Anti Human Trafficking: Video Analysis

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1a) In the “Anti Human Trafficking,” video, a woman named Vicki Zito had a 17 year old daughter who was kidnapped and forced into human trafficking. I believe it would difficult to find services for the young girl because she is so young and her innocence was completely destroyed. Certain things that I think would be difficult for her would be trusting people, and being in a sexual relationship. She might be afraid to have sexual relations with someone because of what had happened to her. She might have many psychological problems because of being put in a position where she had to be forced to have sex. When you are young, it is hard to recover from something like that because your brain is still developing and you are naive to the dangers …show more content…
They also talk about how to prevent human trafficking from occurring. In the article, The Trafficking Victims Protection Act,” help prosecute traffickers, prevent human trafficking, and protecting victims and survivors of trafficking” (Polaris). One ways the government has tried to prevent human trafficking is proactively identifying victims that are low income and are potential victims of human trafficking. These are examples of the source countries because if they paid attention to what their citizens were going through, they prevent them from leaving the country. In target countries, I think one thing that should be done is making sure that all of the workers are legal to work in that country. Areas where trafficking is high, they should have the police check to make sure that the workers are being treated properly. Workers should work and sleep in safe places where they cannot get sick and be properly …show more content…
One that I found the most surprising was when the lady in the “Sold,” video was discussing how a girl gave birth to a baby while being trafficked. The slave owners took the baby and used the baby as a slave. The lady talking about the case explained how the back of the baby’s head was flat because the baby stayed laying on its back while being sexually assaulted. Another thing that I found disturbing was how prevalent child trafficking is. I thought it was sad that the most innocent people in the world are the ones that have to go through this unthinkable torture. The last thing that I found surprising was how the people that are trafficked have no freedom. They cannot have any friends or any life outside of their labor. It is mainly because the slave owners do not want the slaves to tell what is going on.
4) In Orlando, Fl, there were three suspects involved in a sexual exploitation trafficking case. In October of 2014, a woman escaped from the hands of three people that kept her captive. The trio met a woman that was addicted to cocaine and used her addiction as a weapon to keep her. They posted her on backpages.com and forced her to prostitute every day. She was beat and threatens when she only made 50 dollars. The outcome of this case is the house is now abandoned and the trio is under arrest after a month long

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