Human Trafficking

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Bibliography Sex Trafficking Inside the Business of Modern Slavery Kara Siddharth, Columbia University Press. 2010. 320 pp The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today Kevin Bales & Ron Soodalter, University of California Press: Berkeley, CA. 2009. Sex Trafficking Kathryn Farr, New York, NY: Worth Publishers. 2005. 262 pp. Laczko, Frank and Elzbieta Gozdziak, eds. “Data and research on human trafficking: a global survey.” International Organization for Migration 43, no. 1/2 (2005). Human Trafficking the comeback of modern Day slavery; “Injuries of human dignity and Human rights of a globalized society. Nobody may be held in slavery or peonage; Slavery and slave trade are in all forms forbidden”. These are the words of the Universal declaration of human rights (United Nations, 1948).Human trafficking is just another name for modern-day slavery, where the victims involved are forced and deceived into labor and sexual exploitation. Exploitation referring to using others for prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery, or the removal of organs. The numbers are scary. Almost 600,000 to 800,000 women and children are annually trafficked across national borders. This does not count for the numbers that are trafficked within their own countries. Human trafficking is very much hidden and accurate data and the extent of nature of human trafficking are hard to calculate. Trafficked victims are often in dangerous positions and may be unwilling and too scared to jeopardize their lives to report or seek help from authorities. Victims live daily with emotional and physical abuse, inhumane treatment, and threats to their families, like they are going to torture... ... middle of paper ... ...phone calls about Human Trafficking with a total number of 3,083, followed by Texas with 2,236 phone calls and Florida with 1,722 phone calls. All other states range in about 300 – 800 phone calls throughout the year of 2013. There were 38,889 cases called into the NHTRC and 20,400 cases were solved. Each case called in is evaluated for evidence for potential human trafficking and then categorized by high or moderate. High cases are the cases where victims are more likely to get murdered. Where moderate case victims are less likely to get murdered. Many Help lines have been setup to reach out to victims like Polarisproject.com, www.liveyourdream.org, www.madebysurvivors.com, www.state.gov/j/tip/id/help and many more. Everybody must become the eyes and the arms of the government and make this problem their own cause. Then only will we see an end to human trafficking.

The Pros And Consequences Of Human Trafficking
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As victim count continues to rise, its difficult to see how such great numbers of men, women and children are bought and sold every year. Trafficking can be found in many forms, including: prostitution, slavery, or forced labor (Harf and Lombardi, 2014). It wasn’t until the 1980’s that international human trafficking became globally noticed. With the lack of government intervention and control in several nations, and the free trade market, slavery once again became a profitable industry (Harf and Lombardi, 2014). As previously mentioned, easier movement across nations borders is one of the outcomes of globalization. It is also what makes human trafficking so easy today. It is estimated that about 20.9 million people are victims across the entire globe (United Nations Publications, 2012); trafficking accounts for 32 billion dollars in generated profit globally (Brewer, n.d). 58 percent of all human trafficking was for the purpose of sexual exploitation, and of this 55-60 percent are women (United Nations Publications,
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Human Trafficking in Canada
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Mohajerin, S. K. (2006). Human trafficking: Modern day slavery in the 21st century. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 12(3), 125-132.
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Human Trafficking in Nineteenth Century France
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Pubantz, Jerry, and John Allphin Moore Jr. "Human Trafficking." Encyclopedia of the United Nations. 2nd ed. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Facts on File,Inc., 2008. Web. 4 May 2014.
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Human Trafficking in the United States
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Every day women, children, and even men are kidnapped, taken from their families, and forced into free labor and sexual exploitation. According to a new report from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, as many as 9,298 cases of human trafficking have been reported in the past five years, but these are only the instances in which it has been reported. Furthermore, the report also shows that from December 7th, 2007 to December 31st, 2012, cases of human trafficking were reported in all 50 states. Just how many more are under the radar? One of the definitions given for slavery is the state or condition of being a slave; a civil relationship whereby one person has absolute power over another and controls his life, liberty, and fortune.
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Human Trafficking
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The United States is a major port for human trafficking and, “Due to the covert nature of human trafficking, it is difficult to ascertain which countries are the primary source nations for trafficking into the US” (Hepburn). People of all ages and genders are at risk to human trafficking (Hepburn). Women and girls make up about fifty-six percent of the people trafficked for forced labor, while men and boys make up the other forty-four percent; children make up forty to fifty percent of those numbers (Hepburn). Ninety-eight percent of the people trafficked for sexual explorations are women and girls (Hepburn). Children tend to be targeted more than adults because they are much more vulnerable. Human trafficking has different forms, and “While trafficking for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation is more publicized in the media, it is not the only form of trafficking that takes place in the US” (Hepburn). Trafficking for the purposes of forced labor is just as likely to occur as trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation (Hepburn). Many citizens have never heard of human trafficking for something other than sexual exploitation. Hepburn shows that, “Forty-three percent are trafficked for purposes of...
