The History Of Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is the modernized version of slavery that involves force, fraud, and/or a type of labor in a sexual act. The United States government defines it to be “In which a sex act is forced in which the person induced has not yet been attained eighteen years of age” (National Institute of Justice). Human trafficking is a threat to all nations and promotes breakdown of families and can support organized crime. Trafficking can occur everywhere. Human trafficking and human smuggling are related to one another, but different crimes. The difference between smuggling and trafficking is that smuggling is the illegal movement of someone across a border while trafficking is the illegal exploitation of a person.

(Attention catcher)What if somebody came into your life and guaranteed a better lifestyle, but instead you were enslaved into human trafficking? Human trafficking is when a person is abducted from their current situation and mostly likely used for sex slavery. Furthermore, did you know human trafficking increased over the years? (Listener relevance) Although you may not be as aware in your comfortable surroundings, you should always be aware of suspicious vehicles and people. Even though we enjoy the freedom of walking around carelessly, our behavior can lead to becoming exploited by traffickers. Victims of trafficking are forced into sexual slavery. (Speaker credibility) In order to understand the seriousness of this issue, we decided to do more research. (Thesis) According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center from 2012 to present, human trafficking has gone from 2,404 to 3,107 victims. (Preview main points) Throughout this speech, you’ll understand the difference between prostitution and human trafficking, the history behind human trafficking, and the overall process of human trafficking.

The history of trafficking goes back much further than one would think. Donna Hughes explains in her article Combating Sex trafficking a history that trafficking really started in England as early as 1875. Even though this article suggests that human trafficking started as early as 1875, we have learned in class from the Sugar changed the world: a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science that it goes way further back than that. This movement in 1875 only affected women at the time. This is where the term prostitute was initially coined. Before World War I, the act of trafficking white slaves saw its first law called the international convention for suppression of the white slave traffic. It wasn’t until after World War II that

Imagine being taken from the comfort of your house and family. Then envision that you are forced to either inject or ingest as drugs to give sexual pleasure to one person while the other reaps financial benefits. You are experiencing such atrocity at the same moment in which your loved ones are mourn your loss. Eventually, you are unrecognizable and affected by traumatizing experiences. The effects that you frequently feel are numb and now you are suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. This is the reality that many endure on daily basis. It is caused by the constant practice of human trafficking.

Human trafficking dates back to the 1600 and earlier but for this paper it will start with the enslavement of Africans from their home lands. With the Spanish being big in the slave trade they started abducting Africans from their county and taking them to foreign places where language and the environment were strange to them. These smugglers found a very lucrative business in the shipment of slaves. As slaves, once purchased the owner could do what they pleased with them. According to Lightner, one could not just deal in common field hands, but also in pricier goods like house servants, skilled tradesmen, and what the speculators called fancies, by which they meant attractive mulatto women who were sold for purposes of sexual exploitation”

In conclusion I think that human trafficking is a topic that is not talked about a lot and it need to because is very important its a huge topic back then in the slavery year it was a big topic now all you see in the new is touristy attack or global warming which are very important topics but their not the only topics that are important and need to be heard by the public people need to know that slavery still exists.So what would you do if you were being stripped of your freedom and you were practically a slave what would you think knowing your family or your close friend were a victim and still is a

The problem of human trafficking has come reveal the underlying issues of the sex trade in the United States. Typically, the United states is often deemed a first world nation with a high quality of life, yet the ethical and moral issues related to human trafficking are an increasingly problematic

Many people agreed that there is not exact time when human trafficking began. Although slavery has been around more than thousands of years, many people feel that human trafficking did not start until the time of white slavery. White slavery is the use of deceit, force, or drugs to entrap women or children into

