Human trafficking is a term for forced labor or prostitution. It is a practice of illegally transporting people from one country to another. Human trafficking has been going on all across the world for years. The question here is, how do we stop it? How do we keep people safe from it happening to them or their children even? There are many different types of human trafficking going on in the world, but I will only speak about two today. I will talk about sex trafficking, and forced labor. Sex trafficking can involve boys and girls of all age groups, being sold into prostitution or working to make a profit. When it comes to human trafficking, it mainly involves sex trafficking.
This includes young girls running away from home at a very young age and running into some guy out on the streets that she thinks can help her maintain a better life than at home. In actuality, this guy will talk her into selling her body for him and getting paid to do so, but he will not mention to her that most of the money she will be making will go to him. This is how these bad guys make a profit in sex trafficking. This could also include boys as well, it is not as common as it is with girls, but it does still happen …show more content…
Most people don’t want to get in everyone’s business, but if you see a minor being pushed into a car against her will call the police! The sad thing is a lot of abducting’s dealing with some form of trafficking could have been stopped if people would just speak up! Some people don’t know the signs to look for in trafficking, that’s why it is very important that you raise awareness and get involved. You could save a few lives a day, by being aware of what’s going on around you. It is difficult to obtain accurate statistics on human trafficking nowadays, but, according to some data, between 800 and goo thousand people are trafficked annually, almost 80 percent of them being
This includes young girls running away from home at a very young age and running into some guy out on the streets that she thinks can help her maintain a better life than at home. In actuality, this guy will talk her into selling her body for him and getting paid to do so, but he will not mention to her that most of the money she will be making will go to him. This is how these bad guys make a profit in sex trafficking. This could also include boys as well, it is not as common as it is with girls, but it does still happen …show more content…
Most people don’t want to get in everyone’s business, but if you see a minor being pushed into a car against her will call the police! The sad thing is a lot of abducting’s dealing with some form of trafficking could have been stopped if people would just speak up! Some people don’t know the signs to look for in trafficking, that’s why it is very important that you raise awareness and get involved. You could save a few lives a day, by being aware of what’s going on around you. It is difficult to obtain accurate statistics on human trafficking nowadays, but, according to some data, between 800 and goo thousand people are trafficked annually, almost 80 percent of them being