Slavery: The Menace Of Human Trafficking

Human trafficking menace makes people question, either is human trafficking happening in my neighborhood that I am not aware of or is trafficked labor used to produce anything I use daily? The menace of human trafficking is prevalent and pervasive in modern society and carried on in secrecy by cartels in cohorts with well-connected parties backed by powerful governments blessing (Burke, 2013).The act of human trafficking is both an abuse of human rights and evil action that leaves the victims life damaged physically, emotionally and psychologically.
The trafficking in person activity stands although not documented as a million dollar venture by those in the practice of the vice. The victims of trafficking suffer exploitation and are embroiled in the slavery of working as personal property to their masters to generate income against their wishes. The perpetrators of human trafficking benefit from massive revenues obtained on getting either cheap labor for the production of goods and services or proceeds from their sex trafficking slavery. The trafficking in person venture is always in connivance with the authorities to conceal their illegal gold mines to share and enjoy the spoils of the shady deals. The authorities turn a blind eye on the human trafficking cartels to facilitate
The practice is still alive in the contemporary world to achieve the same objective but concealed as legal fair trading practices. As at 2012 International Labor Organization estimated that, the victims of forced labor stood at 21 million. Human trafficking is the most destructive violations of fundamental rights conferred on humanity. The perpetrators of human trade target their victims through capitalizing on the perceived disadvantaged in the society like the poor, discriminated in our communities (Hindman,