Esperanza, a single mother in Mexico lost her child to starvation and decided in order to avoid another situation like that she must leave her children with her family and find a job in Los Angeles as a seamstress. Ezperanza believing she was following a legitimate job lead when she was sold into slavery. She was separated from her children and was unable to send home any money she eared back to them. Ezperanza clearly recalls the abuse, both physical and mental; she suffered while working at a sweatshop. She also recalls the threats she would receive continuously from her abuser as a way to keep her quite. Ezperanza is one of the hundreds of thousands of people who faced or are still facing the horrors of human trafficking.
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It is regularly described as a modern form of slavery. There are roughly 20 to 30 million slaves around the world today. The U.S. State Department states that the number of people being trafficked over international borders is about 600,000 to 800,000 people every year, where 80% are female and half are children. While trafficking for labor and trafficking for sexual exploitation are the most common, they are not the only ones. Other common forms of human trafficking include domestic servitude, organ harvesting, debt bondage, and child …show more content…
People trapped in poverty seek a chance to find a better life for themselves and their families. These people become vulnerable and are preyed on by dishonest people offering them opportunities such as jobs, training and better life prospects. There are many ways people fall victim to human trafficking, some which include; many men, women and children are frequently kidnapped into slavery, some parents sell their children to traders, some parents are promised a better life for their children such as opportunities to go to school, get jobs, and live in better conditions but are instead taken into trafficking, ssome women get married and are sold into the sex trade by their husbands, and ssome people respond to job advertisements that are offering good pay for labor, only to be imprisoned on arrival. Human trafficking is an extremely structured and organized
Education can …show more content…
It is regularly described as a modern form of slavery. There are roughly 20 to 30 million slaves around the world today. The U.S. State Department states that the number of people being trafficked over international borders is about 600,000 to 800,000 people every year, where 80% are female and half are children. While trafficking for labor and trafficking for sexual exploitation are the most common, they are not the only ones. Other common forms of human trafficking include domestic servitude, organ harvesting, debt bondage, and child …show more content…
People trapped in poverty seek a chance to find a better life for themselves and their families. These people become vulnerable and are preyed on by dishonest people offering them opportunities such as jobs, training and better life prospects. There are many ways people fall victim to human trafficking, some which include; many men, women and children are frequently kidnapped into slavery, some parents sell their children to traders, some parents are promised a better life for their children such as opportunities to go to school, get jobs, and live in better conditions but are instead taken into trafficking, ssome women get married and are sold into the sex trade by their husbands, and ssome people respond to job advertisements that are offering good pay for labor, only to be imprisoned on arrival. Human trafficking is an extremely structured and organized