Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery
Human Trafficking Human trafficking simply said is modern day slavery. This is an act that is not new, especially in overseas areas. It is defined as the movement of people (mostly women and children), through violence, deception, and coercion for the purpose of forced labor, servitude, or slavery-like practices. It is one of the worst and most prominent international crimes. It has become popular because traffickers can make easy profits in poor and deprived regions of the world by exploitation and the knowledge that there are no serious penalties against them. I feel strongly that we as Americans should take a stand to combat this issue through stronger prosecutions for traffickers, by providing more awareness in those areas affected,
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Apparently Israel is becoming a haven for selling women into servitude. It was reported by Fox News that most of these women are from the Soviet Union and are being traded by the Russian mob. Approximately 3,000 women are sold into slavery each year in Israel. The documentary revealed that behind a concrete wall was a narrow passage that led to girls who were living inside. It took them 15 minutes to break the wall down and locate the girls; the conditions were not suitable for living human beings. The girls had apparently been trapped for 3 hours. Although, the cops were there to let them out, they treated the girls very disrespectfully. The house was three stories with secret passages throughout. The pimps controlled the doors with a hydraulic mechanism that did not allow for the girls to be able to escape. Behind the walls of these floors were hidden rooms crammed with women. This video was disgustingly real and very …show more content…
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) came about in October 2000, prior to this there were no laws to prosecute traffickers or protect victims. TVPA has three goals and those are to prevent human trafficking overseas, protect victims and help them rebuild their lives in the U.S. with federal and state support, and to prosecute traffickers under stiff Federal penalties. In some cases, traffickers can be sentenced anywhere from 20 years in prison to life in prison depending on the age and acts committed against the victim. In 2003, the Bush Administration revised the law allowing for $200 million to be used to help combat
Apparently Israel is becoming a haven for selling women into servitude. It was reported by Fox News that most of these women are from the Soviet Union and are being traded by the Russian mob. Approximately 3,000 women are sold into slavery each year in Israel. The documentary revealed that behind a concrete wall was a narrow passage that led to girls who were living inside. It took them 15 minutes to break the wall down and locate the girls; the conditions were not suitable for living human beings. The girls had apparently been trapped for 3 hours. Although, the cops were there to let them out, they treated the girls very disrespectfully. The house was three stories with secret passages throughout. The pimps controlled the doors with a hydraulic mechanism that did not allow for the girls to be able to escape. Behind the walls of these floors were hidden rooms crammed with women. This video was disgustingly real and very …show more content…
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) came about in October 2000, prior to this there were no laws to prosecute traffickers or protect victims. TVPA has three goals and those are to prevent human trafficking overseas, protect victims and help them rebuild their lives in the U.S. with federal and state support, and to prosecute traffickers under stiff Federal penalties. In some cases, traffickers can be sentenced anywhere from 20 years in prison to life in prison depending on the age and acts committed against the victim. In 2003, the Bush Administration revised the law allowing for $200 million to be used to help combat