An ideal world is a place where people are free to make their own choices and fate; unfortunately, a place like that will not exist in current conditions. “The illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or other forms of exploitation” has been occurring over the world for the longest time (Dictionary.com). As over 80,000 people are trafficked each year, it has become a $9 billion annually global industry (“Human Trafficking Program”). Human trafficking has been a concern that has been debated over by world leaders relating to the possibility of being increased due to legalizing prostitution. During the 1980s, the amounts of victims of trafficking solely for prostitution in South-East
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From the experiences of former prostitutes, it has shown that in areas where prostitution is legal, there has been an increase in human trafficking. Rachel Lloyd is the executive director of Girls Educational and Mentoring Services in New York City. In Lloyd’s teenage years, she had worked in the German legal sex industry (Lloyd). In her past, most of her associates were immigrants that were sexually abused prior to entering the prostitution business. There have been multiple studies showing that between 70 and 90 percent of children and women in prostitution had been sexually abused before working in this profession (Lloyd). In order to escape their abusive past, women and children that are unaware of impending danger, will take any offers to escape to a foreign land. Those places will most likely be where the act of selling yourself or others for sexual interactions is legal. Where prostitution is legal, those areas have experienced higher rates of human trafficking than in areas where prostitution is …show more content…
Many countries have installed programs to decrease human trafficking cases. In Sweden, prostitution was criminalized, and the result was profound. It had shrunk the prostitution market, and there was decline in human trafficking. Sweden and Denmark, where prostitution is decriminalized, was compared to Germany, where prostitution is tolerated. It is evident that whether prostitution is legal or not, it has a tremendous effect on the flow of the trafficking of human beings. In the United States, prostitution is illegal for the exception of certain Nevada counties. Laws, such as prison time or deportation, are implemented to control prostitution. Another source of help is the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This organization had offered help in many countries to help cease human trafficking (“Prosecuting Human Traffickers”). Efforts such as these can make a difference to victims of trafficking. It will protect women that could be trafficked and ones that are already
From the experiences of former prostitutes, it has shown that in areas where prostitution is legal, there has been an increase in human trafficking. Rachel Lloyd is the executive director of Girls Educational and Mentoring Services in New York City. In Lloyd’s teenage years, she had worked in the German legal sex industry (Lloyd). In her past, most of her associates were immigrants that were sexually abused prior to entering the prostitution business. There have been multiple studies showing that between 70 and 90 percent of children and women in prostitution had been sexually abused before working in this profession (Lloyd). In order to escape their abusive past, women and children that are unaware of impending danger, will take any offers to escape to a foreign land. Those places will most likely be where the act of selling yourself or others for sexual interactions is legal. Where prostitution is legal, those areas have experienced higher rates of human trafficking than in areas where prostitution is …show more content…
Many countries have installed programs to decrease human trafficking cases. In Sweden, prostitution was criminalized, and the result was profound. It had shrunk the prostitution market, and there was decline in human trafficking. Sweden and Denmark, where prostitution is decriminalized, was compared to Germany, where prostitution is tolerated. It is evident that whether prostitution is legal or not, it has a tremendous effect on the flow of the trafficking of human beings. In the United States, prostitution is illegal for the exception of certain Nevada counties. Laws, such as prison time or deportation, are implemented to control prostitution. Another source of help is the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This organization had offered help in many countries to help cease human trafficking (“Prosecuting Human Traffickers”). Efforts such as these can make a difference to victims of trafficking. It will protect women that could be trafficked and ones that are already