There are more acts of human trafficking today than in all history and is the 3rd largest international crime industry behind drugs and weapon trafficking. About 80% of trafficking is sex trafficking and 19% is labor trafficking. Human Trafficking has affected many people and societies around the world and children and teenagers should be made more aware of the dangers of trafficking through teaching people what it is and how to prevent it.
Human trafficking is defined as “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery”. There is three types of trafficking: …show more content…
The US State Department said that more than 600,000 - 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year. Human trafficking takes place in large cities for more ability to blend in and remain undercover. In the United States, New York, California, and Florida are places where you find the most human traffickers because they are large and heavily populated cities.” California is especially a hot spot for domestic and international human trafficking because of its large population, international borders, large economy, extensive ports, and metropolitan region.” “Immigration agents estimate that 10,000 women are being held in LA underground brothels (does not include domestic work, sweatshops, and other informal industries)” waiting to be given off to their next buyer. International high ranking human trafficking countries are Belarus, Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Albania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, China, Thailand, and Nigeria. Belgium, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States are the highest ranking trafficking locations. Brazil and Thailand are considered to have the worst child sex trafficking …show more content…
Slaves are not free to come and go as they please in order to avoid the chances of getting caught. They also have high security measures to decrease slaves from getting out or getting help. In the commercial sex industry, slaves have pimps or managers to control them. Slaves work very long and unusual hours and cannot control when they work or who they work for. They often times don’t get off days or any breaks during their work day. Often times the slaves have large amounts of debts they cannot pay off and are paid very little, unpaid and sometimes only paid through tips from there buyer or pimp. Slaves are recruited with false promises concerning the nature and conditions of their
Human trafficking is defined as “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery”. There is three types of trafficking: …show more content…
The US State Department said that more than 600,000 - 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year. Human trafficking takes place in large cities for more ability to blend in and remain undercover. In the United States, New York, California, and Florida are places where you find the most human traffickers because they are large and heavily populated cities.” California is especially a hot spot for domestic and international human trafficking because of its large population, international borders, large economy, extensive ports, and metropolitan region.” “Immigration agents estimate that 10,000 women are being held in LA underground brothels (does not include domestic work, sweatshops, and other informal industries)” waiting to be given off to their next buyer. International high ranking human trafficking countries are Belarus, Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Albania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, China, Thailand, and Nigeria. Belgium, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States are the highest ranking trafficking locations. Brazil and Thailand are considered to have the worst child sex trafficking …show more content…
Slaves are not free to come and go as they please in order to avoid the chances of getting caught. They also have high security measures to decrease slaves from getting out or getting help. In the commercial sex industry, slaves have pimps or managers to control them. Slaves work very long and unusual hours and cannot control when they work or who they work for. They often times don’t get off days or any breaks during their work day. Often times the slaves have large amounts of debts they cannot pay off and are paid very little, unpaid and sometimes only paid through tips from there buyer or pimp. Slaves are recruited with false promises concerning the nature and conditions of their