Effects Of Sex Trafficking
The Effects of Sex Trafficking
There are approximately 20 to 30 million slaves in the world today, around 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation. The victims of sex trafficking are forced into prostitution, to appear in pornographic material, and to work as exotic entertainers. Every year young women are often tricked, kidnapped, or forced to enter prostitution. Although sex trafficking is most common in countries such as Thailand, India, Cambodia, and Mexico; between 14,000 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the US each year.While billions of dollars can be made, human sex trafficking affects millions of people all around the world. The fact that people actually condone this act is sickening. As a nation, we all must step up and …show more content…
The average age someone enters this trade are between the ages of 12 and 14; many victims are runaway girls who were sexually abused as children. “The International Labour Organization estimates that women and girls represent the largest share of forced labor victims with 11.4 million trafficked victims (55%) compared to men who have 9.5 million victims (45%)” (DO Something. “11 Facts About Human Trafficking.” Web. 3 May 2017).
The US department believes that 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders. Another big problem is that it has a huge impact on nationwide employment and the labour market, which impedes on national and international economic growth; meaning that human trafficking will one day surpass the drug and selling of guns. The sad truth about sex trafficking is that anyone can be a victim, no matter the age, gender, ethnicity, or …show more content…
“Each year this trade profits 32 billion dollars, 15.5 billion dollars is made in industrialized countries” ((DO Something. “11 Facts About Human Trafficking.” Web. 3 May 2017). If we all come together and stop this abhorrent act, that 32 billion dollars can go into something that actually matters, like education; instead that money is going into buying women for people’s pleasure. Since countries have different ways on handling sex trafficking, it’s hard to settle on at least one solution. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), a law passed in the United States in 2000, focuses on the prevention of sex trafficking, protection of the victims, and the prosecution of the traffickers. The TVPA has been updated at least two times in the past couple of years, the most recent being in
There are approximately 20 to 30 million slaves in the world today, around 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation. The victims of sex trafficking are forced into prostitution, to appear in pornographic material, and to work as exotic entertainers. Every year young women are often tricked, kidnapped, or forced to enter prostitution. Although sex trafficking is most common in countries such as Thailand, India, Cambodia, and Mexico; between 14,000 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the US each year.While billions of dollars can be made, human sex trafficking affects millions of people all around the world. The fact that people actually condone this act is sickening. As a nation, we all must step up and …show more content…
The average age someone enters this trade are between the ages of 12 and 14; many victims are runaway girls who were sexually abused as children. “The International Labour Organization estimates that women and girls represent the largest share of forced labor victims with 11.4 million trafficked victims (55%) compared to men who have 9.5 million victims (45%)” (DO Something. “11 Facts About Human Trafficking.” Web. 3 May 2017).
The US department believes that 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders. Another big problem is that it has a huge impact on nationwide employment and the labour market, which impedes on national and international economic growth; meaning that human trafficking will one day surpass the drug and selling of guns. The sad truth about sex trafficking is that anyone can be a victim, no matter the age, gender, ethnicity, or …show more content…
“Each year this trade profits 32 billion dollars, 15.5 billion dollars is made in industrialized countries” ((DO Something. “11 Facts About Human Trafficking.” Web. 3 May 2017). If we all come together and stop this abhorrent act, that 32 billion dollars can go into something that actually matters, like education; instead that money is going into buying women for people’s pleasure. Since countries have different ways on handling sex trafficking, it’s hard to settle on at least one solution. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), a law passed in the United States in 2000, focuses on the prevention of sex trafficking, protection of the victims, and the prosecution of the traffickers. The TVPA has been updated at least two times in the past couple of years, the most recent being in