Slavery, loneliness, pain, sexually abused are the fate of trafficked people. It’s in the hands of the nation to help prevent these horrific events. The growing amount of 700,000 people is trafficked every year for the purposes of sexual activities and labor. They are adopted and sold into modern-day slavery across the globe. Slavery takes me back to the time my ancestors were taken and brought into a new world just to become slaves and work in the cotton field. Yet, the reality is that after Martin Luther helped us gain our civil rights back, It did not change, the fact that slavery still exists today on an even greater scale. Today in our society Human Trafficking is bigger than even men. Children and women are being stolen and traded for sex and labor every day. As a union, we need to stand up and fight against the problem. It needs to be brought to the attention of the nation, we need to take action and plan to stop trafficking, and provide help for people who have been smuggled. Human trafficking is a fight for money, many companies exploited several undeveloped nations to empower people in the practice of using forced labor to catch fish to process meat, clothing, shoes, and toys so they are reducing the money spent on their behalf.
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People don 't realize who makes their clothes. 68% of human trafficking is forced labor exploitation which generates $150.2 billion per year in illegal profits globally according to Mashable. Many may think this is a great thing for the economy, but it is immoral and against human rights and nature. Human trafficking is like slavery due to the methods by improper means such as force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them. In 2008, a case emerged where several migrants were found to be illegally smuggled into Thailand by traffickers. Fifty-seven of these migrants suffocated to death while being transported after being confined in a seafood container where the air-conditioning system malfunctioned. The driver fled the scene when he realized that individuals had collapsed. (Patricia Young). Traffickers do not care about the well-being of the most trafficked. They are often beaten, starved, and forced to work as prostitutes or to take jobs as migrant, domestic, restaurant, or factory workers with little or no pay, others die of disease, malnutrition, exhaustion, suicide. Every person can contribute towards stopping trafficking by being vigilant , inspiring and supporting the cause. The International Megan’s law which honors the memory of Megan Kanka -- a precious girl from my hometown of Hamilton, N.J., who was kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered in 1994 by a neighbor who, unbeknown to neighborhood residents, was a convicted sex offender. As a result of hard work by Megan 's parents, Maureen and Richard Kanka, and others, all 50 states passed Megan 's laws requiring public notification of convicted sex offenders living in a community (Smith, Chris). Corban Addison a writer who wrote A Walk Across the Sun. Although It is a work of fiction, this story of two sisters who are abducted and sold into the sex trade rings for far too many/After an American attorney working in India learns of their story, he begins an emotional mission to fight back and win the girls ' freedom. Addison 's prose provides a voice not only for his characters, but for the millions of others who share the same story and await their opportunity for freedom as well (Grillot, Suzette). Stories like this established law like the international agreement for the suppression of “White Slave Traffic” in 1904. The purpose of it was to protect women, old and young from being involved in “ white slave traffic” which is referred to forcing or deceiving a white woman or girl into prostitution. Donating to an organization and social funds invested in the cause can greatly help. Mashable says, Organizations like the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of trafficking in persons, the Polaris Project and Free the slave’s value public contribution. Law enforcement needs to inform schools and parents about the trafficking history of the area in which they live in. In the USA, the
People don 't realize who makes their clothes. 68% of human trafficking is forced labor exploitation which generates $150.2 billion per year in illegal profits globally according to Mashable. Many may think this is a great thing for the economy, but it is immoral and against human rights and nature. Human trafficking is like slavery due to the methods by improper means such as force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them. In 2008, a case emerged where several migrants were found to be illegally smuggled into Thailand by traffickers. Fifty-seven of these migrants suffocated to death while being transported after being confined in a seafood container where the air-conditioning system malfunctioned. The driver fled the scene when he realized that individuals had collapsed. (Patricia Young). Traffickers do not care about the well-being of the most trafficked. They are often beaten, starved, and forced to work as prostitutes or to take jobs as migrant, domestic, restaurant, or factory workers with little or no pay, others die of disease, malnutrition, exhaustion, suicide. Every person can contribute towards stopping trafficking by being vigilant , inspiring and supporting the cause. The International Megan’s law which honors the memory of Megan Kanka -- a precious girl from my hometown of Hamilton, N.J., who was kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered in 1994 by a neighbor who, unbeknown to neighborhood residents, was a convicted sex offender. As a result of hard work by Megan 's parents, Maureen and Richard Kanka, and others, all 50 states passed Megan 's laws requiring public notification of convicted sex offenders living in a community (Smith, Chris). Corban Addison a writer who wrote A Walk Across the Sun. Although It is a work of fiction, this story of two sisters who are abducted and sold into the sex trade rings for far too many/After an American attorney working in India learns of their story, he begins an emotional mission to fight back and win the girls ' freedom. Addison 's prose provides a voice not only for his characters, but for the millions of others who share the same story and await their opportunity for freedom as well (Grillot, Suzette). Stories like this established law like the international agreement for the suppression of “White Slave Traffic” in 1904. The purpose of it was to protect women, old and young from being involved in “ white slave traffic” which is referred to forcing or deceiving a white woman or girl into prostitution. Donating to an organization and social funds invested in the cause can greatly help. Mashable says, Organizations like the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of trafficking in persons, the Polaris Project and Free the slave’s value public contribution. Law enforcement needs to inform schools and parents about the trafficking history of the area in which they live in. In the USA, the