Assessment of the Problem Human trafficking is the form of modern day slavery and it is a worldwide problem that affects our local communities. Human trafficking presents itself in two forms: sex trafficking and labor trafficking. Human trafficking touches people of all ages: children, young adults, and the elderly. Human trafficking is defined as, “ the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat of use of force or other forms of coercion, or abduction
Human trafficking is a very big problem in the United States but there is not very much awareness for it, even with 100,000 children estimated to be in the sex trade in the United States each year. Human trafficking is a criminal industry that is driven based on the supply and demand. It is fueled by the need for cheap workers and commercial sex. A human trafficker is someone who victimizes others to make a profit. This market thrives because there is a low risk of getting in trouble, and has high
happening around us. I have heard this before, I had seen this before. But why did it have to happen to me?” (By a close friend and survivor of human trafficking) Human trafficking is a problem and may be addressed as a form of slavery. It chooses no preference, old, young, woman, child or male. All are vulnerable to its cruel and unkind hand. Human trafficking has been here since the dawn of time even dating back to biblical times and as history shows its destruction in the divisions of whole ethnicities
Trafficking women and children for both sexual exploitation and labor is the fastest growing sex trade all around the world. The global sex trade is a multi-billion dollar business industry in which women’s bodies become the targets in order for the trade to run successfully. Although sex trafficking is a human rights violation, criminals are still selling women and girls as victims worldwide. The crime occurs when a trafficker uses acts of force, fraud, or other means of coercion to take control
Human trafficking at Fresno State. She has worked in the field of human trafficking, domestic violence and other victimizations for over 14 years. Her current job is at the (CVFC) Central Valley Freedom Coalition was established in 2009. The lead agency is the EOC Sanctuary and Youth Services. They are funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, California Office of Emergency Service, Office of Refugee Resettlement. Their mission is to abolish all forms of human trafficking and to
INTRODUCTION Almost 150 years ago, the United States eliminated slavery. Most Californians most likely would disagree and say slavery still exist, right in their backyards. Human sex trafficking is a substantial huge industry in California and about $32 billion dollars is involve. It is one of the furthermost challenging crimes to track. The United States did not start monitoring trafficked individuals until 1994; it started being included in the Department’s Annual Country Reports on Human Rights
Human Trafficking in Cambodia Imagine a four year old girl growing up in contemporary Cambodia. Each morning she wakes up miles from home, homesick and scared. She is forced to beg for money for the brothel that she belongs to, and all of her earnings go straight to her master. Then, that night, about seven men come to the brothel. These men, some as old as fifty, often pay as little as two dollars to partake in sexual intercourse with these school-aged children. The toddlers enslaved in the horrific
making their children work under such harsh conditions. We can contribute by volunteering to find jobs for adults to replace the child workers and help them stabilize a strong government. I believe that if the Somali government abolishes child trafficking and enforce laws of education on the youth, they will become a much happier community. Somalia is the 2nd worlds worst country that is suffering from child labor and now they have the chance to not be. With my solution, they will find happiness