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Persuasive Speech A Speech On Human Trafficking
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Summary: We see that there are many different aspects and types of human trafficking that everyone should be made aware of. As a whole human trafficking is a lucrative industry raking in $150 BILLION globally. The impact that this industry has on its victims is
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The Pros And Cons Of International Labor Issues
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Human trafficking is motivated by demand and supply, as well as money driven. Traffickers will transport their victims wherever necessary, they will pay for all meals, housing, transportation and visas. This leaves victims easier to control through debt bondage. Victims will be forever in debt to their trafficker as the “debt” never decreases. Traffickers will also take victim’s identity, travel documents, locking the victim up, forcing drug use or making threats to the victim’s family to also control them. They don’t have control over their daily lives anymore, all is controlled, when to sleep, eat or rest. Traffickers subject these victims to physical, mental and social distress, like, psychological manipulation, forced drug use, torture, rape, physical and mental abuse, leaving victims too afraid to
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Human Trafficking
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Farrell, A., and S. Fahy. "The problem of human trafficking in the U.S.: Public frames and policy responses. " Journal of Criminal Justice 37.6 (2009): 617. Criminal Justice Periodicals, ProQuest. Web. 3 Aug. 2010.
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Human Trafficking Thesis
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Human trafficking is a form of slavery, forcing victims to engage in sexual activities and labors against their will. These activities can be taken place through force, fraud, or constraint. Human trafficking is not just affecting one group of people, it is a worldwide issue, affecting all different ages, genders, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds. Human trafficking is such an immense problem, apprehending the true size, knowing how to help, and how to keep the issue from reoccurring. Human trafficking is and is still becoming such a serious issue that something needs to be done about.
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Kevin Bales: A Historical Analysis
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While slavery is mentioned in nearly every textbook, in most instances it is confined to the global slave trade and 19th century America. Unlike in the prior examples, there is not a trace of modern slavery discussion in today’s textbooks, although this is not a recent development. For years I grew up believing that slavery was something that happened to black people a long time ago. Although misconceptions definitely lie within my beliefs of slavery a few centuries ago, I had no idea that it was still happening on a global scale. And it is worse today than it ever has been. Kevin Bales, author of the book Disposable People, brings to reality the fact that, “Slavery is a booming business and the number of slaves is increasing” (Bales 4). This is not a quote from someone who ate dinner alongside George Washington, this book was written not even twenty years ago. The 2011 film Nefarious: Merchant of Souls explores the most modern form of slavery: the global sex trafficking industry. Through exploring instances of this despicable crime across multiple countries around the world, the documentary ultimately boils down to a shocking point introduced by Helen Sworn, who has been working to fight child prostitution in Cambodia since 2009. As she stated, “The same abuse we think is happening in someone else’s country is happening is happening right
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Sex Trafficking
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Sex trafficking is essentially systemic rape for profit. Force, fraud and coercion are used to control the victim’s behavior which may secure the appearance of consent to please the buyer (or john). Behind every transaction is violence or the threat of violence (Axtell par. 4). Just a decade ago, only a third of the countries studied by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime had legislation against human trafficking. (Darker Side, par.1) Women, children, and even men are taken from their homes, and off of the streets and are brought into a life that is almost impossible to get out of. This life is not one of choice, it is in most times by force. UNODC estimates that the total international human trafficking is a $32-billion-per-year business, and that 79% of this activity comprises sexual exploitation. As many as 2 million children a year are victims of commercial sexual exploitation, according the the U.S. State Department.-- Cynthia G. Wagner. (Darker Side, par. 4) The words prostitute, pimp, escort, and stripper tend to be way too common in the American everyday vocabulary. People use these words in a joking manner, but sex trafficking is far from a joke. Everyday, from all different countries, people are bought and sold either by force or false promises. Some are kidnapped and others come to America with dreams of a dream life and job. The buyers involved in the trade will do anything to purchase an innocent life just to sell for their own selfish profit. Many people wouldn’t think of a human body to be something you can buy in the back room of a business or even online. But those plus the streets are where people are sold most often. There are many reasons and causes for sex trafficking. The factors behind sex traffic...
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Human Trafficking
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"An ounce of cocaine, wholesale: $1 ,200. You can sell it only once. A woman or child is
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Is There a Difference Between Modern Slavery and Slavery?
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Burroughs Dillon “Not in my town: Exposing and ending human trafficking Kevin “New slavery: A reference handbook”
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Is Sexuality In Michel Foucault's 50 Shades Of Christian Grey
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Human sex trafficking has become a global threat. Every year millions of men, women and children become victims of human trafficking. The International Labour Organisation estimates 21 million victims are trafficked every year and 4.5 million of them are trafficked for sex. The sex industry is a multi-billion USD industry and the world of underworld sex caters for just about any desires, fetishes or sexual pleasures at the expense of the unwilling. The majority of victims largely tend to be women and young girls, making sex trafficking a gender crime.
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Human Trafficking South Asia
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Background: The primary purpose of my research paper is to bring awareness of the dangers of human trafficking and why this is such a global issue affecting not just South East Asia, but the world. Human trafficking is defined as ‘as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion) for an improper purpose including forced labor or sexual exploitation’
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The Pros And Consequences Of Human Trafficking