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Why Is Human Trafficking Wrong

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There are approximately 20.9 million people being trafficked every year. Around 30,000 of them are going to end up dead. Human Trafficking is illegally transporting people from one place to another against their will. Most likely for forced labor or commercial sex. Human Trafficking has been around for as long as humans can remember, from ancient greeks to today's society. Human Trafficking is one of the many terrible things wrong with the world today. Over the past couple of years, Human Trafficking has captured the lives of millions of living, breathing, human beings. To many people are taking their lives for granite. Imagine if you were just walking in your local park and the next thing you know, you are tied up in the back of a random strangers truck. Now are being auctioned off for about $100 to see who is going to be taking you home that night. That is what is happening to thousands of Americans every year, no matter what age. Human Trafficking is often referred to as “modern day slavery” because of its cruelness and unfairness. In fact, some ‘dealers’ are so cruel and desperate for money to the point that they will kidnap kids as young as 5 to 6 years old and sell them. Who knows what else the auction winner is going to put them through. This is the case for 1.2 million …show more content…

One of the organizations, the polaris project, has trained over 80,000 volunteers in the field of rescuing enslaved victims. Ecpat (another organization) was founded in 1990 and has been working ever since 1990 to put an end to the trafficking of children. The anti-slavery act has saved 115,000 enslaved humans from Human Trafficking. A person involved with the anti-slavery stated, “We are involved in many manifestations on many corners of the world.” All these organizations combined have saved millions of lives and are still working. Unfortunately, they have only made a dent in the human trafficked

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