Voters in California sent a clear and strong message to human traffickers and their victims when they elected to impose severe sentences on those convicted of the crime on the November 6‚ 2012 ballot. 81.1 percent of voters approved of Proposition 35‚ Human Trafficking. Penalties. Initiative Statute‚ which intended to bring state human trafficking laws up to par with federal laws. Under federal law‚ a convicted sex trafficker receives a sentence of 15 years to life in prison‚ whereas under California
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The facts and statistics relating to human trafficking is shocking and eye opening. Not only is there still a form of slavery in this world but we have more slaves now than ever before in history. Some may get the concept of human smuggling and trafficking confused. Human smuggling is the entry of people into a country through the deliberate evasion of immigration laws. This includes bringing illegal aliens into a country‚ as well as the unlawful transportation and harboring of aliens already in
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The History of Human Trafficking How did it begin? There are several arguments about when human trafficking could have started. Some say that the slave trade in which Africans were captured by slave traders and shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas‚was the first human trafficking.Others argue that the forced labor of children during the 1700s was the real beginning of what is now known as human trafficking. Human trafficking for sexual purposes was first legally recognized by the term
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As Wyngaard (2006) points out‚ many different perspectives can be used to approach the problem of trafficking‚ which can depend on the organization‚ personal motivations‚ and academic backgrounds‚ etc. He specifically suggests six such views: 1. As a moral problem‚ calling into question the entire sex industry. 2. As a problem of corruption and organized crime‚ calling for development of law enforcement agencies and legislative frameworks. 3. As a migration problem‚ calling for an examination of
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The Globalization of Human Trafficking: How Globalization has facilitated the Expansion of Human Trafficking and the idea of a Fourth World. As time goes on we can evidently see how globalization is developing the world to become more integrated through a global economy. As the world around us is continually growing smaller‚ we can see an almost global community becoming apparent. It is a community that allows for the transfer of people both voluntarily and otherwise. Globalization has both positives
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criminal law focus fails to address the root causes of human trafficking‚ and hence‚ will not be able to prevent human trafficking. Trafficking is anything but limited to the illegal activity of criminals. To the contrary‚ it is the demand for products and services in legitimate industries within the dynamics of global markets‚ which fuels the black market of trading in humans. Having realized the huge profitability of the human trafficking market‚ criminal enterprises and traffickers all over the
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Human trafficking is the fastest increasing criminal industry in today’s world‚ coming in second after illegal drug-trade. This type of slavery has been traced back to the ancient Mesopotamian and Mediterranean civilization and has continued to grow. What is human trafficking? Commonly referred to as "modern-day slavery" is the illegal trade of human beings for forced labor or for exploitation. Exploitation referring to the using others for prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation‚ forced
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Human Trafficking: The different risk factors Abstract Human Trafficking: The Different Risk Factors Definition of Human Trafficking According to Jac-Kucharski (2012)‚ “human trafficking is defined as the recruitment‚ harboring‚ transportation‚ provision‚ or obtaining of a person for labor or services‚ through the use of force‚ fraud‚ or coercion for the purpose of subjective to involuntary servitude‚ peonage‚ debt bondage‚ or slavery”(p.151). The risk factors that used in the research
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The aim of this paper is discuss the challenges faced with victims of human trafficking which among others include psychological disorders such as vicarious trauma. 1. How vicarious trauma might influence the way the criminal justice system handles trafficking victims: Most trafficking victims have been through frustrating moments that torment them day-in-day-out throughout their lives. The criminal justice system is‚ therefore‚ meant to take into consideration the psychological condition of the
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Human Trafficking and International Law Slavery was the first form of Human Trafficking in the world and even though it was abolished in 1865‚ different forms of slavery still linger today. Human Trafficking takes many forms; from sex trafficking to labor trafficking. In the past this issue was highly overlooked‚ but according to Farrell (2014) the problem has received growing coverage in the media; anti-trafficking activism has skyrocketed; and most countries have created new policies‚ laws‚ and
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