Slavery: The Role Of Human Trafficking In Cambodia

Imagine living off of 2 dollars a day with a family and pressure from people to send your child to traffickers so that you can survive. So many young children in Cambodia are sold to help pay for their families’ debt, housing and food because many are diseased, starving or unable to work. No, it is not worth it and is morally wrong to sell them. There should be more enforcement of the law and they should stick to it. Also do more to protect the ones who have been rescued as well as new laws for surveillance.
Human trafficking is simply the recruitment, transportation, and harboring for the purpose of exploiting their labor. In Cambodia Human trafficking is nearly just a part of the culture. It has existed for centuries and is the modern form of slavery but only in the last few decades has some light been shed on it though the exact time of when it started in Cambodia cannot be pinpointed. …show more content…
Sex trafficking is recruitment, harboring, transporting, or obtaining a reason for the purpose of a sex act induced by force. The people who are targeted are mostly females and young children, which can be as young as 4 years old, the average age of a pre-kindergarten student. Males also have the chance to be subject to sex trafficking. When it comes to sex trafficking it can include selling yourself for money or pornography. Much like girls who come from poor families are forced sometimes into prostitution or children who are kidnapped and forced to perform unlawful acts in front of a camera. The second main type of human trafficking is labor trafficking. Men and pretty much any able bodied worker can become a victim of labor trafficking. Labor trafficking can include domestic servitude, small business work, as well as, factories and agriculture. This resembles slavery in the U.S. greatly they did not get paid and if they did very little. it is the same situation when it comes to labor