Human trafficking is an illicit trade of the buying and selling of people within their own countries and across borders, who are controlled to work for others (MTV EXIT, n.d.). Human trafficking is becoming more serious and threatens the nations of the world. It is estimated that approximately 30 million people are currently living in modern slavery (Global Slavery Index, 2013). These victims, who are vulnerable with the dream of a better life, are frequently hunted by traffickers. Their subjects may be men, women and even children from developing countries. They are deceived into different kinds of slave traffic. For instance, they are typically forced by using violence, deception and coercion to be laborers, prostitute themselves, or sell …show more content…
It is estimated that 21 million victims are forced into labor exploitation worldwide; or in other words, three out of every 1,000 persons are subjected to involuntary servitude (ILO, 2012). They are exploited long hours a day for meager or no remuneration in extremely hazardous conditions such as mining, construction sites and quarrying. In addition, not only adults but children are also forced labors, namely 1.2 million children are enslaved per year (Kwon, 2009). In Ghana, Mark Kwadwo who was leased by his parents just for $20 a year was not conscious of the reasons why he had to do it. He was forced to work “14 hours a day, seven days a week, in a trade that even adult fishermen here call punishing and, at times, dangerous” in Lake Volta. “I don’t like it here”, he whispered (Lafraniere, 2006). At that age, children deserve to go to school, make friends and have fun rather than work. Human trafficking dispossesses victims of the fundamentals of human rights and exhausts …show more content…
According to ILO (2012), 4.5 million people are victims of sexual exploitation across the world, and women make up around 98 per cent of these victims. The primary reason is that traffickers have no difficulties to recruit female victims, who are vulnerable and easy to abduct. Moreover, they are abused and kept in captivity in slavery-like conditions. Kolab, who is a Cambodian victim of sex trafficking, was forced to sleep with 50 men per day; if she did not give the pimp money, she was beaten ruthlessly until she fainted (Equality Now, n.d.). In this case, the victims trafficked for sexual exploitation suffer not only physical pain but also mental pain. Chastity towards women and girls, especially Asian women, is crucial, and somewhere consider it as a moral standard of women. Thereby, they may be in serious shock when they are forced to sleep with men. In addition, they have to face sexual transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS. We find it difficult to compute accurate figures of the victims of HIV/AIDS, but it is estimated that “30% of sex workers aged 13-19 are infected with HIV” in Cambodia (United Nations, 2001). At that age, they are lack of awareness of safe sex and HIV’s danger. Thus, trafficking for prostitution is a threat against the victims in particular and society in general. It ruins their lives, and confronts them with death due to HIV
“Organ Sales Will Save Lives” by Joanna MacKay be an essay that started with a scenario that there are people who died just to buy a kidney, also, thousands of people are dying to sell a kidney. The author stood on her point that governments should therefore stop banning the sale of human organs, she further suggests that it should be regulated. She clearly points that life should be saved and not wasted. Dialysis in no way could possibly heal or make the patient well. Aside from its harshness and being expensive, it could also add stress to the patient. Kidney transplant procedure is the safest way to give hope to this hopelessness. By the improved and reliable machines, transplants can be safe—keeping away from complications. Regulating
Yearly, thousands die from not receiving the organs needed to help save their lives; Anthony Gregory raises the question to why organ sales are deemed illegal in his piece “Why legalizing organ sales would help to save lives, end violence”, which was published in The Atlantic in November of 2011. Anthony Gregory has written hundreds of articles for magazines and newspapers, amongst the hundreds of articles is his piece on the selling of organs. Gregory states “Donors of blood, semen, and eggs, and volunteers for medical trials, are often compensated. Why not apply the same principle to organs? (p 451, para 2)”. The preceding quote allows and proposes readers to ponder on the thought of there being an organ
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,
Many people are victims of sex trafficking and this horror must be stopped for the sake of the innocent girls and women who are being taken advantage of. Trafficking is a form of modern slavery because people’s bodies are sold for the gain of others against their wills. The steps that must be taken to prevent sex trafficking involve raising political and social awareness, people working together and the prosecution of traffickers.
