What is human trafficking? Human trafficking is the illegal move of people for the purposes of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Human trafficking is also known as modern day slavery because a person's life, liberty, and fortune is under the absolute control of another. The person may also then be sold, bought, or used at the will of the owner. The average entry age in America for minors into sex trade is 12-14 years old. Most of the victims are runaway girls who have been previously sexually abused. Human trafficking often gets confused with human smuggling. Human Trafficking includes forced labor, fraud, and exploitation. On the other hand, with smuggling the person generally cooperates and they are free to leave, or change jobs.
Many of the women and children involved are kidnapped and taken into the trafficking environment. Some of the children get sold to the traffickers by their parents to give them a better opportunity to earn a better life and education. Women and children, both often get involved with drugs some forced and others taken voluntarily as a coping agent. They often physically and psychologically abused, also they get locked in chains and locks by the traffickers so they do not escape. The reason why women and children are …show more content…
This included women and children both male and female. In 1921, 33 different countries signed an International Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children. Back then human trafficking only was used for sexual exploitation and prostitution. After World War 2 the U.N adopted the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others in 1949. It was the 1st legally binding international agreement on human trafficking. 51 years after that different forms of exploitation which includes organ harvesting, slavery, and forced labor
Many of the women and children involved are kidnapped and taken into the trafficking environment. Some of the children get sold to the traffickers by their parents to give them a better opportunity to earn a better life and education. Women and children, both often get involved with drugs some forced and others taken voluntarily as a coping agent. They often physically and psychologically abused, also they get locked in chains and locks by the traffickers so they do not escape. The reason why women and children are …show more content…
This included women and children both male and female. In 1921, 33 different countries signed an International Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children. Back then human trafficking only was used for sexual exploitation and prostitution. After World War 2 the U.N adopted the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others in 1949. It was the 1st legally binding international agreement on human trafficking. 51 years after that different forms of exploitation which includes organ harvesting, slavery, and forced labor