So I go to Starbucks pretty regularly, I can be a bit of a coffee addict. They have Fairtrade coffee and I figure that if coffee is my only vice, that’s not so bad and everyone’s happy. My significant other is the director of a drug treatment center, and we volunteer at End Slavery Cincinnati so trafficking is something I’m a bit familiar with. Human Trafficking is just a modern way to say Slavery, maybe it sits better on the tongue of some. It happens in every country, in every city and probably closer to most of us than we would have ever thought possible.
Since this is a business class I figure that keeping trafficking in the business/labor realm is most appropriate. The International Labour Organization estimates that there are a staggering …show more content…
But then there are also migrant workers who have perhaps come here illegally: those who have a debt bondage that they may never be able to come out from under. Debt bondage is also known as debt labor or debt slavery. Often times a person will promise to do labor or services to repay a debit or obligation of their own, or a family member’s debt. Traffickers may charge victims for real or alleged debt that they do not reasonably apply the victim’s wages for. Traffickers may charge victims fees for missed work, food, transportation, boarding and other incidentals like bad behavior (MHeffern 7/11/12, ABC’s of Human Trafficking: Debt Bondage Exploitation and Force). This is especially true when that person has been brought illegally into another country or feels the trafficker has greatly helped them in some way. There may be no time duration or even type of service required for the repayment to be paid. Many times someone will provide the trafficked person with lodging, food and transportation, but it is always racking up the debt already owed. Then the trafficked person just falls deeper and deeper into the “debt trap” that is meant to take years to pay off, if at all. The trafficker can be anyone, including someone they know, such as a
Since this is a business class I figure that keeping trafficking in the business/labor realm is most appropriate. The International Labour Organization estimates that there are a staggering …show more content…
But then there are also migrant workers who have perhaps come here illegally: those who have a debt bondage that they may never be able to come out from under. Debt bondage is also known as debt labor or debt slavery. Often times a person will promise to do labor or services to repay a debit or obligation of their own, or a family member’s debt. Traffickers may charge victims for real or alleged debt that they do not reasonably apply the victim’s wages for. Traffickers may charge victims fees for missed work, food, transportation, boarding and other incidentals like bad behavior (MHeffern 7/11/12, ABC’s of Human Trafficking: Debt Bondage Exploitation and Force). This is especially true when that person has been brought illegally into another country or feels the trafficker has greatly helped them in some way. There may be no time duration or even type of service required for the repayment to be paid. Many times someone will provide the trafficked person with lodging, food and transportation, but it is always racking up the debt already owed. Then the trafficked person just falls deeper and deeper into the “debt trap” that is meant to take years to pay off, if at all. The trafficker can be anyone, including someone they know, such as a