Child trafficking is a horrible crime that goes on under American citizens noses. This crime has a large industry in America and many other countries. People need to understand how to identify a child that has been a victim of human trafficking and they need to know the physical and emotional consequences a child can have due to this crime. First one must understand why child trafficking exist and what it consists of. Understanding where the children come from is also very important and how it happens. Many Americans are unaware of how many children are being kidnapped and sold here and to other countries in present day, but as a nation, has the duty to protect their children but first need to understand the criminal to be able to fight back.
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They may have sleeping disorders, eating disorders, drug addictions, depression, anxiety, mood swings, guilt and shame, cultural shock, even a bond with their trafficker. Sometimes the trafficker is a mastermind of manipulation and the victims think that the traffickers are helping them or “protecting” them when in reality the trafficker is making thousands of dollars of the victim. This is also called Stockholm Syndrome, the victims trusts the trafficker because they are offering them a place to live although very small. They may have also gotten PTSD, this means post-traumatic stress disorder, people get this disorder when they live or witness something traumatic like witnessing a death or being tortured. People with PTSD may have panic attacks or acts of rage when they see something that reminds them of what happened in their moment of …show more content…
First the adults must be informed of the signs. They must know how a trafficker will approach a child and how they will act around the children. Adults need to know and always ask their children who they are associating with as a precaution. Not only adult but children need to be informed of the danger that there are in the world. They need know that not every person in the world is friendly and want to be friends. Traffickers will do anything and everything to manipulate people to do things they do not want to do and create profits off
They may have sleeping disorders, eating disorders, drug addictions, depression, anxiety, mood swings, guilt and shame, cultural shock, even a bond with their trafficker. Sometimes the trafficker is a mastermind of manipulation and the victims think that the traffickers are helping them or “protecting” them when in reality the trafficker is making thousands of dollars of the victim. This is also called Stockholm Syndrome, the victims trusts the trafficker because they are offering them a place to live although very small. They may have also gotten PTSD, this means post-traumatic stress disorder, people get this disorder when they live or witness something traumatic like witnessing a death or being tortured. People with PTSD may have panic attacks or acts of rage when they see something that reminds them of what happened in their moment of …show more content…
First the adults must be informed of the signs. They must know how a trafficker will approach a child and how they will act around the children. Adults need to know and always ask their children who they are associating with as a precaution. Not only adult but children need to be informed of the danger that there are in the world. They need know that not every person in the world is friendly and want to be friends. Traffickers will do anything and everything to manipulate people to do things they do not want to do and create profits off