The thought of human trafficking in the United States was never something I gave much thought to until about a week ago, when the FBI saved 84 children as young as 3 months old, from being turned into sex slaves. Those 84 children were a part of a multi billion-dollar industry that entraps nearly 4.5 million people worldwide. The sex trafficking industry in Georgia alone was brings in around $290 million dollars a year. Making human trafficking the second most lucrative crime in the world, many expecting it to surpass illegal selling of firearms, and illegal drug trafficking. According to the Abolish Child Trafficking website, nearly 200,000 children will be at risk for sexual exploitation this year alone. Despite several laws in place to help stop human trafficking, the Internet is working against those efforts.
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The first step in fighting human trafficking and exploitation of children is by raising awareness within the community, educating people on what they could do to protect themselves and their children. UNICEF reported that nearly 1.2 million children are trafficked globally every year, and for me that is one too many. In the twenty-first century, human trafficking should have been a thing of the past, and should definitely not be gaining strength. The second thing our society should do is to prosecute those involved in these crimes more ferociously. Sunrise For Children, yet another organization that fights against child slavery, states that for every 800 people, only 1 person is convicted. Going back to the bust that the FBI conducted a week ago, 120 people were arrested, leaving me to wonder how many of those people are going to pay for the horrific crime they
The first step in fighting human trafficking and exploitation of children is by raising awareness within the community, educating people on what they could do to protect themselves and their children. UNICEF reported that nearly 1.2 million children are trafficked globally every year, and for me that is one too many. In the twenty-first century, human trafficking should have been a thing of the past, and should definitely not be gaining strength. The second thing our society should do is to prosecute those involved in these crimes more ferociously. Sunrise For Children, yet another organization that fights against child slavery, states that for every 800 people, only 1 person is convicted. Going back to the bust that the FBI conducted a week ago, 120 people were arrested, leaving me to wonder how many of those people are going to pay for the horrific crime they