Slavery in the Modern World
“Like anyone, trafficking survivors want to be recognized for their personal and professional contributions and accomplishment. Like any former victim will tell you, it's not enough to survive a terrible trauma, because no individual should be defined or pigeonholed by the worst thing that ever happened to them... we must strive to empower victims who are desperately trying to make the overwhelming shift to survivor, as well as survivors who need and deserve to be recognized for more than his or her ‘story.’” These inspirational words come from now 30 year old Evelyn Chumbow, a modern slavery survivor and native of Cameroon. Taken from her home country at the young age of nine, Evelyn stayed unwillingly with her captors until she …show more content…
Tier 2 holds the countries which also have a problem but do not fully comply with the TVPA standard. And finally, Tier 3 holds the 18 countries which have a significant problem, yet aren’t making any visible efforts to help their people. When these numbers are put into one simple percent, it all becomes clear: only 17% of all the world’s countries are making a somewhat visible effort to combat this major crime, therefore, the world’s able countries need to do more to prevent trafficking in their nations [Human Trafficking]. While not all countries participate in the movement to end human trafficking, such as North Korea, Russia, and Thailand—countries who oppose the TVPA, one country stands at the front of the prevention pack: Italy. This European country “is the main initial destination for the majority of refugees{from Libya} [Human Trafficking]. Already suffering from an economic crisis driven by public debt, Italy's public sector has borne the burden of conducting search
“Like anyone, trafficking survivors want to be recognized for their personal and professional contributions and accomplishment. Like any former victim will tell you, it's not enough to survive a terrible trauma, because no individual should be defined or pigeonholed by the worst thing that ever happened to them... we must strive to empower victims who are desperately trying to make the overwhelming shift to survivor, as well as survivors who need and deserve to be recognized for more than his or her ‘story.’” These inspirational words come from now 30 year old Evelyn Chumbow, a modern slavery survivor and native of Cameroon. Taken from her home country at the young age of nine, Evelyn stayed unwillingly with her captors until she …show more content…
Tier 2 holds the countries which also have a problem but do not fully comply with the TVPA standard. And finally, Tier 3 holds the 18 countries which have a significant problem, yet aren’t making any visible efforts to help their people. When these numbers are put into one simple percent, it all becomes clear: only 17% of all the world’s countries are making a somewhat visible effort to combat this major crime, therefore, the world’s able countries need to do more to prevent trafficking in their nations [Human Trafficking]. While not all countries participate in the movement to end human trafficking, such as North Korea, Russia, and Thailand—countries who oppose the TVPA, one country stands at the front of the prevention pack: Italy. This European country “is the main initial destination for the majority of refugees{from Libya} [Human Trafficking]. Already suffering from an economic crisis driven by public debt, Italy's public sector has borne the burden of conducting search