making it a very lucrative sector. When it comes to generating wealth there is no doubt international criminal will turn to human trafficking for sexual exploitations; Organizations like Dasra explains that
[the] reason why sex trafficking persists is straightforward: immense profitability with minimal risk. A net profit margin of over 70 percent makes sex trafficking one of the most profitable businesses in the world. It is becoming increasingly easy and inexpensive to procure, move and exploit vulnerable girls.
As stated before, victims of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation come from countries with undeveloped economies and political and social tensions. Like in other industries, a supply and demand relationship pushes …show more content…
Technology has dramatically improved world communications connecting the developed world with the undeveloped world also facilitating word trade and benefiting world economies. International Human trafficking for labor sexual exploitation has surely benefited from technological advances; In The Globalization of Sex Trafficking Karie Kabance explains
Cell phones and the internet made global communication easier than ever before, allowing traffickers to mobilize international crime rings more easily, more quickly, and with less cost … They use prepaid, one-time use cell phones to avoid being tracked by authorities during trafficking operations; they often provide cell phones to sex workers and use GPS to monitor their movement while they are working, ensuring they do not run away; and they use cell phones to communicate with potential customers. (12)
To further explain, the internet has also facilitated the advertisement and commercialization of labor and sex trafficking. Traffickers have now turned to online websites to establish connections with customers and to make the exchange of money more anonymous. The act of trafficking victims across international borders has many organized criminals working together due to the reason …show more content…
For example, in the United States the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) authorized in 2000 served to address sex trafficking and labor trafficking in the United States. The TVPA also focused on the prevention and protection for trafficking survivors, but also prosecuting traffickers. On the other hand, according to Natalie Jesionka in her article What 's Being Done to Stop Human Trafficking? Explains that while government-sponsored Anti-Trafficking Units continue to be established and more prosecutions are occurring, such laws are not completely enforced as they should be. To add on, countries like South Korea there are is still a lack of clear jurisdiction that identifies and defines human trafficking. Unlike many countries around the world Sweden has focused a lot on the sexual exploitation that human trafficking leads to as is it “criminalizes the purchase of sex and decriminalizes its sale. Though the law is not specifically aimed at forced prostitution or sex trafficking, it favors protectionist policies and views all sex workers as victims” (Kabance 32). For the human rights violations that occur with human trafficking to cease it is vital for government to establish proper legislation that protects victims and punishes
[the] reason why sex trafficking persists is straightforward: immense profitability with minimal risk. A net profit margin of over 70 percent makes sex trafficking one of the most profitable businesses in the world. It is becoming increasingly easy and inexpensive to procure, move and exploit vulnerable girls.
As stated before, victims of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation come from countries with undeveloped economies and political and social tensions. Like in other industries, a supply and demand relationship pushes …show more content…
Technology has dramatically improved world communications connecting the developed world with the undeveloped world also facilitating word trade and benefiting world economies. International Human trafficking for labor sexual exploitation has surely benefited from technological advances; In The Globalization of Sex Trafficking Karie Kabance explains
Cell phones and the internet made global communication easier than ever before, allowing traffickers to mobilize international crime rings more easily, more quickly, and with less cost … They use prepaid, one-time use cell phones to avoid being tracked by authorities during trafficking operations; they often provide cell phones to sex workers and use GPS to monitor their movement while they are working, ensuring they do not run away; and they use cell phones to communicate with potential customers. (12)
To further explain, the internet has also facilitated the advertisement and commercialization of labor and sex trafficking. Traffickers have now turned to online websites to establish connections with customers and to make the exchange of money more anonymous. The act of trafficking victims across international borders has many organized criminals working together due to the reason …show more content…
For example, in the United States the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) authorized in 2000 served to address sex trafficking and labor trafficking in the United States. The TVPA also focused on the prevention and protection for trafficking survivors, but also prosecuting traffickers. On the other hand, according to Natalie Jesionka in her article What 's Being Done to Stop Human Trafficking? Explains that while government-sponsored Anti-Trafficking Units continue to be established and more prosecutions are occurring, such laws are not completely enforced as they should be. To add on, countries like South Korea there are is still a lack of clear jurisdiction that identifies and defines human trafficking. Unlike many countries around the world Sweden has focused a lot on the sexual exploitation that human trafficking leads to as is it “criminalizes the purchase of sex and decriminalizes its sale. Though the law is not specifically aimed at forced prostitution or sex trafficking, it favors protectionist policies and views all sex workers as victims” (Kabance 32). For the human rights violations that occur with human trafficking to cease it is vital for government to establish proper legislation that protects victims and punishes