“Numerous root causes have been identified for the existence of human trafficking. They include lack of employment opportunities, poverty, economic imbalances among regions of the world, corruption, decline of border controls, gender and ethnic discrimination, and political instability and conflict”. (pg. 37, Shelley) Human trafficking has increased greatly with globalization, and the rise of unlawful trade.
One factor the book mentions is the national and regional issues that have happened since 1990’s leaving behind extensive damage and many individuals susceptible to be taken advantage of by human traffickers. Severe natural disasters have also left millions of individuals displaced, homeless, and impoverished. Examples of this scenarios …show more content…
Human trafficking affects the family members of the children taken by traffickers, the family can experience a lot of trauma and sense of loss. Human trafficking in places like India and Africa, where there is high rates of HIV transmission amongst sex workers, workers die regularly at a young age. Victims that have been trafficked to work as sexual servants often are forever psychologically traumatized. The victims deal with posttraumatic stress disorders, painful flashbacks anxiety, fear, incapacitating insomnia, depression, sleep disorders, and panic attacks as a result of the conditions described above. Trafficking does away with the fundamental beliefs of democracy. For example, undocumented immigrants traded for sexual exploitation are now prevalent all through most of the developed world, including the United States and Canada, Western Europe, Japan, and Australia. The individuals have to face terrible abuse and often outside the reach of both criminal and civil justice system, which undermines the quality of democracy as stated in the book. “Democracies establish the right to protection under the law, guarantee human freedom, and establish rights of citizens. But human trafficking victims, by virtue of their status, are often not citizens of their country of residence”. (Shelley,
One factor the book mentions is the national and regional issues that have happened since 1990’s leaving behind extensive damage and many individuals susceptible to be taken advantage of by human traffickers. Severe natural disasters have also left millions of individuals displaced, homeless, and impoverished. Examples of this scenarios …show more content…
Human trafficking affects the family members of the children taken by traffickers, the family can experience a lot of trauma and sense of loss. Human trafficking in places like India and Africa, where there is high rates of HIV transmission amongst sex workers, workers die regularly at a young age. Victims that have been trafficked to work as sexual servants often are forever psychologically traumatized. The victims deal with posttraumatic stress disorders, painful flashbacks anxiety, fear, incapacitating insomnia, depression, sleep disorders, and panic attacks as a result of the conditions described above. Trafficking does away with the fundamental beliefs of democracy. For example, undocumented immigrants traded for sexual exploitation are now prevalent all through most of the developed world, including the United States and Canada, Western Europe, Japan, and Australia. The individuals have to face terrible abuse and often outside the reach of both criminal and civil justice system, which undermines the quality of democracy as stated in the book. “Democracies establish the right to protection under the law, guarantee human freedom, and establish rights of citizens. But human trafficking victims, by virtue of their status, are often not citizens of their country of residence”. (Shelley,