What Is Human Trafficking A Global Issue

On the other side of the argument people fight against this act of violence and cruelty. In an article on Fairfund it states, “Trafficking violates human rights: Traffickers snatch the very basic rights from the innocent people they exploit… Right to education, right to wellbeing, right to choose jobs are all swooped up from them” (1). This quote shows that human trafficking takes everything away from one and ruins their life. This is the reason people fight for victims. Many of these

There are many myths involving human trafficking. One myth is that human trafficking is not a modern problem (Richmond, 2015). When people are asked about human trafficking, they may say that it is a Trans-Atlantic issue, not a problem in the United States. To help people understand what kind of problem

This past year in the United States, there were an estimated 21,431 calls made to authorities concerning potential human trafficking situations and yet, the average American does not know that forced labor and prostitution is even a problem. (Melissa) Second to drug dealing, human trafficking is the largest criminal industry in the world today, and is growing fast. (Human Trafficking – Exploitation…) This modern day form of slavery takes victims captive against their will by using violence, threats, deception and other manipulative tricks. Even though each trafficking target has a different story, they all have similar experiences because they lose their freedom. In the United States, the First amendment protects all people citizens or aliens with basic freedoms. Therefore, human trafficking goes against ones American civil rights; human trafficking is major issue in the USA that needs to be stopped.

Although, smuggling and trafficking involve both humans, human trafficking differs from human smuggling because it is “compared to a modern day form of slavery”, involving “the exploitation of unwilling people through force” (Schmalleger, 2012, pg.605). Capturing, arresting and prosecuting human trafficking kingpins wouldn’t eliminate the problem, but rather encourage aspiring cartels to continue a “legacy”. However, fighting human trafficking is perhaps the most dangerous and difficult problem because of drugs and weapons, but nevertheless a rewarding accomplishment because “women and children compromise the largest group of victims” who are “often physically and emotionally abused” (Schmalleger, 2012, pg.607). A solution to this problem would probably be awareness, where the Federal government communicates to states, cities and communities to report suspicious activity. Therefore, proper help can be admitted to the victims by allowing new identities to be assigned; in addition, this would lower fraud and provide

First and foremost, the current system the Unites States has fighting human trafficking is not succeeding. According to Patrick Belser’s Forced Labor Statistics, at any given time there are 12.3 million victims of forced labor or sexual exploitation worldwide (4). If this system is not revised modern day slavery will continue to blossom nationally. Human traffickers capture victims with the intent of selling them into forced labor, sexual exploitation or a mixture of both. Although not all slaves are in bondage for the same reasons, they all live under similar conditions. When tricking victims into capture, human traffickers promise them a better life with vast opportunity (U.S. Department of State 11). This is never the case. On the contrary of the victims’ beliefs, the victims proceed to live in terrible conditions being forced to do things against their will. They are often isolated and live with very restricted access to food, clothes, medical care, and sleep. These people are dehumanized. Slaves used for labor often get ill, injured, and sometimes even die from the intense circumstances they are living. Furthermore, slaves being sexually exploited often get sexually transmitted diseases. The victims also have very slim chances of escaping due to being locked into places and being guarded by multiple people with weapons (U.S. Department of State 17). By creating more laws against human

Human trafficking is already a severe crime in the United States. To make matters worse, it 's the sex trade that has the lives of so many young girls turned upside down. The single largest demographic age for new targets and victims is roughly between ages 12-14. New targets are chosen every day. Most are very random choices; but then again some are watched and even have contact with their abductor. The solution for the human trafficking issue can be in many various way and type. But the solution must be strong enough to prevent and bring the human trafficking criminal to justice. We need to help create counter-measures for the elimination and prevention of human trafficking of the United States through the heightening of targeted public awareness to individuals and organizations with the potential for contributing or raising funds.

