Twenty-seven million victims. That is the estimated number of people being circulated through the crime that is human trafficking. Human trafficking is the trade of humans for reasons like sexual slavery, forced labor, or exploitation on sexual commercials. According to the U.S. State Department, trafficking is the world’s fastest growing criminal industry, with the average estimate being thirty-two billion dollars every year. In the United States, New York City is the largest hub for traffickers, along with Houston, Texas. In California, many cities along the California-Mexico border consist of illegal immigrants who will be drawn in by traffickers. Globally, trafficking is a growing issue is developing countries who have little or no government
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Sexual enslavement consists of the recruitment, transportation, and receipt of people, often immigrated into other countries. Forced labor is when people are employed and threatened by detention, violence, harm to their families, etc. Many immigrants will be forced into labor to pay off the debt that it costs to come to another country, and will be charged interest so it is difficult for them to get out of enslavement. Sexual exploitation is more commonly known as involuntary prostitution, where the person will have their human rights violated and be forced into sexual activity, and the trafficker will take all the profit. Overall, these different “categories” of human trafficking can all be minimized to the definition of the enslavement of a human being with no consent. While trafficking is quickly becoming the largest international crime industry, right now it is third behind illegal drugs are arms …show more content…
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, he and his two sons smuggled multiple women into America to have sex with them. The positive outcome of the terrible Lakireddy situation is that it brought about the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which was enacted in 2000. Originally, the act focused on international trafficking, and provided assistance to immigrant victims. The case also directly lead to the passage of Assembly Bill 22 in 2005. Before the Lakireddy case, many Americans had never heard the term Human Trafficking and did not know what it
Sexual enslavement consists of the recruitment, transportation, and receipt of people, often immigrated into other countries. Forced labor is when people are employed and threatened by detention, violence, harm to their families, etc. Many immigrants will be forced into labor to pay off the debt that it costs to come to another country, and will be charged interest so it is difficult for them to get out of enslavement. Sexual exploitation is more commonly known as involuntary prostitution, where the person will have their human rights violated and be forced into sexual activity, and the trafficker will take all the profit. Overall, these different “categories” of human trafficking can all be minimized to the definition of the enslavement of a human being with no consent. While trafficking is quickly becoming the largest international crime industry, right now it is third behind illegal drugs are arms …show more content…
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, he and his two sons smuggled multiple women into America to have sex with them. The positive outcome of the terrible Lakireddy situation is that it brought about the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which was enacted in 2000. Originally, the act focused on international trafficking, and provided assistance to immigrant victims. The case also directly lead to the passage of Assembly Bill 22 in 2005. Before the Lakireddy case, many Americans had never heard the term Human Trafficking and did not know what it