Introduction
Human trafficking is a criminal act that is plaguing the world. Human trafficking, simply put, is the trading of humans for purposes like forced labour. Human trafficking is said to be one of the fastest growing source income for criminal organisations. As of 2010, human trafficking had been estimated to represent $31.6 billion of international trade (Haken, 2011)
According to ILO, forced labour takes up three forms: forced labour imposed by armed forces, forced commercial sexual exploitation and forced labour for economic exploitation, these two forms of forced labour are imposed by private agents or enterprises. The victims of human trafficking are often deceived, or forced into these activities. Traffickers often target people …show more content…
Throughout the world, The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has estimated that there are about 2.4 million people in the world who are lured into forced labour. This industry has been estimated that the total market value of illicit human trafficking is at 32 billion US dollars (ILO 2005) in accordance to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC, Scope of The Problem Globally). The countries that are highly involved in human trafficking are mostly in underdeveloped or developing countries such as Malaysia, India, China, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh & Thailand (Enos …show more content…
Costs of prevention and prosecution includes investigation costs by the Police force, costs of prison and probation services. On the other hand, costs of treatment for victims include the medical costs not only for the victims, but for the people affected by the victims as well. These costs are normally recovered through successful prosecution and the confiscation of assets of the traffickers. However, most of the time, the financing of these costs usually comes from the public fund, which will drain the existing sources of the country. While expenditures on the prevention of human trafficking seemed voluntary, Governments chose to incur them as a sign of their efforts against the crime. This, again, adds another burden on the country’s
Human trafficking is a criminal act that is plaguing the world. Human trafficking, simply put, is the trading of humans for purposes like forced labour. Human trafficking is said to be one of the fastest growing source income for criminal organisations. As of 2010, human trafficking had been estimated to represent $31.6 billion of international trade (Haken, 2011)
According to ILO, forced labour takes up three forms: forced labour imposed by armed forces, forced commercial sexual exploitation and forced labour for economic exploitation, these two forms of forced labour are imposed by private agents or enterprises. The victims of human trafficking are often deceived, or forced into these activities. Traffickers often target people …show more content…
Throughout the world, The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has estimated that there are about 2.4 million people in the world who are lured into forced labour. This industry has been estimated that the total market value of illicit human trafficking is at 32 billion US dollars (ILO 2005) in accordance to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC, Scope of The Problem Globally). The countries that are highly involved in human trafficking are mostly in underdeveloped or developing countries such as Malaysia, India, China, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh & Thailand (Enos …show more content…
Costs of prevention and prosecution includes investigation costs by the Police force, costs of prison and probation services. On the other hand, costs of treatment for victims include the medical costs not only for the victims, but for the people affected by the victims as well. These costs are normally recovered through successful prosecution and the confiscation of assets of the traffickers. However, most of the time, the financing of these costs usually comes from the public fund, which will drain the existing sources of the country. While expenditures on the prevention of human trafficking seemed voluntary, Governments chose to incur them as a sign of their efforts against the crime. This, again, adds another burden on the country’s