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    “Tessa’s Story: Human Trafficking in America,” Venus Rodriguez tells the story of Tessa, a seven year old girl who was raped by her father and survived by viewing her body as not a part of herself. When she was a teenager, she was befriended by a guy named Jared who flattered her, bought her gifts, and made her feel special. She had no idea he was a pimp and that she would soon be on the street selling her body. Jared would withhold food if she did not meet her quota. Jared would drug her; he…

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    Human Trafficking in America alone is a 32 billion dollar a year industry. This evil yet lucrative business catches more and more into a cycle every day. In America, we like to believe people all over the world, regardless of country or government have rights, both moral and state provided. Human Trafficking in America alone is a 32 billion dollar a year industry. This evil yet lucrative business catches more and more into a cycle every day. Unfortunately, this is not the case. People around the…

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    be transnational crimes. Those crimes were; money laundering, terrorist activities, theft of art and cultural objects, theft of intellectual property, illicit arms trafficking, aircraft hijacking, sea piracy, insurance fraud, computer crime, environmental crime, trafficking in persons, trade in human body parts, illicit drug trafficking, fraudulent bankruptcy, infiltration of legal business, corruption…

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    The spectacle of human trafficking is one of the most serious challenges facing the international community today mainly because it represents a host of problems in areas including organized crime, migration, security, prostitution, health, and labor. Nonetheless, with the increasing processes of international migration, globalization, and development of new communication/information technologies, human trafficking has continued to increase significantly across the globe. Practices that existed…

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    According to No Bullying, an organization studying human trafficking, there are “800,000 people trafficked across borders every year” (“Human Trafficking Facts”). Human trafficking is a type of modern-day slavery that denies freedoms and rights of individuals. Two forms of human trafficking include: sex and labor trafficking. This industry quickly gains popularity due to its low risk for high profit and the demanding needs for labor in modern world. Behind the profit hides many negative impacts,…

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    intimidating issue. Murday additionally declared her belief that sex trafficking was less of a controversy back when she was a child and she would not be incorrect. It is estimated that there are more trafficking victims in the world today than there has ever existed in the past. The average global cost of a slave is a demeaning…

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    Human trafficking and sexual assault are evident issues in our society today, and they may be a bigger problem than you think. Human trafficking is defined as “the recruitement, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force” (“Human Trafficking”). The profit for human trafficking is at $44.3 billion a year (“Human Trafficking”). This means this is an exploding business. It is low-risk and high profit, and often mistaken for garden-variety…

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    Define Human Trafficking

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    Office on Drugs and Organized Crime (UNODC) defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means of the threat or use of force or any other form of coercion or abduction or fraud, deception or abuse of power to achieve the consent of person having control over another person for the purpose of exploitation. The UNODC commits all the state signatories to take proactive measures to investigate, prevent and stop acts of human trafficking…

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    Human Trafficking in the United States In the United States human trafficking occurs more often than the people of this country are aware. The United States alone serves as one of the common grounds for human trafficking and most do not realize trafficking happens right under our noses. Human trafficking happens within all genders, ages and races; some using this as sexual identification. Elaborating on gender, age and races there is a dysfunctional system between all three including the type…

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    But unfortunately slavery in fact did not end then and we're now presented with a newer and improved version. Human trafficking is a new more modern from of slavery with a multi-billion dollar industry that strips away freedom to approximately twenty million people all around the world. In fact, it only comes second to drug trafficking. Human trafficking can be defined as trafficking in persons as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of person by the means of threat,…

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