At least 20.9 million people will fall victim to being bought and sold for sexual exploitation (equailtynow.org). More needs to be done for those 20.9 million innocent people who have had their whole life ripped away from them. “Sex trafficking happens in every state, in every community, in every jurisdiction. It’s big business and it’s one of the worst crimes imaginable (aradillas).”
To completely understand the severity of this topic you first must understand its elements. The act, or what is done, is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring of persons for sexual purposes. The means, or how it is done, is the threat or use of force, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power, payments, or benefits giving to a person for control …show more content…
“He beat and raped her and posted explicit photographs of her in an ad on backpage.com, forcing her to have sex.(Aradillas)” That was said by the mother of a 15 year old girl. That girl loved everything in life, but she can no longer enjoy its wonders because she tragically passed away in the hands of her trafficker. At least 1.2 million minors will be found dead due to trafficking, that girl was one of those 1.2 …show more content…
The pimps, or traffickers, will most likely keep all profits. Sometimes if the pimp has a boss they will split the profit. The traffickers will often become extremely wealthy from this heinous crime.
More should be done for the victims of these atrocious acts. There are many ways to seek and find help. The National Human Trafficking Resource Center is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. 1 (888) 373-7888, SMS: 233733 (Text "HELP" or "INFO"), website: traffickingresourcecenter.org are the many ways you can report a trafficking crime.
Works Cited
Aradillas, Elaine. "The Fight against Online Child Trafficking Sold for Sex." People, vol. 87, no. 9, 20 Feb. 2017, p. 69. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,custuid&custid=s8455861&db=mih&AN=121212170&site=ehost-live&scope=site
www.equalitynow.org/traffickingFAQ
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-human-trafficking.html
https://www.stopthetraffik.org/the-scale-of-human-traffiking
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/global-report-on-trafficking-in-persons.html
To completely understand the severity of this topic you first must understand its elements. The act, or what is done, is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring of persons for sexual purposes. The means, or how it is done, is the threat or use of force, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power, payments, or benefits giving to a person for control …show more content…
“He beat and raped her and posted explicit photographs of her in an ad on backpage.com, forcing her to have sex.(Aradillas)” That was said by the mother of a 15 year old girl. That girl loved everything in life, but she can no longer enjoy its wonders because she tragically passed away in the hands of her trafficker. At least 1.2 million minors will be found dead due to trafficking, that girl was one of those 1.2 …show more content…
The pimps, or traffickers, will most likely keep all profits. Sometimes if the pimp has a boss they will split the profit. The traffickers will often become extremely wealthy from this heinous crime.
More should be done for the victims of these atrocious acts. There are many ways to seek and find help. The National Human Trafficking Resource Center is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. 1 (888) 373-7888, SMS: 233733 (Text "HELP" or "INFO"), website: traffickingresourcecenter.org are the many ways you can report a trafficking crime.
Works Cited
Aradillas, Elaine. "The Fight against Online Child Trafficking Sold for Sex." People, vol. 87, no. 9, 20 Feb. 2017, p. 69. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,custuid&custid=s8455861&db=mih&AN=121212170&site=ehost-live&scope=site
www.equalitynow.org/traffickingFAQ
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-human-trafficking.html
https://www.stopthetraffik.org/the-scale-of-human-traffiking
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/global-report-on-trafficking-in-persons.html