Human Trafficking: A Significant Worldwide Issue In Our Community

Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a significant worldwide issue that must be addressed as well as brought to the attention of our community. To many individuals, slavery was abolished in the 19th century, but in reality, it transformed into a modern day form known as human trafficking. They are similar, if not exactly alike because it is the action of one individual forcing another to obey their commands. Every year, millions of people are forced into this modern-day slavery and are transported all around the world to be sold. This crime violates the basic rights of these human beings. Approximately 600,000 to 800,000 victims annually across the nation are subjected to many forms of human trafficking such as sex trafficking, forced labor,
These criminals use a technique such as lying and deceiving to manipulate the situation so they can acquire their victims. Often times, a technique used is to lure victims in with a promise of a better life for themselves. These criminals even go as far as to stage themselves as travel agencies to persuade the victim. If lying does not work for them, then they revert back to force, abduction and bluntly threatening victims along with their loved ones. Generally, countries that have a bad economy are among the higher percentages for recruitment and sex trafficking. For example, seventeen criminals in Ohio and Pennsylvania back in 2012 lured in hundreds of women and girls of all ages. One victim, in particular, was twelve years old and told the policemen that she was promised love and money. After she had complied with the exploiters, they trapped her in a room and was only taken out when she was used for prostitution at local truck stops. If an individual looks at this from a structural-functional viewpoint, it would explain the vulnerability it creates for these women to be put in the situations they get in. For instance, people who are seeking jobs to get money to support their families. If they are put into a tough position they are more likely to overlook the dangers and become desperate enough to comply to prostitution or human trafficking. On the other hand, if someone was to be
They could be transported all over the world, across borders or even just a few blocks from where they were taken from. Horrifyingly enough, some victims are even transported as cargo in crates and shipping boxes on boats or trains. The word “trafficking” can suggest moment but in some cases it can mean forced labor or sex without ever leaving his or her home. Often times house maids or cleaning service workers are kept beyond their will to perform heinous acts and become a house servant. This is a modern day example of stratification where there is a clear division in regards to power and prestige. In this case, the house servant or commoner would be at the absolute very bottom of the totem pole and own no power or property. The exploitation of human beings can take place in restaurants, nail salons, sweat shops, households, agricultural industry and many more places similar. For example in Fausto Pocar’s Human Trafficking: A Crime Against Humanity described a situation where exploiters employed people to smuggle people to the United States of America from Mexico. The victims for forced to work on farms in multiple states across the United States for low wages. In addition, the victims were told that they were in debt from being transported over and needed to repay the exploiters. They had to live in insect infested shacks with no