Human Trafficking In Society Today

There are many problems in society today. Problems like the war on drugs and immigration reforms and gun controls. All these things are super important in today's society because their is countless problems. Today there are so many important issues that the people are only focusing on issues that they deem important what about all the other issues who no one speaks about and just forgets about those are important to. One of the major problems we have swept under the rug is the human trafficking problem we are facing. These people trafficked are family,friends,and neighbors. Although it is not widely talked about human trafficking often it is such an epidemic. There are over 30 million trafficked people in the world today and if that doesn’t raise a red flag what will.(“What Is”) …show more content…
“Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery—a multi-billion dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 20.9 million people around the world. And no matter where you live, chances are it's happening nearby. From the girl forced into prostitution at a truck stop, to the man discovered in a restaurant kitchen, stripped of his passport and held against his will. All trafficking victims share one essential experience: the loss of freedom.” Why is human trafficking the version of modern day slavery because these traffickers are taking people from their homes and forcing them into things prostitution or manual labor. " Each year, an estimated 800,00 women and children are trafficked across international borders- although an additional number of women and girls are trafficked within the countries." We need to have more focus on this problem because it is the modern version of slavery but it happens in secret behind closed doors we need to raise more awareness to this issue. (Human Trafficking.” Polaris)(“Given