Trafficking

When we think of human trafficking, we think women and girls being trafficked through Japan, India, Cambodia, Bangladesh and other neighboring countries. Huge red light districts offering thousands of women and children; some as young as 9 and 10 years old. We think of children getting abducted and sometimes even sold by their own parents in third world countries. We think men in Cambodia paying a large sum of money for virgin girls. Some of us might think back to the 2008 blockbuster “Taken”…

Human Trafficking in the United States In the United States human trafficking occurs more often than the people of this country are aware. The United States alone serves as one of the common grounds for human trafficking and most do not realize trafficking happens right under our noses. Human trafficking happens within all genders, ages and races; some using this as sexual identification. Elaborating on gender, age and races there is a dysfunctional system between all three including the type…

Human Trafficking and Prostitution in The United States Human trafficking and prostitution is a social problem that many people in the United States are uncomfortable talking about because of the nature of the issue. However, it is extremely important that Americans begin to discuss the concerns that the rise in human trafficking and prostitution has created. While the social problem affects mostly women, many people are unaware of the men that fall victims. Americans, as well as other people…

and Human Trafficking The average American consumes over eleven pounds of chocolate every single year, the equivalent of around 120 chocolate bars, amounting to around thirteen billion dollars of chocolate. (Huffington Post, 2013) This leads to the question of where does all of this chocolate come from? Seventy percent comes from forced child labor, otherwise known as human trafficking. The Polaris Project, a nonprofit working to combat the trafficking of humans, defines labor trafficking as:…

Justification Globally, 27 million humans of both genders and a range of ages are enslaved (Adams, 2014). In the US, 17,500 humans are brought in each year “as victims of human trafficking” (Human Trafficking Ed., n.d.). Sadly, this number is actually estimated to be higher at 60,000 per year in the US (Human Trafficking Ed., n.d.). The Wake County sector of The Salvation Army points out that while drugs can be sold once, humans can be sold repeatedly (Adams, 2014). Not only does this…

international criminal will turn to human trafficking for sexual exploitations; Organizations like Dasra explains that [the] reason why sex trafficking persists is straightforward: immense profitability with minimal risk. A net profit margin of over 70 percent makes sex trafficking one of the most profitable businesses in the world. It is becoming increasingly easy and inexpensive to procure, move and exploit vulnerable girls. As stated before, victims of human trafficking for the purpose of…

Human Trafficking Most people are asking what is human trafficking. Human Trafficking is where people sell other people for sex. It is happening all over the United States. Every year thousands of men, women and kids end up in the hands of human traffickers. You will not just find human trafficking in the U.S. it is in every country around the world. Human Trafficking is like today 's slavery people are getting sold to have sex and people are watching it happen and doing nothing about it.…

prospering in the United States; many people mistakenly believe that human trafficking is a small industry that is only found in third world countries. In reality, “Human trafficking is the third largest international crime industry (behind illegal drugs and arms trafficking.) It reportedly generates a profit of $32 billion every year. Of that number, $15 billion is made in industrialized countries.”(11 Facts) Human trafficking is a large, global problem and until the population realizes…

form of human trafficking, and in places that are closer to home than many may realize. Society itself has impacted human trafficking greatly, through turning a blind eye towards it, and by the lack of social deviance forced upon these horrendous crimes. This violation of human rights epitomizes the control held over those who are trafficked, generally women and children, and how certain gender and social classes are targeted over others. Society’s lack of education about human trafficking has…

“Child trafficking is the recruitment, transporting, and transfer of children.”( Busuttil). Many children around the work are taken out of their homes and sold into labour and sex rings for profit. These traffickers use money and deceit to take these kids and exploit them for their own purposes. Young children some still under the age of ten are forcefully taken from their protective environment because they are vulnerable and weak. These traffickers prey on the vulnerability of young children…