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    all snatched away from her in the blink of an eye; this little girl was kidnapped and sold into the human trafficking ring by the drug cartel. Her hopes of becoming a doctor and her dreams of living a full life will never be accomplished. She was raped and beaten for the majority of her life and died, in bondage, as a slave to her oppressors. (Loaded Language, Pathos, and Anecdote) Human trafficking is the action or practice of illegally transporting people from one country or area to another,…

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    to Todres (2013), human trafficking is “the recruitment, transportation,” or transfer of people, using fear, coercion, or deceit, “for the purpose of exploitation” (para. 3). In other words, human trafficking is modern-day slavery. Although human trafficking is a global problem, labor and commercial sex trafficking is practiced domestically in the United States, which is influenced by consumer choices and the anti-trafficking policies of corporations. In 2000, the Trafficking Victims…

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    Human trafficking is a growing epidemic in our country and surrounding areas. It is sweeping across our nation and stealing the innocence that once resided in all of the children of the world. There are also many factors that play a part in certain individuals being at risk for human trafficking more than others, who are not at a high risk of becoming a victim of this crime. These are risks that we can, in fact, help to eliminate. Everyone can come together and work to eliminate this heinous…

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    definition of human trafficking is that it is trading in human beings. It is mostly carried out for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation, sexual slavery, forced labor or others. Human trafficking can occur at both local and transnational levels, and it is criminal because it violates the victims’ rights of movement through coercion and because of their commercial exploitation (Chuang, 2014). Even if people are not moved from one place to another, trade in them alone is still human…

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    million people are trafficked every year” (Curson 10). Human trafficking not only affects the victims, buy also the economy negatively through money laundering. There are also several ways to see if human trafficking is being committed. Many people do not know what human trafficking is and how to notice it, it not only affects the victims it affects people globally. To be able to spot it, you first have to know what it is. Human trafficking is when a victim is forced for sex acts through…

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    than before. Human trafficking is an illegal trade or sale of human beings for sexual exploitation or forced labor through abduction (Facts on Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery). Young women and girls are more prone to be victimized than any other age. Economic, political, and social instability cause citizens to feel miserable and hopeless where their only choice is to look for help from outside source. The hopelessness of the citizens makes them more exposed to the human trafficking. Although,…

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    In the world of human trafficking, few countries carry the notorious reputation that Brazil does. It is fairly common knowledge that in Brazil, anything can be found. There is something for every dark souled suitor in the country so well acquainted with natural beauty. Juxtaposed to the reality of Brazil’s trafficking problem, the country’s beauty diminishes. There is luckily a strong government and nonprofit movement to reduce and eradicate the buying and selling of humans for labor or sexual…

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    and stripped of their freedom; the human trafficking industry is a complete violation of human rights. Often referred to as modern day slavery, human trafficking is one of the greatest ethical challenges we face globally. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the human trafficking industry is one of the fastest growing activities for trans-national criminal organisations; an estimated $31.6 billion international trade. Trafficking of humans, in the simplest term, refers to…

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    Healthier Cure to Human Trafficking Human trafficking is a very secretive business and it often goes unnoticed. Human trafficking is the buying and reselling of people for a multitude of reasons, the largest of which is sex slavery. In many third world countries prostitution is legal, and although human trafficking is not, many countries have low regulation rates and laws. In third world countries such as Bangladesh the number of men, women, and children involved in human trafficking is very…

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    Security defines human trafficking as a “modern-day form of slavery involving the illegal trade of people for exploitation or commercial gain.” In 2012, The International Labor Organization estimated that there are 20.9 million human trafficking victims worldwide.” (Alvarez, 2016) After reading this article I feel the main ideas conveyed are that the human sex trafficking industry is growing rapidly no matter how much law enforcement tries to control it. “The Victims of Trafficking and Violence…

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