘Dear America” presentation. I do acknowledge that this is happening every where in the world and that this is a universal crises, I just wanted to focus on the U.S since a lot of people are not aware that this is still happening here, just like over seas. Since 2016, there has been human trafficking has rose to 35.7 percent according to UPI.com. There was a total of more than 26,000 calls on the trafficking hotline. According to UPI, the National Human Trafficking Hotline stated "Left unchecked, human trafficking will continue to flourish in environments where traffickers can reap substantial monetary gains with relatively low risk of getting caught or losing

Many people are surprised to hear that human trafficking is not just a problem outside of America’s borders and that it is becoming more of an American problem as time goes on. With only trading illegal drugs in front of it, human trafficking has become the world’s second largest criminal industry. The numbers are only estimations because most human trafficking is done secretly

In 2015 there were about 5, 544 human trafficking cases reported in the United Sates alone. There are many different types of human trafficking; sex, labor, drug, and others. Sex trafficking however, is the leading type is with about 4,000 of last year’s cases being reported as such. No matter the type, human trafficking can leave long term effects on a person. If someone ever to get away from it, life after will never be the same, or easy again.

If you ask people in the world what is human trafficking I bet half of them wouldn’t know half of the story about human trafficking. Human trafficking has become a really huge problem in the world today. People are begun to call human trafficking the new form of slavery. And we all know what slavery is; John Moore (2008) stated in his research “Slavery has been an important phenomenon throughout history. Different societies made use of slave labor, from ancient civilizations to Islamic societies, as well as in India, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.” Well now we have developed a new form of slavery. Human trafficking is a huge problem in not only in the United States but all around the world and there has

Silva Scarpa, author of “Trafficking in Human Beings: Modern Slavery” goes into detail regarding the topic stating, “Trafficking in persons’ shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the 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” (qtd. In Trafficking in Human Beings: Modern Slavery 1). Human trafficking is occurring all around the world and most of those living in the United States are oblivious to it. Most individuals have a personal fable in which they are immune to such atrocious acts occurring towards them which isn't the case at all. There are an estimated 20-30 million people in the world as of today in which are victims to human trafficking and the numbers are still rising. Not only are the numbers as high when it comes to those being trafficked as of today, an estimated 600,000-800,000 people are trafficked across international borders yearly according to dosomething.org. With numbers as high as they are now, many come to label human trafficking as modern day

Do you know what human trafficking is? Well, human trafficking is just another name for modern slavery.  Different medias, like television shows and movies, make it look like human trafficking only happens in foreign countries or to foreign citizens.  That however, is dangerously untrue.  It is one of the biggest crime industries in America, behind drug and arms dealing.  It’s happening right in our backyard, human trafficking is extremely prevalent in big American cities and states with international borders and national highways.

Human trafficking is a crime that without the proper direction will cost the human being the right to have freedom. Every person has the right to choose and not fall into being victimized by someone who is in the pursuit of indentured servitude. This billion-dollar industry is aiding the criminal acts such as drug trafficking and production, sexual assault, sexual rape (male or female), and most of all abuse and neglect of all the victims involved. Most people want to believe that human trafficking is non-existent and only happens to victims who are participating in any illegal enterprise. The ugly truth is that most people who have been trafficked did not know the ramifications

Human trafficking has become the modern form of slavery and young women and children are abused because of this. So why are people entirely avoiding this issue? Human trafficking is inhumane. Let us unite in eradicating new forms of exploitation and abuse that deprives people of their dignity and rights. Giving more attention to this crime will help us promote those rights being bestowed by virtue of being born in a world where men dies for freedom. Let see every person, not as a product but as a human being who has equal rights with other

Human trafficking is something that most people know exists but that is where the knowledge stops. Many people may not know that according to the U.S. State department, there are 20 to 30 million slaves in the world. This statistic may not even

Human trafficking is the trade in humans, most commonly for the purpose of sexual slavery or forced labor. The most common form of human trafficking is sexual exploitation which is the slavery of unwilling people for sexual purposes. According to the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) sexual exploitation is the most common form of modern day slavery. Although it’s a commonly talked about subject, media’s portrayal of the matter has led many people from the United States to subconsciously relate it to Third World Countries. Many United States citizens aren’t aware that it is very prevalent in America as well, if not just as common, more. America has a way of keeping it hidden by directing media

Human trafficking comes in two ways, international and domestic. International trafficking can be forced child labor or prostitution, whereas domestic is, for the most part, child prostitution (Levy). Women and children from all over the world are taken off the streets and forced to become something most people could hardly comprehend, a slave. Human trafficking is not from one source and because of that one solution cannot fix modern-day slavery. Trafficking has been in the United States from the conception of the nation, human trafficking is not a problem that will go away if ignored. Modern slavery is an issue in the United States, and if this problem is to ever be eradicated the citizens of this nation must fight against human trafficking.

Human trafficking has been present in the world for many years. Such practices date as far back as the Romans. Trafficking has drastically increased, especially in profit around the world for those who benefit from the sales. Since then, tough practices and evolved technology have grown and aided in the growth of the trafficking trade. Human trafficking is not just meant for selling people for sex or selling them for work as some may believe, both take place. Especially here in the United States where one of our most popular sporting events attract traffickers. Those who participate in this practice whether they be the traffickers or customers damage our economy. Also, the various damaging effects of the victims leave them broken, some never recover. Fortunately, there are many ways to educate, prevent, and combat the trafficking of persons, labor and sex, and awareness is half the battle.

One day her and her friend where feeling really down, so they went to this pub that let girls under the age of 16 in for free, So they decided to go in one night. They were sat at a bar, and given multiple drinks. Then Rebecca was taken, and raped by multiple different men for 6 hours straight, After that she was sold in sex trafficking. For a long time she just accepted it. Sometimes when she was getting raped, she said she could hear what was going on in other rooms, and thought to herself, at least what’s going on in there is happening to me. Most of the Men that bought her, didn’t only rape her, but also beat her as well. She lived like this until she was 27, for 13 years she lied like this. After the 13 years she finally got out. She said she was able to get out because she wanted to live. She even wrote blogs about what she has went