Introduction
Slavery has a long history from the ancient Egyptians and Romans to the period of slavery at the dawn of the United States. Ngwe and Elechi (2012) point out that slavery in ancient times, including slavery in the Americas until approximately 1880, was very different from what slavery or human trafficking is today. The writers state that one difference between modern and ancient slavery is the status of ownership. In ancient times the slave was accepted as property of the owner (Ngwe & Elechi, 2012). Conversely, slavery is illegal in most industrialized countries and therefore slave ownership is evaded. In economic terms, it was much more costly to purchase a slave in ancient times as a result they were preserved (Ngwe & Elechi, …show more content…
They warn that human smugglers create an illicit market of migration when governments restrict legal movement between countries. In countries where there are weak laws and enforcement, the traffickers provide transportation and forged documents for people smuggled and/or trafficked(Wheaton et al., 2012). These conditions are the beginning of an illegal labor market between unsuspecting victims, the traffickers, and employers in the destination country. The traffickers are well paid and the employers have a cheap sources of labor from the deceived slaves. Slaves are often powerless, they may have few or no legal protections. This also has an impact on the local economy since those of legal status who would work at a fair or at least legal wage, are unemployed by the low cost and maintenance of the exploited workers (Wheaton et al., …show more content…
First they recognize that some of the evaluators in the Cambodian survey of the post-trafficked females were minimally trained. It is unknown how much time elapsed between rescue and the survey and files were not well-kept. Despite these difficulties in obtaining accurate data, it is clear from Oram et al, (2012) and the other sources that the human slave market is on the rise. There must be more research and programs to curb the human market as it is an attack on human dignity. In each of these reports it is likely that some of the respondents were fearful of retaliation when conducting the
Slavery has a long history from the ancient Egyptians and Romans to the period of slavery at the dawn of the United States. Ngwe and Elechi (2012) point out that slavery in ancient times, including slavery in the Americas until approximately 1880, was very different from what slavery or human trafficking is today. The writers state that one difference between modern and ancient slavery is the status of ownership. In ancient times the slave was accepted as property of the owner (Ngwe & Elechi, 2012). Conversely, slavery is illegal in most industrialized countries and therefore slave ownership is evaded. In economic terms, it was much more costly to purchase a slave in ancient times as a result they were preserved (Ngwe & Elechi, …show more content…
They warn that human smugglers create an illicit market of migration when governments restrict legal movement between countries. In countries where there are weak laws and enforcement, the traffickers provide transportation and forged documents for people smuggled and/or trafficked(Wheaton et al., 2012). These conditions are the beginning of an illegal labor market between unsuspecting victims, the traffickers, and employers in the destination country. The traffickers are well paid and the employers have a cheap sources of labor from the deceived slaves. Slaves are often powerless, they may have few or no legal protections. This also has an impact on the local economy since those of legal status who would work at a fair or at least legal wage, are unemployed by the low cost and maintenance of the exploited workers (Wheaton et al., …show more content…
First they recognize that some of the evaluators in the Cambodian survey of the post-trafficked females were minimally trained. It is unknown how much time elapsed between rescue and the survey and files were not well-kept. Despite these difficulties in obtaining accurate data, it is clear from Oram et al, (2012) and the other sources that the human slave market is on the rise. There must be more research and programs to curb the human market as it is an attack on human dignity. In each of these reports it is likely that some of the respondents were fearful of retaliation when conducting the