After reading any article concerning the data that we have about human trafficking I learned that most of it isn’t sound. The underlying reason as to why we can’t stop traffickers is because we don’t specifically know what we are dealing with. What this means is that we don’t all have the same definition of what human trafficking is and if we are not in agreement on what the problem is then the problem can not be solved. Since this is a global issue the first step is a universal definition, one which everyone agrees upon, of what human trafficking is. Not having a good definition affects the data that is collected, for example, some places solely record the number of women trafficked, excluding men and children. Next we must understand the
