Arms trafficking‚ also known as gunrunning is the illegal transporting of firearms from one state‚ or country to another. Organized crime groups buy and sell weapons such as heavy machine guns‚ hand-held guns‚ recilles rifles and grenades to name a few to other groups for large profits. Arms’ trafficking is a multi-billion dollar business. 87% of firearms recovered from Mexico were traced back to the US over the last five years and is said to be responsible for fueling Mexico’s drug violence according
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MEXICO CITY -- It is a good time to be in the renewable energy business in Mexico since landmark energy reform opened up the electricity market and prioritized renewables. The government has an ambitious 12-year goal for renewable energy production‚ and private equity funds and development banks have millions of dollars ready to allocate to clean energy. “There is a huge potential for exploiting renewable energy in Mexico‚” says Guillermo Gutierrez of BK Partners‚ an investment management firm
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Sex Trafficking is Human Trafficking Walden University As I prepared for this assignment I wanted to research the subject matter of Human Trafficking‚ I believed this was an international issue that would prepare me for working with issues in third world countries. Instead I was confronted with the realization that this occurs not only in the United States‚ but in my own state of Wisconsin. The issue at hand‚ sexual trafficking of minors occurring every
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Journalism 312I December 14‚ 2010 Media in Mexico Media can be defined as the main means of communication through such outlets as television‚ radio‚ newspapers and the Internet. In any country or region‚ there are many factors that contribute to how the media is molded and received by its audience. These range from things like geographical issues to technological developmental delays to issues in political structure. Whatever the case may be‚ with the effects of these particular influences
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Human trafficking has increased in the United States due to the exposure of young women today and the desire for power and money by their traffickers. Since 2000‚ the age of prostitutes has decreased and the demand for a younger victim has increased‚ as supported by statistics. Human trafficking has increased due in part by a lack of communication between teens and their parents; and an increase in electronic communication with the outside world. Statistics on human trafficking have skyrocketed because
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Invisible Issue: Human Trafficking Many people know the basics of what human trafficking is but what they don’t know is how often it occurs. People do not spend time thinking about how many people human trafficking affects or how to stop it. Human trafficking is an issue that is highly ignored. Many people believe that the selling of people into slavery is not a problem in America or not a big problem at all. The truth is that there are large amounts of human trafficking happening all over the
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2012 How Drug Trafficking Effects the United States Drug trafficking in the United States has established itself to be one of the most profitable businesses in today’s world (U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency‚ 2004). There is such a high demand as more people buy‚ use and sell drugs for a variety of reasons‚ not really knowing all the risk that are at stake. With new laws in affect and more determined citizens of the U.S. everyone can help keep the streets clean. Drug trafficking is at an all-time
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Human Trafficking Legal Assessment Forms of slavery There are 3 different forms of slavery. They are: Sex Trafficking Forced Labour Debt Bondage 1. An example of Sex Trafficking is the case of Vicky F.‚ a young woman from Mexico‚ came to the United States with her husband‚ Jorge. They left their young son back home with Jorge’s mother. Jorge convinced Vicky to work as a prostitute so that they could save money to build a house back home. He kept all the money she earned and sent it directly
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Human Trafficking involves abducting and moving the victim against his or her will. Human trafficking is caused by the dangers of being in a foreign country and poverty. Both of these causes have the same effect: being a victim in human trafficking. Foreign vacationing or wanting to work in a foreign country is very common‚ but many people do not know the dangers of it. Many people every year hope to go on vacation or dream about living on an island in a foreign country‚ but they
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some residents of Mexico City‚ but for others‚ they have a high standard living. The first settlers in the Valley of Mexico came thousands of years ago. In 1325‚ a group now known as the Aztecs settled on an island in Lake Texcoco. They then created a city called Tenochtitlán. Since the Aztecs were great warriors‚ they soon created an empire. The city grew fast as well. When the Spanish arrived in 1519‚ Tenochtitlán was a huge city. Over 200‚000 people lived in the Valley of Mexico. In 1521‚ the
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