It is clear that a large demand for organs exists. People in need of organ donations are transferred to an orderly list. Ordinarily, U.S. institutions have an unprofitable system which provides organs through a list of individuals with the highest needs; however, these organs may never come. A list is
27 million people all over the world are currently being forced into human trafficking or modern day slavery, 161 countries including the US will be affected by human trafficking. 1 million children will be exploited by the commercial sex trade each year. Sex trafficking began in the 1700s in the United States. It hasn’t been stopped because it continues to increase over the years. Even though the law enforcement and people around the world could be strong enough to stop human trafficking, I believe this situation needs to be more focused on and stopped as soon as possible. Because Human Trafficking is increasing rapidly and Oklahoma is a cross-way for sex trafficking due to the interstates such as I-35, I-40 and I-44.
Organ donations are crucial for people in emergency situations. For years organ donations have saved the lives of millions. The problem with people needing organs is that there are not enough organs to be supplied to everyone who needs it. There are many people who die because they are not able to obtain lifesaving organs. The need for organs exceeds the supply given. Thus, leading me to ask this essential question, “Should organ donation be a part of the market?” To support this question I have prepared three supportive claims, but since my answer is no my reasons will revolve around this argument. First, I will state why I do not agree with such a thing, and then I will support my claim by stating why it is so bad, and to end my paper I will state what place(s) legalizes trade.
... my journey researching organ transaction I have a whole new look on the matter. For one with the increasing number of people that have organ failure there is a decreasing number of donors. People will go to great lengths to insure their health by traveling to different country’s or buying form an illegal market for the organ they need because there are insufficient number of organs in the States. Also I know there can be a market for organs if we would just look past all the greed and see how many people are dieing each day from organ failure. Last but not least is the very epicenter of the whole problem, doctors and insurance companies are holding us down from a market of legal organ trade just so the can get an extra buck. Without a doubt my opinion of legalizing organ trade has grown stronger and someday I hope the Government sees it the same way I do some day.
“There are at least 12.3 million persons in forced labour today” (www.ilo.org). A great number of the victims are poverty-stricken people in Asia, “whose vulnerability is exploited by others for a profit” (www.ilo.org).
Nullis-Kapp, Clare. "Organ trafficking and transplantation pose new challenges." Bulletin 1 Sept. 2004. World Health Organization. 30 Apr. 2009 .
“I’ve been held down like a piece of meat while monsters disguised as men violated me again & again.” (Gladys Lawson, Blood Borne Connections.) Human trafficking is the modern day slavery, it involves taking control over a person through force, fraud or coercion to exploit the victim for forced labor, sexual exploitation. or both (“What” par.1). This is become the sad reality for many, approximately three out of every 1,000 people worldwide are being forced into this such slavery. Victims of human trafficking are people of all backgrounds and ages, no one is safe from the dirty hands of human traffickers. Every year thousands of men, women, and children are forced into human trafficking the public needs to be informed, enhance penalties for violators, and raise awareness to finally put a stop to these horrible crimes that are happening right end our noses.
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
Haldeman, Annette. "Slavery in the Modern World: A History of Political, Social, and Economic Oppression." Reference 2011: 130-32. EBSCOHost. 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 12 Apr. 2014.
The National Organ Transplant act was enacted in 1984 as a free market for organs began to arise in America. Congress was concerned about the injustice that could arise from impoverished donors being pressured into selling their organs (Ci...
...nts will die before a suitable organ becomes available. Numerous others will experience declining health, reduced quality of life, job loss, lower incomes, and depression while waiting, sometimes years, for the needed organs. And still other patients will never be placed on official waiting lists under the existing shortage conditions, because physical or behavioral traits make them relatively poor candidates for transplantation. Were it not for the shortage, however, many of these patients would be considered acceptable candidates for transplantation. The ban of organ trade is a failed policy costing thousands of lives each year in addition to unnecessary suffering and financial loss. Overall, there are more advantages than disadvantages to legalizing the sale of organs. The lives that would be saved by legalizing the sale of organs outweighs any of the negatives.