Introduction
Human trafficking is a complex transnational phenomenon that states, non-governmental organisations (NGO) and international organisations (IO) have struggled and continue struggling to solve. Nearly every country in the world is affected by human trafficking, as a point of origin, transit or destination. Humans are trafficked for many reasons, some of the more common ones include sexual exploitation, forced labour and organ transplant. 3 in 4 victims are trafficked for sexual exploitation while 1 in 5 victims are trafficked for forced labour.
Anti-trafficking campaigns have gained much needed momentum over the past several years. More laws have been established, more NGOs have been set up to provide rehabilitation and support
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The “3P” Paradigm that stands for prevention, protection and prosecution is a fundamental framework used by institutions to combat human trafficking.
In order to ensure successful prevention, cooperation and coordination of different actors is key. Protection involves the identification of victims and allocation of appropriate and sufficient support and resources. Much of the protection work is carried out mainly by NGOs and supported by the state as NGOs are most suited to carry out these services of protection and rehabilitation. Prosecution is an indispensable element for government programmes to fight trafficking. Governments possess legal rights to prosecute law breakers, a right that is lacking in NGOs. Prevention has taken different forms over the years. Historically, efforts focused on public awareness and education. Today, prevention takes the form of law rectifications to protect labourers that were previously not covered, stricter law enforcement in sectors where trafficking flourish and strengthening of partnerships between law enforcement, government, and NGOs to collaborate and communicate more effectively. On top of that, pushes for corporate responsibility and accountability calls for focus on supply chain monitoring to prevent labour
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In applying the 3Ps, states and non-state actors play different but equally important roles based on their capabilities and expertise. Until the 3Ps are all carried out effectively by each actor, human trafficking will remain a huge problem. It is clear today that the 3Ps have not been successfully implemented despite several attempts. It is this paper’s stand that this failure in implementation of 3P lies in the fact that each actor acts independently of each other and that they do not consider the impact of their actions on other actors in this fight against human trafficking. More often than not, each actor may have made significant attempts to tackle human trafficking but their efforts are largely unsuccessful due to the clash between policies and implementation of each P by each actor. Later parts of my paper will elaborate on the efforts of non-state actors its failure due to International Organisations having a lack of influence over states, and the state’s power over the Non-Governmental
Globalization can be defined as the “development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free-trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets that transcend nation-state boundaries”. As the world becomes a more integrated society we are more readily able to share goods, services, ideas, and technology. Furthermore, we are able to move more freely between nations. With this freedom there comes prosperity for people, companies and entire countries as we can now gain access to things we never had before. But as we expand our ideas and make it easier to cross borders, those with malicious and deceptive intentions are slipping through and committing heinous crimes that all too often go unnoticed.
Many organizations and programs are working to stop human trafficking and its insubordinate criminals. Organizations, such as the United Nations Conven...
If communities work towards this goal, they can brand trafficking as bad and they can work to end it together. Some governments still don’t have any laws that ban this evil and it is not good for people who suffer from it as it runs rampant in those countries. The places that need the government's help with this the most, have governments that are failing to protect them. The UN Chronicle says that the only way to end sexual trafficking and give these victims the closure they deserve is the “prosecution of traffickers and protection of victims”(UN Chronicles).
There are many believed reasons for the increase in trafficking in the last decade. In general, the criminal business feeds on poverty, despair, war, crisis, and ignorance. The globalization of the world economy has increased the migration of people across borders, both legally and illegally, mostly from lower class to high class countries. International planned crimes taken full advantage of the more independent flow of people, money, goods and services to extend its own goal internationally (CRS, 2008). Many abusers are being put into jail for rape and abuse to minors and adults. As a community, it is needed to do more interdisciplinary interventions, just to care for the victims of trafficking, but also to help prevent the cause of it. Popular Defenders, an organization that trains local citizens to interact with victims of gender violence, started a task about female human rights. A way that communities are helping th...
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
According to the United Nations, thousands of people are smuggled across borders worldwide, and it now has reached an estimated 800,000 victims (“Human Trafficking Statistics”). By letting this continue, the numbers will only grow and continue to keep growing. Of the 600,000 to 800,000 men, women, and children who have been trafficked across international borders each year, approximately 80 percent are women and girls (“End of Human Trafficking Now”). The United Nations should be more proactive in both preventing and eliminating human trafficking because 161 out of 192 countries are involved with human trafficking (“Human Trafficking Statistics”) and the leaders of every country need to come together to end this phenomenon.
Human trafficking, the illegal trade or purchasing of a human, is a constant issue occurring all around the world. This event is taken place in many different areas with males and females of all ages. It became a known epidemic to the world around the 90's. Traffickers, as they are called, abuse unseen boarders, broadband communication, and economic and political disturbance along with a mass of migrating persons. By seeking out the more vulnerable, they have created a successful business as well as a tragic epidemic in today. Usually, documents were available to track trafficking in persons. However, as times are changing there is an increase in hostility toward immigration due to rising mass movements of people which thus varies these records. There is ignorance about the true definition of typically used terms such as smuggling, trafficking, and illegal immigration which in turn causes a larger playing field for these traffickers and their targeted victims.
Country to country, person-to-person, human trafficking is becoming a bigger and bigger issue all across the globe, including right here in the United States. Human trafficking is said to be a form of modern-day slavery, subjecting its victims to commercial sex, debt bondage, and forced labor through force, fraud, or coercion. There are often no easily identifiable victims as they come in all ages, genders, and races. There are said to be at least 2.4 million victims of human trafficking across the globe at any given time, leading to profits of $32 billion for the criminal masterminds behind such trafficking operations, making it the second most lucrative criminal industry behind narcotics. Despite the abundance of victims, it is estimated that fewer than 30% of all countries report at least 10 trafficking convictions a year, and 20% of countries do not even have an offense for trafficking. An additional 20% of countries have an offense for trafficking but still report no convictions of the offense. Without an organized coalition to help prevent such atrocities, it is left up to national governments to come up with solutions for their respective nations, and many governments do not possess the know-how or effort needed to combat these crimes.
...l status of the country, as well the socio-economic conditions of the people only indicate that the trafficking business is in its increasing trend. To fight against this inhuman industry will require both sincere and dedicated multinational effort, and the effort will require strict border security, enforcement of women’s and children’s rights as well as a huge cultural shift that can only start from providing education. More and much effective awareness programs will require to be conducted especially in those areas where trafficking is most likely to occur. Both government and public must participate in fighting against the heinous crime. It is not impossible that the number of casualties should increase if the government does not firmly commit to it and non-governmental organizations do not present the world with more resources and dedication is concerted manner.
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Trafficking in Persons Report (2007) discusses many different tiers in relation to a counties response to human trafficking. Tier one consists of countries whose government fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s minimum standards, for example Australia, Uk, Germany and Norway. In tier two the countries whose government do not fully comply with TVPA’s minimum standards but making efforts to bring themselves up such as Japan, Romania, Peru and Rwanda. And finally tier three are governments that do not full...
Human trafficking, or the selling and buying of people, is a well-hidden yet prominent issue within today’s society. It is both an immoral and horrific topic that needs brought to attention and dealt with. When human beings are manipulated into work, sexual servitude, or economic hardship, human trafficking is occurring. In the year of 2006, only one individual is convicted of human trafficking per 800 victims (UNGIFT). By looking at straight statistics, reasons human trafficking happens, and the toll it has on people, it is very clear that this is a major issue that is happening in our world.
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