People smuggling

trafficking. When a government doesn’t have enough money; that government will make budget cuts. In a lot of countries, the government chooses to cut jobs that they pay people to do. Some of the jobs they cut are those of police officers. With less police officers on the streets, there are less people to keep criminals in line. With less people doing that, criminals and human traffickers can get away with pretty much anything they…

caught with possession of drugs. Drug enforcement agencies or DEAs makes over 30,000 arrests each year due to illegal narcotics. Nearly 48,000 people have been killed over the past 5 years in Mexico due to suspected drug-related violence. Also, remember the guilty live on the both sides. Having border safety in the United States keeps itself and the people around it safe and sound by maintaining the illegal substances, manufacturing better tactics, and finding solutions to stop drug trafficking…

The graph displays the correlation between years of schooling and probability of reemployment, and that people with nine years of education has about a fifty percent chance of reemployment. Suelem began to work at the age of seven, so her years of schooling would be significantly lower than nine. This, according to the graph, gives her a less than a fifty percent possibility of finding another job. Suelem has a low income job, and a small chance of finding another job with higher wages, causing…

Si eres pobre te humilla la gente/si eres rico te tratan muy bien/un amigo se metió a la mafia/porque pobre ya no quiso ser/ahora tiene dinero de sobra/por costales le pagan al mes (Los Tucanes de Tijuana, 2002). “El Centenario” performed by the famous Mexican regional band, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, narrates the story of a humble worker whose social position produced multiple encounters of humiliation (2002). Nevertheless, his faith changed when he joined the mafia, as he acquired fortune,…

that more than 300 drug smuggling organizations are active within Colombia today, all contributing to the unwavering profits of the $10 billion dollar industry. Despite this fact, Medellin has become one of the most innovating cities in the world by creating a space filled with justness and creativity through its efforts…

modern-day form of slavery involving the illegal trade of people for exploitation or commercial gain” (Homeland Security). The exploitation includes prostitution, forced labor, servitude, and removal of organs. There are three elements of human trafficking: purpose, mean, and act (United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime). Traffickers, who “may operate as individuals, families, or more organized groups,” (Human Trafficking) exploit people in order to gain money out of their service and bodies.…

damage they do to the world and their own country. I chose this topic because it caught my interest on how they have so much power. Also how they have so many people on their side and how their own government also has people in the cartel business. Another thing is the cartels help some of their people in Mexico, but the thing is most people die from the money they have. Now my question is can the cartels of Mexico overrun the country or better yet can they form their own type of government, if…

opening an investigation. In the Tlatlaya case, it took the attorney general's office three months to intervene.” (America’s 9). Another reason why the people in Mexico have came to distrust their own leaders leaving them no other choice to either leave it all behind and start a new life in the U.S., but on the other hand there are also those people who have lived through bloody war on drugs to the point to where they have become numb to the violence that surrounds them says America’s Magazine:…

According to the U.S. State Department, 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year, of which 80% are female and half are children. That is around 480,000 to 640,000 lives of innocent women and children who are enslaved for probably the rest of their lives. There are many issues in today’s society that go unnoticed and ignored, but I feel like human trafficking is one of those things that just can’t go ignored any longer. When someone is dragged into human…

Human trafficking, the second biggest crime on the planet, also known as modern-day slavery is a major issue in the world today. Many people believe that slavery ended long ago, but it still occurs today. More than two people are forced into trafficking during every minute of every day. Human trafficking is an unimaginable crime that occurs all around the world. It needs to come to an end because of the way it has damaged the lives of its victims and has scarred them for life. As the Ark of Hope…