Why Join Gangs

Several factors contribute when making the decision to join a gang. Young boys and teenagers are often lured into joining gangs because of the easy access to making money. They are offered money for what seems to be simple activities. As soon as young teenage boys become members of a gang, they start participating in illegal activities. Gangs generate revenue from trafficking humans, drugs and weapons.
Human trafficking is a serious global problem and the United States is widely known as a destination country for trafficking in people. Many women, men and children fall into the hands of traffickers in their own country and overseas each year. Victims are usually very young and some are as young as seven years old. The exact number of human trafficking victims within the United States is unknown.
Young girls and women are forced into prostitution and forced labor. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, about 8 in 10 of the suspected incidents of human trafficking were classified as sex trafficking, and about 1 in 10 incidents were classified as

The main drugs that are trafficked everyday are cocaine, heroin, marijuana and ecstasy. In addition, Mexican traffickers are also responsible for producing and smuggling thousands of pounds of methamphetamine annually. The majority of cocaine that enters the United States comes from Colombia through Mexico and across the U.S. and Mexico border. In early 2014, federal security administrators reported that more heroin grown and produced in Mexico was entering the United States. Officials stated that this was occurring due to the decrease in marijuana that was being sold by Mexican traffickers (Havocscope, 2014, More Heroin from Mexico Entering United States, para. 1). The push for marijuana legalization has contributed to the decline of marijuana sold. As a result, most Mexican traffickers have turned to heroin by increasing their supply in order to meet