People smuggling

As more people become informed then a ‘conversation’ regarding other conflicts experienced in Colombia that coincide with Colombia’s violence like corruption arise. A problem that coincides with Colombia’s violence is corruption. Since drugs are excluded from the Gross domestic product of a given country, drug trafficking is problematic as third world countries can stabilize their economy based off of illegal and illicit actions. Drug trafficking can ultimately lead to economic and social…

that deal with narcotics. In addition, Mexico is the main drug supplier for the United States; drug cartels have become increasingly lucrative and militarized, “Most of the adult urban population of Mexico, 10.4% of them (representing 5.2 million people in total) had used illicit substances at some point in their lifetime”. Moreover, it has many violent…

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has revealed that it has seized more than A$1 billion ($700 m) worth of meth placed in push-up bras and craft supplies imported from Hong Kong. Authorities claim that this has been the largest seizure of its kind in Australian History. According to the BBC, Justice Minister Michael Keenan announced on Feb. 14 a successful two-month drug bust where they seized a total of 720 litres (160 gallons) of liquid methamphetamine worth more than A$1 billion in street…

Human trafficking once called slavery is now a modern day slavery (“Human Trafficking”. Gale Student Resources in Context). Human trafficking has been going on for so many year that now it has comes to a time where it’s impossible to end it. Most victims of modern day slavery are women and children. They are being trafficked and are used as laborers and inflating in the sex trade and are being subjected against their will to organ harvesting. Because of poverty and famine, victims are lured by…

While some pirates were cruel outlaws many were just plain sailors who could not find an honest living. The life of a sailor in those times was hard. The power of the captain of a merchant ship or a military ship was nearly absolute. Crewmen could be whipped by a cruel captain for the least offense. In 1630 a treaty was signed with Spain that allowed the English and French to colonize some of the lands along the Spanish Main. Many of the European settlers wound up on the island of Hispaniola.…

is a serious transnational crime which is part of the three “evils”- besides terrorism and drug trafficking- which haunt the Globe. (Kempadoo, 2005). Human trafficking is not a simple term, it involves sex trafficking, labour of children, human smuggling, even more tissue cells and organ trafficking. (International Criminal Police Organization, 2016) According to The United Nations, human trafficking is when a person is threatened, forced, abducted and deceived by another person. When a person…

organizations have enough influence to build their own government and overthrow their current government. During my research, some of the most interesting drug trafficking organization was the Los Zetas and the knights Templar. To begin with, most people don’t know how the name Los Zetas came to be. When you really think…

Colombia for the last five decades has gone through the struggles caused by the actions of several guerrilla groups in its country. Outside countries have defined the guerrilla groups of Colombia as terrorist groups due to the actions the group has taken throughout its existence. The largest guerilla group in Colombia, also the oldest group is FARC. This group has a long violent history in Colombia, involving it in both domestic and narco-terrorism. The guerilla group FARC has impacted Colombia…

Why is human trafficking extant in the 21st Century ? Sun Yi ALI Island School Student number: 019635 Research Area: Human Trafficking and Slavery Research question: Why is human trafficking still extant in the 21st Century ? Contents Introduction --- Pages The Issue --- Pages Global Perspectives --- Pages Global --- P. National/Local --- P. Personal --- P. Future Scenarios and Solutions ---…

overseas , many of whom are in engaged in the trafficking of human beings . In China Prostitution and forced labor happen within and beyond its borders . Because of the large number of population , traffickers exploit the cheap labor there ,lure poor people ,and traffic them . Cambodia : The United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) has stated that human trafficking is a new thing in Cambodia . It has spread due lack of education , shortage of job opportunities , poverty…