Each year human trafficking can generate up to 9.5 billion dollars (The Covering House). Human trafficking is today’s version of slavery, and it is usually sexual labor. Human Trafficking consist of recruitment, transporting, and forcing of an act (Michigan Task Force). These people are taken anywhere and forced into this lifestyle. People compare human trafficking to slavery because they are extremely similar, for instance, these people are being held usually against their will to be of service to the pimp or master. According to The Department of Health and Human Services, traffickers lure people with false promises on a better life, being sold to the traffickers, or just being kidnapped (9). The exploitation of these people is disturbing
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Fortunately there have been many people who have escaped from their pimp and only come out with minor injuries or none at all. But then there are other victims who are not so lucky. It is very common for victims to escape with a sexually transmitted disease, exhaustion, starvation, and other injuries. "71% of victims are controlled by the use of drugs" (Pimps in United States 1). Traffickers will keep their victims heavily sedated so they do not have the strength to fight back and the victims are easier to control. Unfortunately a big part of the trafficking industry is forced abortions. Men will rape there victims and if they impregnated them they would beat them until they miscarried or used drugs. A forced abortion is very enforced in China because of the One-Child policy (Small Voice: Human Trafficking). Normally if a women in China becomes pregnant after the first child and it is a girl then a forced abortion will occur (Small Voice: Human Trafficking). On May 8th, 2013 Ariel Castro was charged with aggravated murder due to the five pregnancies he terminated (Life News 2). Obviously when being forced into the Human Trafficking industry you sadly are forced into doing sexual acts with multiple people. When a victims pimp sends them out for the day or night they will sometimes give them a quota that they need to earn to refrain from the pimp beatings them, raping them, or letting them starve or not have shelter for the night (Pimps in United States
Fortunately there have been many people who have escaped from their pimp and only come out with minor injuries or none at all. But then there are other victims who are not so lucky. It is very common for victims to escape with a sexually transmitted disease, exhaustion, starvation, and other injuries. "71% of victims are controlled by the use of drugs" (Pimps in United States 1). Traffickers will keep their victims heavily sedated so they do not have the strength to fight back and the victims are easier to control. Unfortunately a big part of the trafficking industry is forced abortions. Men will rape there victims and if they impregnated them they would beat them until they miscarried or used drugs. A forced abortion is very enforced in China because of the One-Child policy (Small Voice: Human Trafficking). Normally if a women in China becomes pregnant after the first child and it is a girl then a forced abortion will occur (Small Voice: Human Trafficking). On May 8th, 2013 Ariel Castro was charged with aggravated murder due to the five pregnancies he terminated (Life News 2). Obviously when being forced into the Human Trafficking industry you sadly are forced into doing sexual acts with multiple people. When a victims pimp sends them out for the day or night they will sometimes give them a quota that they need to earn to refrain from the pimp beatings them, raping them, or letting them starve or not have shelter for the night (Pimps in United States