Human Trafficking is the 3rd most profitable form of illegal trafficking and is a major issue across the world, found primarily in developing countries (Gustafsson, 2014). Every country is affected by trafficking of some form and none go unsacred (Gustafsson, 2014). Most trafficking originates in eastern Asia (Gustafsson, 2014). Smuggling and corruption take place within the industry and countries involved. Each year many women, kids, and men go missing from their homes to be sold and exploited (Gustafsson, 2014). With recent discoveries Bangladesh is found to be one of the world’s highest for human trafficking (Gustafsson, 2014). Trafficking is a borderless, organized crime worldwide. Back in 2003 there was no agreed internationally definition
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The United Nations reported in 2004 that of the 1 million women sex trafficked each year to other countries, 225,000 are from Southeast Asia (Foster, 2004, Pg.4). Most victims of trafficking are lured into it by false promises of a better life (jobs, marriage, and a house) (Chowdhury, 2004). Women and children that are trafficked are usually trafficked by their own family members (Gustafsson, 2014). The family members turn on them, selling them into the industry (Gustafsson, 2014). A majority of those trafficked state off as just fortune-seeking migrants (Barry, 2015). Some victims of trafficking are forced into prostitution, or work in sweatshops, and quarries, or even child soldiers (Chowdhury, 2004). Men even fall as victims, forced into labor camps in the trafficking scandal (Gustafsson, 2014). Forced labor is the main source of labor in the world (Gustafsson, 2014). Victims of any kind of trafficking suffer from mental stress, numerous health problems, and horrible social treatment after they are rescued (Chowdhury, …show more content…
Bangladesh is a poor country that is overpopulated and inefficiently governed nation (2009, Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery). Two thirds of Bangladeshi’s are employed in the agriculture sector (2009, Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery). Rice is the primary product of the sector (2009, Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery). Because of Bangladesh being such a poor developing nation, it is more susceptible to trafficking. There are three categories of illegal migrants from Bangladesh (Rai, 2011). There are those who search for work and then exploited, sex trafficking, and women abandoned by their husbands and enter into prostitution (Rai, 2011). Brothels are set all over Bangladesh. Men walk in and out continuously, doors lead to small rooms where the sex industry takes place. Back in 2013 officials in Jessore, a city in Bangladesh, rescued 300 people from India that is from Bangladesh originally (Gustaffson, 2014). The number of trafficking within Bangladesh is unknown (Gustaffson,
The United Nations reported in 2004 that of the 1 million women sex trafficked each year to other countries, 225,000 are from Southeast Asia (Foster, 2004, Pg.4). Most victims of trafficking are lured into it by false promises of a better life (jobs, marriage, and a house) (Chowdhury, 2004). Women and children that are trafficked are usually trafficked by their own family members (Gustafsson, 2014). The family members turn on them, selling them into the industry (Gustafsson, 2014). A majority of those trafficked state off as just fortune-seeking migrants (Barry, 2015). Some victims of trafficking are forced into prostitution, or work in sweatshops, and quarries, or even child soldiers (Chowdhury, 2004). Men even fall as victims, forced into labor camps in the trafficking scandal (Gustafsson, 2014). Forced labor is the main source of labor in the world (Gustafsson, 2014). Victims of any kind of trafficking suffer from mental stress, numerous health problems, and horrible social treatment after they are rescued (Chowdhury, …show more content…
Bangladesh is a poor country that is overpopulated and inefficiently governed nation (2009, Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery). Two thirds of Bangladeshi’s are employed in the agriculture sector (2009, Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery). Rice is the primary product of the sector (2009, Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery). Because of Bangladesh being such a poor developing nation, it is more susceptible to trafficking. There are three categories of illegal migrants from Bangladesh (Rai, 2011). There are those who search for work and then exploited, sex trafficking, and women abandoned by their husbands and enter into prostitution (Rai, 2011). Brothels are set all over Bangladesh. Men walk in and out continuously, doors lead to small rooms where the sex industry takes place. Back in 2013 officials in Jessore, a city in Bangladesh, rescued 300 people from India that is from Bangladesh originally (Gustaffson, 2014). The number of trafficking within Bangladesh is unknown (Gustaffson,