What do you think about when the term slavery comes up? You might think about the thousands of Africans who were kidnapped and sold to the Americas about one hundred fifty years ago. You might consider the Germans use of slave labor from those of Jewish decent during The Holocaust in World War II. The classical era, where the Romans inherited the institution of slavery from the Greeks, who learned from the Egyptians, might also cross your mind. My point is when the term slavery comes up, most of us will look to the past for examples instead of the future. While illegal virtually everywhere across the globe, slavery still exist all over the world, regardless of a country’s wealth or race of its people. Today, we call it human trafficking.
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J. Harf and M. Lombardi raised the question: Do adequate strategies exist to combat human trafficking (p.137)? As with any opened question, there are multiple way to answer this question. For the sake of simplicity this paper will focus on the responses found in the Taking Sides text. On one side Luis CdeBaca feels that the world is taking positive steps to combat human trafficking. On the other side, The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime feels that not enough is being done to stop human trafficking.
Luis CdeBaca: Taking a Positive Stand against Human Trafficking. In CdeBaca’s article, he feels that within the last ten years of the publication date the world has made “appreciable progress (p.140)” toward understanding why and how human trafficking happens. In terms of prevention, strides have been made with public awareness campaigns and polices that prevent governments from turning their backs on Trafficking. He also goes to state that thousands of victims have been saved while thousands of traffickers have been caught and arrested since the passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of TVPA. Though CdeBaca feels that progress has been made, he also feels that more needs to be done in putting an end to trafficking and protecting its victims even after their traffickers have been caught in …show more content…
On the other side, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the fight against human trafficking is a lost cause. Numbers of victims have increased and the governments of many nations are not doing enough. According to the data from the UNODC article, “of the 132 countries covered by the Trafficking in Persons Protocol (TPP), sixteen percent didn’t record a single conviction between 2007- 2010 (Taking Sides p.143) The UNODC also feels that not enough is being done to prevent and protect victims. Because human trafficking is a global issues the UNODC feels that despite the 132 countries who adapted the TPP, the way each nations addresses the issue varies. For example, in the Americas most victims of trafficking are women who are forced into sexual slavery. While in Africa and the Middle East, most victims are children who are forced into
J. Harf and M. Lombardi raised the question: Do adequate strategies exist to combat human trafficking (p.137)? As with any opened question, there are multiple way to answer this question. For the sake of simplicity this paper will focus on the responses found in the Taking Sides text. On one side Luis CdeBaca feels that the world is taking positive steps to combat human trafficking. On the other side, The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime feels that not enough is being done to stop human trafficking.
Luis CdeBaca: Taking a Positive Stand against Human Trafficking. In CdeBaca’s article, he feels that within the last ten years of the publication date the world has made “appreciable progress (p.140)” toward understanding why and how human trafficking happens. In terms of prevention, strides have been made with public awareness campaigns and polices that prevent governments from turning their backs on Trafficking. He also goes to state that thousands of victims have been saved while thousands of traffickers have been caught and arrested since the passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of TVPA. Though CdeBaca feels that progress has been made, he also feels that more needs to be done in putting an end to trafficking and protecting its victims even after their traffickers have been caught in …show more content…
On the other side, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the fight against human trafficking is a lost cause. Numbers of victims have increased and the governments of many nations are not doing enough. According to the data from the UNODC article, “of the 132 countries covered by the Trafficking in Persons Protocol (TPP), sixteen percent didn’t record a single conviction between 2007- 2010 (Taking Sides p.143) The UNODC also feels that not enough is being done to prevent and protect victims. Because human trafficking is a global issues the UNODC feels that despite the 132 countries who adapted the TPP, the way each nations addresses the issue varies. For example, in the Americas most victims of trafficking are women who are forced into sexual slavery. While in Africa and the Middle East, most victims are children who are forced into