Human or Sex Trafficking has been a part of history for thousands of years going back around the time of the Greeks and Romans, to the Medieval times, and including now. What is Sex/Human Trafficking? It is where individuals (males and females) of any age are enslaved and forced to perform sexual actions with strangers. The clients pay the pimps or sometimes the person that is servicing them, but the people that are being enslaved are not allowed to keep the money, they are to give the money to their flesh-peddlers immediately (that is if the client gives the money to the victims). The enslaved people that have been exposed to this will have trust issues when they get older due to the fact that they have been abused emotionally/mentally and

When innocence is violated, it is a significant crime against humanity. Sex trafficking is the epitome of this crime, because it exploits and degrades the victim’s body and mind. A common belief is that sex trafficking is a practice occurring mostly in foreign countries. Research indicates that it is already a thriving market within the United States, and one that continues to expand every year. The National Human Trafficking Resource Center assessed that there are one million children being sexually exploited for commercial purposes throughout the globe (Human Trafficking 1). Of these statistics, they estimate 244,000 American minors are “at risk of child sexual exploitation, including commercial sexual exploitation” (2). There is one

According to Global issues, human trafficking is the illegal transportational trade in people for the purpose of servitude. Human trafficking has become an increasing problem around the world. It is seen as the modern equivalent to slavery. According to Arkofhopeforchildren.org, 600000 to 800000 women, children, and men are bought and sold across international borders every year and exploited for forced labor or commercial sex. 50% of those victims were estimated to be children. But in 2012 there were 20.9 million victims of trafficking worldwide. Child trafficking has become an enormous problem itself, some cases involve child prostitution, labor, slavery or similar acts, removal of organs and illegal adoption. Some examples of these cases are forcing people to work in factories and being forced to become soldiers and wage wars. According to Human Trafficking, written by Joyce Hart, People are physically beaten, some are locked behind doors and some are even chained up.

Slavery has been around for ages. There has always been someone forcing others to do their will. But slavery drags on in modern times, especially today. Modern day slavery, otherwise known as human trafficking, is defined by Encyclopedia Britannica as “...the illegal transport of individuals by force or deception for the purpose of labor, sexual exploitation, or activities in which others benefit financially” (“Human”). Slavery is not an issue of the past. It has waxed and waned throughout history, and will never cease unless something is done to stop it. Human trafficking is a serious issue in the world, the United States, and even in Iowa.

“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are”(Benjamin Franklin). This quote implies that individuals who are not affected by the felonies or immoral acts done by others, people would not care as much or ignore it whether justice is done to the ones who committed the crime. In addition, people only acknowledge the wrongdoing of others until it happens to them. We live in a society where mankind overlooks those who try to control or rule over another. This quote relates to this topic because humanity does not do enough to stop human trafficking and needs to take more precaution of the situation.

Sex trafficking, the act of an adult committing a commercial sex act with a minor, is a worldwide crisis, that around 4.5 million people have been forced into (Elrod and “What is Sex Trafficking?”). The trauma induced by traffickers can alter the psychological state of an individual forced into the business. Preventative measures being taken by the government to decrease the growing industry have proven to be effective, although more needs to be done. Human trafficking affects society, abductors, and victims, therefore the government is actively attempting to extinguish the issue with legislation.

Deceived, abducted and exploited. These are the common tragedies men, children and a large proportion of women face to end up-- in 79% of cases-- sexually enslaved or--in 18% of cases-- forced into labour. Organisations such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) are taking precautions and implementing protocols to eradicate the organised crime. One successful protocol, The Trafficking Protocol enacted in 2000, counteracts trafficking as well as protects victims. UNODC has made a great effort in tackling human trafficking, unfortunately these efforts will be lost if national governments don’t take on some of the responsibility and make the same efforts. With second world countries’ human trafficking victims being enticed with promise of virtue and first world countries being centres for transporting victims, human trafficking is a global problem and responsibility. The United Kingdom (UK), a first world country, has been much more progressive at deterring human trafficking than Jamaica, a second world country, in the 21st century, which is clear through the UK’s strengthening of their prosecution, prevention and protection tactics. Alternatively, some may believe that Jamaica has been more progressive due to how they guide victims and their prevention methods.