22 November 2012 Final Paper Human Trafficking Human Trafficking is one of the biggest forms of hidden organized crime in the world. It is a world we hardly ever hear about. Human trafficking is the fastest increasing criminal industry in today’s world‚ coming second only to illegal drug-trade. This type of slaver has been traced back to the ancient Mesopotamian and Mediterranean civilization and has continued to grow. But what is human trafficking? “Commonly referred to as "modern-day slavery"
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The extent at which human trafficking is uncontrollably growing has a colossal impact on the rights of numerous citizens‚ leading to crimes against humanity. Human trafficking is ranked the third largest international crime behind illegal drugs and arm trafficking (A Profitable). The most common type of human trafficking is the enforcement of labour. Other forms include sex trafficking‚ involuntary domestic servitude‚ child soldiery‚ organ trafficking‚ and bonded labor. According to the United Nations:
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exploitation‚ sometimes resulting in conditions akin to slavery. Victims of human trafficking are not only forced into prostitution‚ but are also subjected to economic exploitation in other branches of industry‚ such as the hospitality sector‚ domestic work and home care‚ the construction trade or the agricultural sector. (Please go to Legal framework for further information.) There are multiple causes for human trafficking‚ such as economic inequality between countries worldwide‚ poverty and lack
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Professor Correa 11 November 2012 Current Events Project: Sex Trafficking in Los Angeles According to her testimony on the Christian Broadcasting Network‚ Melissa Woodward was fourteen years old when she was sold into the human trafficking industry by a member of her own family. Beaten and raped for the first twenty-four hours‚ those that were holding her captive wanted her to understand that she was no longer human‚ but property‚ merely a thing. The men came in night after night to
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What is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is the recruitment‚ harboring‚ transporting‚ or procurement of a person for labor or services for the purpose of involuntary servitude‚ slavery‚ or forced commercial sex acts. It is a form of modern day slavery. Human Trafficking includes all aspects of forcing an individual to perform labor or other services. Traffickers use debt bondage‚ psychological manipulation‚ threats‚ and physical violence to control victims. This labor can include sexual services
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This paper presents a comprehensive review of current literature on human trafficking into and within the United States. This review of the literature is part of a larger study funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)‚ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation‚ to examine how HHS programs are currently addressing the needs of victims of human trafficking‚ including domestic victims‚ with a priority focus on domestic youth. This study is also structured
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Human Trafficking At present‚ human trafficking is still a big problem in the Philippine‚ and women and children are still in great danger because of this crime. So in an effort to deal with the problem‚ the government passed R.A. 9208‚ the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003‚ a penal law against human trafficking‚ sex tourism‚ sex slavery and child prostitution. Since the passage and enforcement of this law‚ the government and the people became vigilant on the happenings around and made efforts
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Human Trafficking in the United States In the world today there are about twenty to thirty million slaves in Human Trafficking. Human Trafficking is a form of modern day slavery that people profit from the control and exploitation of others. Human Trafficking is the third largest international crime today. 80% of human trafficking is sexual exploitation and or abuse and the other 20% is labor. 70%of human slaves are female or children. Shyima Hall was forced into that 70%‚ but was lucky enough
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Project One Human trafficking is a cold‚ devastating and disturbing crime against human kind. It is unbelievable how an individual can be cold hearted against their own kind‚ such as exploiting‚ selling‚ abusing and even slaving them involuntary damaging them physically and emotionally. Victims range from children‚ to women and even men from different places all over the world. This horrible crime has been around for a couple of years destroying the victims and their families. Many people have
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Human Trafficking is one of the fastest growing crime industries in the world. Human trafficking is a phrase that is used to describe the various ways in which a person “obtains or holds another person in compelled service” (U.S. Department of State‚ 2011‚ p. 9). There are several categories of human trafficking‚ such as forced labor‚ sex trafficking‚ and bond or debt labor. Human trafficking can affect adults and children‚ with the trafficking in children for sex being particularly bad. Human trafficking
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