Europe slave traded with Africa, which set the domino effect from there (Timeline 1). After that, other countries began to follow in their footsteps, which started it all. Slaves were traded and sold to do labor work for traders. Human trafficking is caused by government corruption like how it is in this present time. There are many causes to why people take victims as hostage to make them work for them. Some of the main causes are government corruption, poverty, economic instability, and inefficient legal systems (Freese 3). This means that countries have political or economical problems so they try to fix it by getting lots of money. For the most part, when women or children are taken, they may have no return ever again (Freese 3). However, at that time, decades ago, the world lacked the resources the country does
Europe slave traded with Africa, which set the domino effect from there (Timeline 1). After that, other countries began to follow in their footsteps, which started it all. Slaves were traded and sold to do labor work for traders. Human trafficking is caused by government corruption like how it is in this present time. There are many causes to why people take victims as hostage to make them work for them. Some of the main causes are government corruption, poverty, economic instability, and inefficient legal systems (Freese 3). This means that countries have political or economical problems so they try to fix it by getting lots of money. For the most part, when women or children are taken, they may have no return ever again (Freese 3). However, at that time, decades ago, the world lacked the resources the country does