There are many routes and resources provided towards the approach to better tackle human trafficking in the United States. The most important first steps in a course of action are education, training, and protocols. It is apparent that public awareness of human trafficking is very significant. It is a crime that affects communities in which the crime is happening, groups of individuals, and individuals. Police and law enforcement should not be the only ones who placed with the entire burden of identifying victims. It would be more effective if

In recent years, the topic of human trafficking – or modern day slavery as many call it – has captured the attention of the American public. Realizing that slavery, a problem thought to have been fixed a century ago, was still growing rampant in the world, Americans became indignant. As a result, countless campaigns, fundraisers and organizations have been formed to try and alleviate the problem. The type of trafficking that scares the population the most would be the sex trafficking of thousands of women and girls each year. However, other forms of human trafficking such as forced labor and trafficking humans for organs, are just as big an issue in America, as well as throughout the entire world.

Coupled with the efforts being put forth to help recovery of those that have already been victimized, the war against human trafficking has had a large impact all around. So what about years to come? The March 2011 FBI report indicates that about 293,000 U.S. children the majority being girls ages 12 to 14 have a higher chance of being taken advantage of. The punishment for trafficking children under the age of 18 is further being increased to cut numbers in this area. There are new laws being put into place, as well as older laws being revamped to be more effective. Human trafficking impacts millions of people globally. Let's stop these victims from being sold and let’s fight against this

Human trafficking has become one of many issues within the borders of the United States as well as other countries. It seems that quite a few people have come to terms with trafficking and other forms of prostitution to be socially acceptable within and outside the realms of their own country. Even though a lot of these individuals see the injustice when it comes to sex trafficking, there are policies and values that tend to take precedence over the morality of the issue. With over hundreds of thousands of men, women, and even young children being purchased and sold into slavery and hard labor without a care in the world for them. It becomes quite clear after seeing this that this topic needs to seriously be addressed and closely examined.

Where does your mind wander when someone talks about child trafficking? Do you think of children from third world countries being kidnapped or sold into the black market of human trafficking? Most of us probably think of human trafficking as being an issue that poor countries just have but, that isn’t the case. Human trafficking is alive and sadly thriving in the United States. According to Trafficking Source Center, 5,544 cases of human trafficking were reported in the United States in 2015. With human trafficking being around for so long, nations have to find ways to create tougher laws, find a way to focus on the issue, and create better safe havens for the victims of the crime.

Many people are afraid to speak up about sex trafficking and speak up about the problems that occurred to them because they are afraid that it might happened to them again. They do not want to be captured again and put into the same situation, even though speaking out about it would help other people in their situation. The criminals and victims of sex trafficking are both hiding in plain sight. Everyone needs to be aware of the amount of sex trafficking that is happening around the

Sex trafficking is horrible and demeaning to woman that are taken advantage of when they are trying to better themselves. Our country can provide the victims the help they need when they ask for it and traffickers should carry heavier sentences, they should be made to pay for the rehab of their victims and have pay the victims restitution for the rest of the traffickers and/or the victims lives.

With the high amount of U.S. victims involved in human trafficking, one might think the government is not doing anything about it. In addition, governmentwide agencies have not developed a way to evaluate the effectiveness of their efforts combating international trafficking. However, within the U.S., Congress enabled the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) which allows aliens identified as trafficking victims special benefits and services. By doing so, the U.S. government is able to combat the issue of human trafficking and establish the Interagency Task Force. The reauthorization of this Act requires the Secretary of State to annually report to Congress on foreign governments’ consent with America’s minimum standards for the total elimination of trafficking.

Today, we have more victims of human trafficking than ever before. How can that be? Do we not have international legislation and organizations to prevent us from making the same mistakes that were made in the past? The population continues to steadily increase and works in combination with globalization to feed the booming industry of exploiting people. Human trafficking has been a part of most cultures, sometimes lurking in the shadows, other times out and proud; however, its rapid advancement is not inevitable. Thus far, no nation or organization has been able to develop an effective criminal justice response. Developed nations, such as the United States have to take the lead in cultivating legislation and enforcement in order to stop human trafficking in its tracks. If the countries who hold great global power communicate properly and work