Modern Day Slavery Research Paper

Modern day Sex Slavery: It’s a CRIME! Have you ever heard of human trafficking or how about sex slavery? Well here is a fact that will enlighten your mind: Human trafficking is not only slavery but also another form of forced sex and prostitution. Women are “sold” as property to men and are forced to have sex and the profits are collected by the slave owners. It is known as the second fastest growing committed felony in the Universe. Slavery began before time could tell. As early as the 1500s, slavery was taking place but had a different definition. In those day, slavery meant that a person was owned by law by another person known as the “owner”. The slave was required to follow his or her owner’s orders. Although slavery has been banned from every country, modern day slavery still exists in the form of human trafficking. This crime starts when women or children are smuggled across the borderlines of foreign countries and are brought into the United
States where they are sold as sex slaves. Once the victims cross the border of another country, the “buyers” take the victim’s personal information, such as passport and identification from the victims. This makes it harder for the victims to try and escape. Today, slavery has a whole new meaning. Slavery today finds women, children or teenagers being promised a better life and a reasonable job in another country. But once they arrive they suddenly realize that they are not going to get the job they were promised, but instead they are left in a really bad situation in which they become victims of human trafficking or sex slavery. The victims are told that they will do what they are demanded to do or face severe consequences. Consequences that may include beatings and even rape. They are forced to have sex with clients to make money. The victims have no other choice but to cooperate. Many people in our society may not realize the horrific crime being committed when women and teenage boys and girls are being sold to people and are forced to have sex. The victims are sometimes exposed to drugs and form an addiction and stay in the situation for that reason, others simply just fear for their lives. The victims will “live” in secluded residences or places where they are fairly unnoticed. Surprisingly, some victims are allowed to go to Church so they do not rebel against their “thug” or “owner”. Modern day slavery is a big problem. It is becoming more and more popular between gangs and mafias. Modern day slavery can and does happen in every country including the United States of America. The victims of modern day slavery could be anybody. Statistics show that about eighty percent of the victims of this horrible crime are women and fifty percent are innocent children. There is a movie about a teenage girl who went through a dreadful experience and her father traveled the world to save her. This movie is based on a true story. The movie was excellent. This movie shows viewers that crimes like modern day slavery exist and that we should be aware of what occurs. Like the website Ms. Chappel said to visit (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/slaves/), the women and their experiences, the teenager in the movie feels the same emotions as the women did. It is a known fact that at least every sixty-seconds, two children are added to the list of modern day slavery victims.
We, the people can try to make a change. One idea would be to be aware of anything that happens in your neighborhood. This felony can happen in the lowest and highest of society. Another idea is to call the police if there is a suspicion of women or children being kept in opposition of their will. We, the people need to share with the police officers and authorities what we know so we can stop the abducting in the United States and other countries as well. The “people” have spoken and we must not let this start for a change fail. There are websites that are supporting a change as well. One in particular is http://notforsaletn.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/ten-quick-facts-about-modern-day-slavery/, this website has useful information and it is trying to get more and more people to help end modern day sex slavery. Let’s all try and think about what we, the people can do as a world wide
community.