Human trafficking is the illegal movement of people, also known as modern day slavery is a crime that involves coercing someone to engage in sexual acts or to provide labor. There are multiple types of trafficking, sex trafficking, forced labor and debt bondage are the three most common according to the U.S. Department of State. The earliest form of global human trafficking began with the African Slave Trade in 1807, although there were laws against slavery, this trade was both legal and government-tolerated (Oster). The Coalition against Trafficking in Women (CATW) was the first international non-government organization to focus on human trafficking. Human trafficking is a global issue, but many third-world countries do not have laws in place
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People argue that the victims can always escape and contact authorities, but Lisa Goldblatt Grace in “Understanding the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children” (2009) notes that while some pimps utilize forceful methods of procuring prostitutes, the most frequently used strategy is seduction.(1) Similar to grooming techniques used by child molesters, the use of professed love and attention in the recruitment process is an easier method of manipulation than force or violence due to the strong emotional bond victims form with the offenders.(2) This emotional attachment to the men they consider to be their boyfriends leads women to allow the offenders to pressure and persuade them into selling their bodies.(3) Human Trafficking has many organizations a few that I will be mentioning in my paper are Opening Doors, HT Legal Center, and Advocates of Freedom or AFF. The stakeholder I will be mentioning is Ms. Giovanna Hernandez Williams, director and internship coordinator of Project to End Human Trafficking. If the government can see human trafficking for what it really is, victims would be able to live a normal
People argue that the victims can always escape and contact authorities, but Lisa Goldblatt Grace in “Understanding the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children” (2009) notes that while some pimps utilize forceful methods of procuring prostitutes, the most frequently used strategy is seduction.(1) Similar to grooming techniques used by child molesters, the use of professed love and attention in the recruitment process is an easier method of manipulation than force or violence due to the strong emotional bond victims form with the offenders.(2) This emotional attachment to the men they consider to be their boyfriends leads women to allow the offenders to pressure and persuade them into selling their bodies.(3) Human Trafficking has many organizations a few that I will be mentioning in my paper are Opening Doors, HT Legal Center, and Advocates of Freedom or AFF. The stakeholder I will be mentioning is Ms. Giovanna Hernandez Williams, director and internship coordinator of Project to End Human Trafficking. If the government can see human trafficking for what it really is, victims would be able to live a normal