Drug Trafficking Essay

Republic, “Arizona trooper who saved teen sex-trade victim: 'No one should be trafficked,'” covers a case of sex-trafficking within the Central Arizona area. Mitchell’s purpose is to make the issue of the presence of sex trade apparent and that it is happening among us. The writer’s tone informs citizens of the Arizona area of this true story as well as cautioning citizens towards trafficking and the reality of such crimes within close proximities to citizens in the Southwest area. Mitchell uses…

of human trafficking is being noticed. Human trafficking is a wide spread problem that can include anything from sex trafficking, to labor trafficking, even the trafficking of organs. Each country is graded and assessed for funding and placed into a tier system. The countries can be placed in tier 1 (receives maximum funding), tier 2, tier 2 watch list, or tier 3 (receives the least funding) which tells how well those countries are protecting, preventing, and prosecuting human trafficking in…

Douglas Horton once said, “ While seeking revenge, dig two graves-one for yourself.” Revenge is an interesting topic, and many people have many different takes on it. However, revenge is almost always detrimental to all parties involved. In Edgar Allen Poe’s “Cask of the Amontillado”, Montresor seeks revenge against Fortunato who has wronged him in the past. In Pierre Morel’s Taken, the main character takes revenge on an organization that has been terrorizing his family. Both stories have much…

known as human trafficking. Human trafficking is the coercion of human beings for the purpose of forced labor, sexual exploitation or both and is a worldwide problem.1 What is human trafficking? The U.S. State Department categorizes human trafficking under two major classes, sex trafficking and involuntary servitude. Involuntary servitude is defined as the impressment of persons for labor services, most of who are harbored in confining conditions or as actual slaves. Sex trafficking is…

1a) In the “Anti Human Trafficking,” video, a woman named Vicki Zito had a 17 year old daughter who was kidnapped and forced into human trafficking. I believe it would difficult to find services for the young girl because she is so young and her innocence was completely destroyed. Certain things that I think would be difficult for her would be trusting people, and being in a sexual relationship. She might be afraid to have sexual relations with someone because of what had happened to her. She…

Stemming from a fundamental disregard for basic human rights, the travesty that is forced child labor has become a complex and pervasive issue in the globalized world of today. Any form of child labor for monetary gain, particularly when perpetrated by a third party, should be considered “forced”. The populations that are most vulnerable to the practice of child labor are those who are often discriminated against and excluded from society (e.g., girls, ethnic and racial minorities, lower classes…

Sex trafficking awareness has increased over the past few years in the United States. Many believed that trafficking only occurred outside of the United States, however, with the increase in awareness and education many myths surrounding this awful crime are beginning to be crushed. The United States is the number one destination for victims trafficked from Latin America and the Caribbean and one of the top three destinations for the victims trafficked from Asia (Hepburn & Simon, 2010).…

The Theme of Morality in Moll Flanders Daniel Defoe’s novel, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a story about the life of a beautiful woman who was born in Newgate Prison. Moll was determined to rise from the lower class she was born into, therefore she used marriage several times in order to obtain financial security. In the story, she was willing to sacrifice moral principles in order to gain prosperity. Her fear of poverty led her to commit many crimes, including…

Nawal El Saadawi is a feminist in a part of the world that some might argue truly needs feminism to achieve equality: the middle east. One of her main focuses is on prostitution in the region, and how it affects women who are abused in that line of work. This focus led to her writing the book Woman at Point Zero, which follows the life of a woman named Firdaus who was raised in 1970s Egypt. Firdaus does not lead a charmed life. From a very young age, she is neglected by her parents and sexually…

minorities are more vulnerable to become exploited, as they have no legitimacy in their state; thus placing them in situations where they can become a target for human trafficking. In the article “Human Trafficking and Minorities: Vulnerability Compounded by Discrimination”, Heidi Box states that “if we assume that susceptibility to trafficking is impacted and increased by powerful “push factors” like poverty, disenfranchisement, lack of education, and so on, then it follows that minority…