Human Trafficking In Australia
Human trafficking is a kind of modern-day slavery where people are taken, controlled and exploited by forced and/or threatened for other people to make money off them. You might not believe it but Australia is one the destinations that human trafficking occurs in.
Human trafficking is becoming a major problem in Australia that needs to be stopped. More women from East Asia, South East Asia, and Eastern Europe are becoming sufferers of human trafficking within Australian borders. Some of theses women come into Australia voluntarily but are then forced into exploitative conditions. Project Respect says that the main reason why women are trafficked to Australia is 1. Less Australian women prepared to do prostitution 2. Higher demand by ‘customers’ that want women they can be violent too. For example, there is the idea that Asian women will accept a higher degree of violence than Australian women. Human trafficking is considered the second biggest provider of illegal income. This is due to traffickers having a low risk of getting …show more content…
Australians we believe in freedom of all people and that everyone should be equal. This can not be fulfilled when women are being stripped of their freedom to give others satisfaction. The current penalty for slavery is around 25 years of jail time. And for deceptive recruitment, imprisonment is up to seven years and the Australian Government has with increased their involvement to catch traffickers. 112 investigations and 22 people already charged with human trafficking. But the only prevention Australia has in place is public awareness campaigning in daily newspapers which encourages victims to talk to the police. However most of the victims would not communicate with the police due to lack of trust in authority, being too ashamed, and being too scared to talk about their
Human trafficking is becoming a major problem in Australia that needs to be stopped. More women from East Asia, South East Asia, and Eastern Europe are becoming sufferers of human trafficking within Australian borders. Some of theses women come into Australia voluntarily but are then forced into exploitative conditions. Project Respect says that the main reason why women are trafficked to Australia is 1. Less Australian women prepared to do prostitution 2. Higher demand by ‘customers’ that want women they can be violent too. For example, there is the idea that Asian women will accept a higher degree of violence than Australian women. Human trafficking is considered the second biggest provider of illegal income. This is due to traffickers having a low risk of getting …show more content…
Australians we believe in freedom of all people and that everyone should be equal. This can not be fulfilled when women are being stripped of their freedom to give others satisfaction. The current penalty for slavery is around 25 years of jail time. And for deceptive recruitment, imprisonment is up to seven years and the Australian Government has with increased their involvement to catch traffickers. 112 investigations and 22 people already charged with human trafficking. But the only prevention Australia has in place is public awareness campaigning in daily newspapers which encourages victims to talk to the police. However most of the victims would not communicate with the police due to lack of trust in authority, being too ashamed, and being too scared to talk about their