Organized crime entails an extremely large range of illegal activities. In a generalized sense, all organized crime is committed with monetary profit as the desired outcome and primary motivating factor. The crime of Human Trafficking is not a newly developed means of organized crime organizations to turn a profit, but rather an issue that has existed throughout civilized time. Why is this crime so prevalent; what creates this need for Human Trafficking? Who perpetuates this crime, and who are the victims of it? How is Organized Crime involved in Human Trafficking? Why does Human Trafficking still exist in the modern world? The crime of Human Trafficking exists due to the ability of one, or a group, to profit off of the labors of others.
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One only needs to have a person or group of people in a seemingly worse position and wanting to get out of it, and then exploit them for “helping” them out of said situation. Crossing borders enables those exploiting the victims with further leverage based on fear of being returned to their home countries in which they illegally fled. The Federal Bureau of Investigation provides an example of how this worked in the case of Kil Soo Lee. Mr. Lee “recruited more than 250 skilled garment workers from Vietnam and China, mostly young women, enticing them with promises of a steady job that could help support their children and families back home. To guarantee this new job in America, he demanded an exorbitant down payment of as much as $6,000 from each worker. When the employees arrived, he placed them on grueling schedules in horrid conditions and paid them next to nothing. Then, he kept the workers in line through threats, beatings, starvation, false arrests, sexual assaults, debt repayment schemes, deportation, and other tactics -- all enforced by security guards in a gated compound.” This example highlights the tactics generally utilized to recruit and entrap the victims of Human Trafficking, but this can be utilized recruit into the sex trade as
One only needs to have a person or group of people in a seemingly worse position and wanting to get out of it, and then exploit them for “helping” them out of said situation. Crossing borders enables those exploiting the victims with further leverage based on fear of being returned to their home countries in which they illegally fled. The Federal Bureau of Investigation provides an example of how this worked in the case of Kil Soo Lee. Mr. Lee “recruited more than 250 skilled garment workers from Vietnam and China, mostly young women, enticing them with promises of a steady job that could help support their children and families back home. To guarantee this new job in America, he demanded an exorbitant down payment of as much as $6,000 from each worker. When the employees arrived, he placed them on grueling schedules in horrid conditions and paid them next to nothing. Then, he kept the workers in line through threats, beatings, starvation, false arrests, sexual assaults, debt repayment schemes, deportation, and other tactics -- all enforced by security guards in a gated compound.” This example highlights the tactics generally utilized to recruit and entrap the victims of Human Trafficking, but this can be utilized recruit into the sex trade as