Human trafficking has been around for many centuries now, but in multiple different forms. Another term for human trafficking is modern day slavery. Human trafficking is not an issue that should be taken lightly because so many individuals become victims. Human trafficking has a long broad definition of someone who is “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation or the prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs (Getu 142). It is considered the fastest growing
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One could look at the people involved and say that their character is connected to his or her morals. If characters are shown by moral actions, there are no good moral actions involved in this type of business. First point to look at is the action of human trafficking is against the law. Breaking the law is showing poor moral actions to society. The second point could be to look at issues such as lying and cheating. Lying is a sin, according tot the Bible, Lying has to take place in human trafficking but if the owner gets asked a question about what his or her job is, I am sure that he or she is not open to saying that he or she is involved. Cheating is another problem because the owners are receiving the money earned by the victims not the owner. The owner can make so much money off of one victim and the victim does not receive anything positive from being involved. This article by Cohen gave multiple examples of poor families from other countries, where the children would be convinced to go to help make a living by giving money to their family. In the end, the children were stuck working for the owner but did not see any of the money made (Cohen 945). Situations like this happen constantly because the children believe that they are helping out their families, when instead, the owners are cheating the
One could look at the people involved and say that their character is connected to his or her morals. If characters are shown by moral actions, there are no good moral actions involved in this type of business. First point to look at is the action of human trafficking is against the law. Breaking the law is showing poor moral actions to society. The second point could be to look at issues such as lying and cheating. Lying is a sin, according tot the Bible, Lying has to take place in human trafficking but if the owner gets asked a question about what his or her job is, I am sure that he or she is not open to saying that he or she is involved. Cheating is another problem because the owners are receiving the money earned by the victims not the owner. The owner can make so much money off of one victim and the victim does not receive anything positive from being involved. This article by Cohen gave multiple examples of poor families from other countries, where the children would be convinced to go to help make a living by giving money to their family. In the end, the children were stuck working for the owner but did not see any of the money made (Cohen 945). Situations like this happen constantly because the children believe that they are helping out their families, when instead, the owners are cheating the