Human Trafficking: The Modern Day Way Of Slavery

Although slavery has been abolished, human trafficking is described as the modern-day way of slavery. The practice of selling and enslaving other human being is not something new due to our history. But this new epidemic has no borders, no racial or gender preference but is all about all about making money and that is human trafficking. Human beings are not like drugs and guns that are sold used once and the money the seller gets is it. Human trafficking provides a never-ending money-making system. The cost of procuring and maintaining slaves has decreased and the profits they generate have grown (Androff, 2010). The Traffickers are selling, renting, selling them by the hour this business they have created which makes them so much money that it surpassed the profits guns, drugs, and any illegal …show more content…
Human traffickers target the most vulnerable which are typically children and young women and get creative and ruthless in designing tricks and win the confidence of potential victims (U.S department of state, 2008). Poverty in people’s home country is a big factor in human trafficking because it creates vulnerable people since they become the most willing to do anything to stay afloat or to provide for their families. Economic vulnerability puts individuals at a greater risk for slavery than racial or ethnic differences (Androff, 2010). Another component that comes into play when people leave their home country is crazy political issues and civil war. This is another issue that contributes to human trafficking because they also cause people to run away and are left in danger to anyone and everything. So, then women, children, and some men are easily tricked into believing that a better life is waiting for them elsewhere and need