Sex Trafficking And Globalization

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The world says that being a human that we all have the right to be free from any form of slavery, abuses, violence and fear. These law is not biased against whether we are wealthy as German Shepard or as poor as garbage pile. Sex trafficking does not just target a certain kind of person. Traffickers target any random person. You can easily be sitting in the same shoes as a victim of this hurtful crime. There is only one way to stop this whole global issue affecting globalization, and that is to educated people on the dangers of these crimes. We need to shed light on this horrible thing and create laws to stop it all across the globe. It might not be happening as frequently in the United State like other countries, but no one should feel like

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