Human Trafficking
“Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.” (Edmund Burke) Human trafficking is modern era slavery. It is an inhumane act against innocent people. The world is full of traffickers, it is a large industry. The victims of sexual exploitation are 98% women and children, and there are many case stories of victims and their past experiences.
Everyday more and more people are getting involved in a negative way. Human trafficking is the third largest international crime industry and also the fastest growing crime. This is due to the high profit, and low risk of getting caught. Trafficking within countries or abroad is, and will always be a violation of human rights. The people behind this will never stop or slow down, this is a multi-billion dollar industry. Also, the number of individuals a trafficker can control, the more money they earn. We are all competitive people, and money turns people into animals.
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The demand for sexual services continues to rise, which means the profit will continue to grow, which pushes traffickers to recruit more and continue to violate ones human rights. You may think it’s a challenge to gather women, but it is pretty simple. This is true for not only women and children, but for anyone. Victims are usually vulnerable in society, they are lured in by false promises. The most common victims are homeless or runaway youth, people who have suffered some sort of violence, and people with low qualities of life. There are over 500 known trafficking flows around the world. This is a global crime, but also a local crime. Human trafficking happens anywhere, at any time, to anyone. It is estimated that up to 21-million women and girls are currently living as sex
This research is exploratory because the researchers attempt to point out social trends that play a role in becoming a human trafficking victim. It goes beyond the mere description of human trafficking its causes and effects, the information that the researcher provide might be able to prevent the crime. Or at very least, educate potential victims. This is pure research because the researchers want to expand the body of knowledge of human trafficking. There has been substantial research in regards to victims of human trafficking, this particular study lists a few previous research components.
Human trafficking has been present for thousands of years. Beginning with the ancient Greek and Romans to the medieval times today, humans have been exposed to both physical and sexual slavery. Even
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
Human trafficking is a continuous issue in the United States. Trafficking affects millions of lives every day. This so called modern day slavery has become a complete inhumane activity. This practice is unfortunately as old as ancient times. We live in a society that knows little about trafficking and the amount of activity of this crime is still super alive today. Human trafficking is gaining momentum every day around the world but specifically in the United States. Human trafficking revolves around sexual and economic exploitation. This modern day model is based on competitiveness that stresses a supply and demand. In the past, slaves were caught by groups and held as a commodity. Today, poverty forces people that are socially vulnerable
I'm going to start this presentation off with a story. This story is about a girl named Karla. You see Karla didn't live an ideal life. Karla had been sexually abused by a relative since she was just five years old. When Karla was about twelve years old, she was waiting around a subway station for her friends. An older man approached her and began connecting with her, telling her that he had also been abused as a child. Shortly after, Karla agreed to take a trip with the man. They planned on going to a nearby town, and little did Karla know, she would be making the worst mistake of her life. This amazing man had soon become her worst enemy. As a twelve year old, this man had forced her to have sex with up to thirty men a day, seven days a week, for four years straight. For those of you who didn't do the math, yes, she was essentially raped a total of 43,200 times. In an interview Karla revealed that the men would laugh at her because she was crying. That she had to close her eyes so that she wouldn't see what they were doing to her, so that she wouldn't feel anything.
I have decided to write about human trafficking it may also be known as teen trafficking. Human trafficking is also about organ harvesting and not just about sexual labor (Lehnardt). Trafficking is dangerous in every way.
This semester for my service learning project, I decided to learn about the topic of human sex trafficking. The organization, The Ruth House, is one of the many organizations dedicated to helping those in need. The founder Dr. Donna Sallee’ believes in using the faith of Jesus Christ to minister to those women and children in need.
I am REY P. GARCIA, of legal age, a citizen of the Philippines and with postal address at 1839 SE 1st Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316.
For many victims of human trafficking the existing experience remains life changing. These traumatic experiences distort their sense of reality, which leads to dependence upon their captor. Later on, the dependence shifts to friends, family, medical and psychological professionals. To recover from this trauma they require assistance in gaining an ordered sense of reality. In order to truly helps those who have been affected, their demands a greater awareness to the cause. In post captivity, services that offer them easy access and provide the necessities needed for assimilation back into a normal life. A knowledgeable society aware of the complexities of the situation and know how to help, is best serves for the recuperation of the victim.
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
The International Law states, human trafficking has been going for over 100 years, and “through history international in America, Asia, South America, Africa and etc… by trafficking and forcing an ongoing prostitution then, later abuse of native populations by other European colonizers… through the African slave trade too; also transporting females in marketing for prostitution, labor, drug advantages, or other illegal influences that people were willing to do or were forced. Human trafficking is based through gender, ethnic, against people’s rights, illegal actions, by enforcing themselves to sell themselves, through labor work, selling drugs, “transnational crime, involving with money laundering, drug and weapon trade, and human organs” including exploiting people to prostitute themselves.
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
In this world, human trafficking became a form of modern slavery. Human trafficking is increases daily because of poor poverty and lack of education. In the home, if a head of the family is weak and unable to support family, their sibling and children start to work in early ages. They only run towards money not concentrate to study. They became uneducated and they obey what other people says. Due to the lack of education, they did not have any idea about what is going in the world. They believe anyone and follow him or her. If they have any relatives who work in upper level, they follow them and believe them blindly.
“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).
Human trafficking is a topic that is not discussed very often in society. Many people fail to realize that human trafficking still exists today. Human trafficking violates basic human rights. It takes away the freedom and security of men, women, and children world wide. The diversity and widespread execution of human trafficking make it difficult to regulate and prosecute.