Trafficking of children

It can be said that human trafficking is the modern-day slavery. Human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing global crime. It involves transporting, recruiting, and harbouring of persons through the use of force, abduction, deception, abuse of power, and vulnerability of others for the purpose of exploitation and personal profit. Each year millions of women, men, and children are victims of this crime, however, especially children and women. Human trafficking is illegal worldwide but…

government-sponsored or otherwise and that lack concrete ties to the prosecution of traffickers, protection of victims, or prevention of trafficking broad-based law enforcement or developmental initiatives All nation states and rational actors are broken down into tiers. Tier 1 is governments of countries that fully comply with the TVPA's minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Tier 2 is governments of countries that do not fully comply with the TVPA's minimum standards but are…

Question-How does trafficking in Latin America and Africa differ from other regions? Response- in Latin America and Africa the biggest difference has to deal with economically. In these regions they have large youthful populations and high birth rates. The economies in these areas don’t have an expanding work force. Most of the populations in these areas were unemployed permanently. Also in these areas there is no prospect for education or even prosper of quality of life. The large reason why…

Partners The Eden House and Trafficking Hope believes in establishing partnerships with various organizations in order to appease the needs (medical, legal aid, awareness and outreach) of their clients. The Eden House and Trafficking has established partnerships with University Medical Center (UMC), Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Children’s Hospital, and Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, Loyola University, New Orleans Dream…

Men, women, and especially children, are being taken advantage of, abused and used whether it is for hard labor or sex itself. You may not see the importance of this issue, but in a world driven by sex and money, why would you? Considering the fact that human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar industry where criminals gain profit from exploiting others. This crisis is having us lose our focus,…

Human trafficking, as defined by the Department of Homeland Security, is “a modern-day form of slavery involving the illegal trade of people for exploitation or commercial gain”. It is a high profiting industry, generating billions of dollars a year. It is second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable transnational crime (Dept. of Homeland Security). According to the U.S. State Department, every year 600,000 to 800,000 people are being trafficked across the international borders. The…

Human trafficking is a billion dollar industry and is probably the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world. It exists in every country, it’s victims are both old and young, black and white, and spans every socioeconomic bracket. The Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as, ‘a modern-day form of slavery involving the illegal trade of people for exploitation or commercial gain (1). While people are trafficked for a majority of reasons, the most common are sexual…

Human trafficking is a form of slavery. Many people think this is something that only happens in foreign countries .There are many forms of human trafficking such as prostitution. Another misconception about human trafficking is that it only exists in poverty stricken neighborhoods but that is incorrect it is also found it the suburbs. In many instances people think human trafficker dress a certain way. Nevertheless quite often they look like everyday people luring young victims by posing as a…

As sad as it is, human trafficking is a thriving industry; men, women and children alike are taken against their will to serve as sex slaves to predators around the world. The common age of victims are usually between the ages of 14-16 because of their naivety. Traffickers find their victims through outlets such as the internet or even schools, clubs and bars. Clemmie Greenlee was captured and sexual assaulted at the age of 12 by a group of men. she was one of about eight girls controlled by a…

Human trafficking has been a known problem throughout the U.S. for many years. Human Trafficking has often been described as modern day slavery. Human Trafficking victims are controlled by their captors and forced to do things against their will. These victims are often beaten, raped, and kept in confinement. In 2000 the TVPA Protection Act was put in place. TVPA stands for the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act. This act was supposed to help prevent trafficking, protect its…