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Research Paper On Human Trafficking

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Human Trafficking, Care for the Victims Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purpose of exploiting them. There are different kinds of human trafficking, there is sex trafficking, which forces people into different sexual practices in which they are an unwilling participant. Forced labor is a modern day form of slavery, forcing people to do things such as agricultural work, sweatshops, or even being a child soldier. There is also organ trafficking when people take or buy organs and sell them at a higher price to people in need of them. Human trafficking no matter the moral or ethical issue is immoral.
Human trafficking involves over 27 million people, and is an over $32 billion dollar industry, making it the third …show more content…

Organ trafficking deals with buying and selling of human organs, which usually results in exploiting the poor and selling their organs at a higher cost to the rich. There have been reports that people have received less money than they had been promised, after donating an organ, where 97% of people would not recommend selling a kidney (Thomas). This is an example of how the poor get exploited, where they sell a kidney for some money, and they don’t get the amount promised. Around 10% of transplanted organs are done so illegally, with the internet being one of the main facilitators (Thomas). The internet is a big facilitator for the black market, it is a fast way to get information, and is available across the …show more content…

Although they have the right to their own bodies, which means that they can sell or donate organs at their own will, they also have the right to compensation and care afterwards. They need to consent to the act of giving an organ. Also there are multiple risks that the surgery involves, and there are only so many organs people can donate. Also when people donate organs, like a kidney, they need to know the effects and health hazards that occur (Thomas). Everyone needs to be aware of the effects that surgeries and donating an organ can have on the human body. People should also not be treated as a mean to an end, which is what happens when people use others organs for their own gain (Thomas). Everyone has dignity, where they shouldn't be used for someone else's gain. Another problem with buying organs, is that poorer people on a waiting list to receive an organ will be waiting longer for an organ because the rich are able to buy organs and thus receiving organs faster than the

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