Jon, this is a very well written post about human trafficking. I was surprised to learn all of the other reason people become victims of human trafficking, like the removal of organs. This was a real eye opener for me. The perpetrators of human trafficking are guilty of a criminal act. In fact, “Trafficked persons should also be seen as victims of crime. Support and protection of victims is a humanitarian objective and an important means of ensuring that victims are willing and able to assist in criminal cases” (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, n.d.). In this author’s opinion, there should be stiff punishments for these types of crimes. Human trafficking has become a business for the offenders and this has a created demand for
