Modern World Slavery: Human Trafficking A common assumption made by the people of the United States is that slavery is history, but this is incorrect. Many Americans are unaware of human trafficking, also known as modern day slavery. Human trafficking is defined as “the action or practice of illegally transporting people from one country or area to another, typically for the purposes of forced labor, or commercial sexual exploitation” (Human Trafficking). This multi-billion-dollar criminal industry robs about 20.9 million people of their freedom (Human Trafficking). It wasn’t until last year that I noticed multiple articles on my Facebook feed based on human trafficking. The content of these articles were very alarming and painful to read.
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Many individuals migrate to the United States to seek better economic opportunities and freedom. In Väyrynen’s article “Illegal Immigration, Human Trafficking, and Organized Crime”, he explains it is common that the people who migrate here are illegal immigrants. As illegal immigrants, many need aid from professional smugglers. These professional smugglers use lies to convince immigrants to work for them. In addition, threats and violence is used to force these illegal immigrants to work against their will in many different industries. In Goździak’s article “Identifying child victims of Trafficking” she proposes the solution to human trafficking of illegal immigrants in regards to children “Improvements at the border have the most potential for increasing the identification of child victims of trafficking.” (Goździak). This means that immigrant officials and law enforcement workers need to identify the victims of human trafficking more consistently. Goździak explains in her article specific examples of children being smuggled across U.S. borders with non-legal guardians, and failing to be stopped or reported by immigrant officials. When thinking of possible ways to prevent human trafficking, both Goździak and Väyrynen discuss the issue of illegal immigrants trafficked and how it can be prevented at borders, or other ports of …show more content…
Consequently, the question of how to prevent human trafficking in the United States must be asked. Multiple solutions to the problems have been proposed, but action has not been taken yet. These solutions include: raising awareness and educating, improvements in border patrol, reports from health care professionals of possible trafficked victims, and proper attention and aid to vulnerable groups. If actions of prevention are not taken soon, then the crime of human trafficking will continue to grow. This means more, and more people will be affected by it. I would like to look into why these actions suggested have not taken place yet. Human trafficking is modern world slavery and must be solved by identifying its root
Many individuals migrate to the United States to seek better economic opportunities and freedom. In Väyrynen’s article “Illegal Immigration, Human Trafficking, and Organized Crime”, he explains it is common that the people who migrate here are illegal immigrants. As illegal immigrants, many need aid from professional smugglers. These professional smugglers use lies to convince immigrants to work for them. In addition, threats and violence is used to force these illegal immigrants to work against their will in many different industries. In Goździak’s article “Identifying child victims of Trafficking” she proposes the solution to human trafficking of illegal immigrants in regards to children “Improvements at the border have the most potential for increasing the identification of child victims of trafficking.” (Goździak). This means that immigrant officials and law enforcement workers need to identify the victims of human trafficking more consistently. Goździak explains in her article specific examples of children being smuggled across U.S. borders with non-legal guardians, and failing to be stopped or reported by immigrant officials. When thinking of possible ways to prevent human trafficking, both Goździak and Väyrynen discuss the issue of illegal immigrants trafficked and how it can be prevented at borders, or other ports of …show more content…
Consequently, the question of how to prevent human trafficking in the United States must be asked. Multiple solutions to the problems have been proposed, but action has not been taken yet. These solutions include: raising awareness and educating, improvements in border patrol, reports from health care professionals of possible trafficked victims, and proper attention and aid to vulnerable groups. If actions of prevention are not taken soon, then the crime of human trafficking will continue to grow. This means more, and more people will be affected by it. I would like to look into why these actions suggested have not taken place yet. Human trafficking is modern world slavery and must be solved by identifying its root