Unslaved Research Papers

Today there are more slaves in the world than in any recorded time in history. Human trafficking is the largest growing criminal enterprise in the world happening in almost every country. It is ranked as second highest revenue tied with weapons just behind narcotics, bringing in an estimate of thirty-two billion annually. Human trafficking is the trade of humans for sex or labor in return for a profit. In the Public Service Announcement (PSA), “The Reality of Human Trafficking”, produced by Global Nomads Group (GNG), the organization’s presentation of logos overshadows their representations of pathos and ethos.

Human trafficking is a serious problem in modern society. In fact, the United Nations has referred to it as “one of the gravest human rights violations of our times” (“Secretary - General Calls Human Trafficking”). It is a fast growing industry that affects millions. No gender, age, or status is spared from the cruelty that is trafficking. To stress this point again, human trafficking is not just a problem of the “world” or “United States”, in general. As previously seen, it strikes very close to home, affecting hundreds of men, women, and children of our own community. In fact, “North Carolina ranked as a top-10 state for human trafficking with Charlotte being the top destination. It is estimated that more than 1,700 girls are trafficked

Human trafficking is one of the forms of slavery of the XXI century in the contemporary globalized world. It is a felony that ranks third in the list of transnational crimes, directly after drug trafficking and arms, although estimates indicate that in this decade, human trafficking will occupy the first place because of its incredible profits and economic benefits, it is estimated that the worldwide industry of human trafficking (women, men and children) moves annually more than 77 thousand 500 million and is still growing.

Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery that supplies human beings for prostitution, sweatshop labor, domestic work, marriage, agricultural work, armed conflicts (child soldiers), and other forms of labor or services (Advances in Human Resources). Many people think this is a problem only foreign countries have to face. The reality is that human trafficking occurs in every country. In fact, the United States is one of the top ten destinations for human trafficking operations – there have been reports of trafficking in over 90 U.S. cities (Hidden in Plain Sight). It is important to note that people of all races, ages, and genders are vulnerable to this phenomenon. According to the article Hidden in Plain Sight by Stephanie Hepburn, “Women and girls make up 56% of persons trafficked for the purposes of forced labor while men and boys make up 44%. In terms of those trafficked for the purposes of forced commercial sexual exploitation, women and girls make up 98% and men and boys comprise 2%. Lastly, children constitute 40–50% of the overall forced labor population.” When most people think of human trafficking, they think that prostitution is the main moneymaker for those committing the crime. However, it seems that more and more of the operations are set to put people to work doing rigorous agricultural, construction, or other types of work. “There are 12.3 million victims of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation worldwide at any given time. Forty-three

Human trafficking has become a modern form of slavery. Hearing the word “slavery” is a harsh reality for those who finds themselves bought and being sold like objects, and treated with no dignity. Men, women, and children are usually kidnapped, drugged, rapped, and transported to other countries and be used as sex slaves. When they are used as sex slaves, traffickers physically and mentally assault their victims, for them to bring down their pride, dignity, and ones own worth.

My third reason for believing something should be done about the trash on campus is that trash can cause very unhealthy environments, especially in schools. My first source was the survey I sent out. Two of five people said that trash can pollute environments and carry germs. I think this is very bad! This means that trash doesn't pollute one environment, it can pollute most of the environments around it! My second source for trash polluting environments was www.ducksters.com. This site said that “land pollution can be one of the most visible types of pollution. You see trash outside of buildings or on the side of the road (that part made me think about the trash on campus). You may see a large landfill or dump. This type of land pollution

Human trafficking is defined as modern-day slavery that involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act by the Department of Homeland Security, and recently I have been learning a mass about the impact of this worldwide business on the traffickers, network operators, recruiters, victims, the victims' families and friends, and the economy from various sources such as TV series that integrate modern issues into the storyline, discussions in the classroom, and individual projects for a course. Therefore, I would choose to be involved in an organization that targeted human trafficking victims and perpetrators and set out to play a part in reducing this problem.

Tony Kirwan, founder of Destiny rescue, a relief and aid organization for trafficking victims, said that, “We only have 2 choices. Do nothing, or do something.” Nearly 36 million people are trafficked yearly, and ⅔ of those people are from Asia. A large amount of these victims were impoverished and were looking for work to support their families, or were trafficked by their own families for money. Human trafficking, mostly child trafficking, is a billion dollar business, with earnings estimated at 150 billion yearly, in all of it’s forms. Human trafficking hasn’t and will never be limited to sexual exploitation, but has a myriad of other types of exploitation. Human trafficking has been a system that runs off power abuse and inequality,

