Human smuggling and human trafficking are entrenched and deeply interwoven with the worlds ever more complex migration flows (Naim,2005). However, even though both are quite interwoven into each other’s worlds, they are primarily different. To begin with, human smuggling is when an individual voluntarily pays a smuggler to be smuggled for passage or to be reunited with loved ones (Albanese,2011). In the case of human trafficking, the trafficker can deceive and coerce the migrant for example and sell him or her for labor(Naim,2005). In fact, human trafficking consists of three factors, exploitation of labor, harboring of victims, and coercion (Albanese,2011). One thing that is important to remember is that both crimes are a form transnational
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Not only are the able to destroy an individual will but these crimes take advantage of the migration of individuals who are looking to pave a better way for themselves. Naim stated, smugglers and traffickers will prey on an individual’s desire to seek a better life, nevertheless the obstacles placed by the governments (2005). These crimes which were once underground, are rapidly starting to take over the world’s economy with the able to use host, transit, and destination countries to do so, at the sake of a person’s life. What’s interesting is that there is a distinction between these two crimes that is merely only separated by the small factor that human smuggling can turn into human trafficking. To demonstrate, migrants who voluntarily decided to be smuggled are often time struggle to pay their debts back to the smuggler, which in turn, becomes trafficked(Naim,2005). This happens because often smugglers enact a large debt on those who were smuggled, who are compelled to pay off their debts prior to being freed. This goes without saying, that it may be difficult to fully distinguish between the two crimes because smuggling can turn into trafficking. However, it is understandable how these two crimes can be seen to be a part of the same transnational crime …show more content…
For instance, human trafficking focuses more on exploiting the victim, on the other hand, human smuggling focuses more on transporting the migrant. It is important to realize that human smuggling is a transaction that happens between two individuals willing. While, human trafficking targets individuals for exploitation and making a profit off them. These points can demonstrate why there are implications in prevention for these
Not only are the able to destroy an individual will but these crimes take advantage of the migration of individuals who are looking to pave a better way for themselves. Naim stated, smugglers and traffickers will prey on an individual’s desire to seek a better life, nevertheless the obstacles placed by the governments (2005). These crimes which were once underground, are rapidly starting to take over the world’s economy with the able to use host, transit, and destination countries to do so, at the sake of a person’s life. What’s interesting is that there is a distinction between these two crimes that is merely only separated by the small factor that human smuggling can turn into human trafficking. To demonstrate, migrants who voluntarily decided to be smuggled are often time struggle to pay their debts back to the smuggler, which in turn, becomes trafficked(Naim,2005). This happens because often smugglers enact a large debt on those who were smuggled, who are compelled to pay off their debts prior to being freed. This goes without saying, that it may be difficult to fully distinguish between the two crimes because smuggling can turn into trafficking. However, it is understandable how these two crimes can be seen to be a part of the same transnational crime …show more content…
For instance, human trafficking focuses more on exploiting the victim, on the other hand, human smuggling focuses more on transporting the migrant. It is important to realize that human smuggling is a transaction that happens between two individuals willing. While, human trafficking targets individuals for exploitation and making a profit off them. These points can demonstrate why there are implications in prevention for these