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    People smuggling means exporting or importing people across the borders of the country without the permission of the government as well as without paying customs duties. Nowadays, dealing with people smuggling has become a growing priority for many governments around the world. In the last two decades, globalization and conflicts have seen an increase in international migration flows, and people have left their homes in search of better lives elsewhere -- often to the developed countries like Western Europe, North America. The individuals who pay a smuggler in order to gain illegal entry to a country do so voluntarily whereas the victims of smuggling are often forced into entering another country. According to the Martin Evans…

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    Human Trafficking Issues

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    has been changed the end result remains the same. People are misled or kidnapped and forced into performing acts against their will. Even though it has been an issue for centuries, and nearly all countries have recently made slavery illegal, the practice continues and even flourishes. In fact it is one of the fastest growing international crimes with an estimated $32 billion annual profit (Aaronson, 2013) and over 20 million victims worldwide (The White House, 2012). Traffickers commonly get…

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    increased supply and demand. This illicit trade is hidden within the massive movement of people through migration. The increase in supply is due to globalization causing an increase in economic and demographic imbalance between the developed and developing world. Globalization has increased tourism which has enabled pedophiles to travel and many of them to engage in sex tourism. The expansion of trafficking resulted from the transportation infrastructure and the decrease in transportation costs.…

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    Modern Slavery

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    Tier 2 holds the countries which also have a problem but do not fully comply with the TVPA standard. And finally, Tier 3 holds the 18 countries which have a significant problem, yet aren’t making any visible efforts to help their people. When these numbers are put into one simple percent, it all becomes clear: only 17% of all the world’s countries are making a somewhat visible effort to combat this major crime, therefore, the world’s able countries need to do more to prevent trafficking in their…

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    Human Trafficking in America alone is a 32 billion dollar a year industry. This evil yet lucrative business catches more and more into a cycle every day. In America, we like to believe people all over the world, regardless of country or government have rights, both moral and state provided. Human Trafficking in America alone is a 32 billion dollar a year industry. This evil yet lucrative business catches more and more into a cycle every day. Unfortunately, this is not the case. People around the…

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    Human trafficking has been going on since the 1400s. There are at least twenty-one million people affected by human trafficking in the world today. This however is unethical and immoral because it takes away the autonomy of a persons’ body, health problems, and the victims end up being isolated human beings. Human trafficking is where a person(s) is illegally moved from place to place or harbored for sex, money, drugs, and other various reason. It is the second largest and fastest growing…

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    Project Geiger Database

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    Seismic sensors have been used extensively to detect people while walking across the desert. Thus, it is viable for tracking immigrants that cross the borders through unguarded areas. Other used devices include lasers, heat-seeking cameras and night vision goggles that aid in pinpointing smugglers and any other individuals that are crossing the borders when it is dark (Potter, 2009). The devices can be used to determine when smugglers are trafficking drugs (Kash, 2007). Another tracking method…

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    Drug Trafficking In Peru

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    should support The Peruvian government because If They have the capability to shoot down airplanes the less the drug smuggling airplanes will try to transport drugs into the United states of America. Currently in Peru they one of the highest drug trafficking ports in all of the world, where do the drugs go? History of Peru Well they are mainly transported by small plane into the US virgin islands, Puerto Rico and finally Florida. Drug related deaths here in the united states have gone from…

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    What is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is often mixed up with human smuggling, and even though that the both involve illegal movement of people there is a distinct difference in them. Human trafficking “in short, … are, first, the transportation of a person; second, force, fraud, or coercion; and, finally, exploitation.” In this definition the consent of the human being is not accounted for, but in the definition of human smuggling the consent of the human is acknowledged. Nobody knows…

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    Every day, innocent people are tricked and forced into the human trafficking industry as supplies for prostitution, slavery, marriage, adoption, organ removal, and other exploitative, criminal services. Trafficking has grown into a global issue, affecting individuals of all ages from all over the world. This paper will discuss how aspects of globalization have contributed to the success of the human trafficking industry. In order to understand globalization’s contribution to human trafficking,…

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