The U.S.Department of State states that “ Learn the indicators of human trafficking so you can help identify a potential trafficking victim”(15). In other words, people can be aware of trafficking in communities. Communities can organize fundraisers. Students can make people more aware of human trafficking and how big of a problem it is. “ Be a conscientious and informed consumer. Discover your slavery footprint, ask who picked your tomatoes or made your clothes…”(15). Another way to help survivors are people who own businesses can offer jobs to human trafficking survivors. Soroptimist, is an example of an organization that helps women and children who have been trafficked. They also have systems to help these people to get back on their feet. Everyone can do something to try to help these people who are being trafficked. Although human trafficking may seem of concern to only a small group of people, it should be in fact a bigger concern to anyone who cares about people who are in terrible

Human Trafficking is a worldwide problem; it’s the third largest international crime industry behind illegal drugs and illegal arms. There are about 20 to 30 million slaves in the world today which makes a profit of $32 billion every year. Of that number, $15.5 billion is made in industrialized countries (11 Facts About Human Trafficking). There are many different kinds of human trafficking such as sexual exploitation, exploitation through the harvesting of organs, forced-labor trafficking, and many more. Forced- labor trafficking is the number one type of trafficking, being three times greater than that for sex commerce which is 2nd on the list (Simon). Selling and trading people, or human trafficking, is a enormous issue today, even though it has been around for a long time.

This semester I engaged myself in educating and advocating on the topic of human trafficking. In addition to being enrolled this semester in I300: Global Human Trafficking, I wanted to get involved in alleviating this global phenomenon. I attended several events and lectures on human trafficking and listened to the stories of several human trafficking survivors. The first event was a presentation by an organization called Unslaved . The founder of the organization was a survivor of human trafficking. She told her story of how she was trafficked as a child in Indiana and sexually exploited by her baby sitter. Her organization sells clothes and accessories and all her profits go towards rescuing girls in Indiana and the Midwest. Unslaved has a very powerful media and art campaign called Priceless, which uses dramatic imagery and theatrics to convey positive messages. The main goal aims to empower young women and give young girls the confidence they deserve. The founder of the organization explained this as her mission because many traffickers and pimps rely on young girls insecurity show them affection and draw them in to eventually sexually exploit them.

Human trafficking is a serious issue occurring internationally. Allies Against Slavery states that there are more slaves in today’s world then there ever were during “the entire transatlantic slave trade, combined” (Modern Slavery). Many people wonder why the women

During the Clinton Global Initiative in 2014, President Obama spoke up about the mistreatment of people through trafficking “The fight against human trafficking is one of the great human rights causes of our time” (Hagen). Even with every survivor’s breathtaking story of their abuse and of their time spent as slaves, there are still hundreds of thousands of women suffering everyday. In fact, known victims of human trafficking are disproportionately women who most commonly suffer one of two mistreatments: sexual exploitation and forced labor (Slavery and Human Trafficking). Human Trafficking is a global issue and it is up to the people and the government to stop this modern day slavery. Many of these victims are women who are forced into labor and sexual exploitation. However, through charity, federal laws, and the help of social activists, countries around the world can come together to help put an end to human trafficking.

Trafficking of persons is defined by the United Nations protocol to Prevent, Supress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children as “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of 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 having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation” (Acharya & Clark, 2010). According to Kaye, Winterdyk & Quarterman (2014) and Perry & McEwing (2013), human trafficking is the second largest source of illegal revenue and the most profitable organized criminal activity in the world. It is therefore a threat to international security and a violation of human rights hence requires close cooperation both at the international and regional level through combined efforts by the governments, law enforcement agencies, local authorities, civil society, the private sector and the media in order to successfully fight trafficking in human beings (Oguz, 2012 & Kaye et al., 2014). Often young women and girls from desperately poor families and in cultures where females are expected to sacrifice themselves in the global South and East are victims of the sex trade (Doezema, 2001).

We can all probably think of a time we watched a movie that depicted the ominous and illustrious circle of human trafficking. Movies like the blockbuster hit Taken dramatized the storyline in order focus on Liam Neeson’s character who is a father and a retired CIA agent that utilizes his skills to get his daughter back from the possession of sex traffickers. Although the movie is an exaggeration, the reality is that many victims fall into the vicious circle of human trafficking, which does not just include sexual exploitation. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), human trafficking includes “exploiting the prostitution of others, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery or similar practices and the removal of organs.” In an event hosted at the United Nations Headquarters, the president of the General Assembly, Mr. John W. Ashe addressed human trafficking issues in the modern world stating that the,” annual profits as high as $36 billion per year, it ranks as the world’s third most profitable crime after illicit drug and arms trafficking.” The profit made by human trafficking involved not just girl and women but it also involves boys and men as well. Many make generalization that naïve girls are the victims to this organized crime; however, the case is that boys and men make up the population of millions of individuals who are victims to human trafficking.