people in the world are affected by human trafficking. The majority of these people being trafficked are used as sex slaves. For people who don’t know what human trafficking is‚ it is the exploitation of men‚ women‚ and children for commercial gain. We all hear about sex trafficking in regions such as Africa and Central and South America‚ but sex trafficking is literally right on our door step. Texas comes in second in the nation for the highest sex trafficking rate followed by Los Angeles and Atlanta
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Human Trafficking‚ it happens here‚ it’s happening now. Imagine a young girl whose family is struggling and unable to provide her with a good education and a woman arrives and offers this young girl a job and a chance to attend school. Since this opportunity is unlikely to be offered at another time‚ the girl accepts the offer. When this young girl arrives in this supposed “opportunity of a lifetime” it is a living nightmare. The story you’ve just pictured is true in the case of 12 year old Maria
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Human Trafficking Human trafficking is a significant worldwide issue that must be addressed as well as brought to the attention of our community. To many individuals‚ slavery was abolished in the 19th century‚ but in reality‚ it transformed into a modern day form known as human trafficking. They are similar‚ if not exactly alike because it is the action of one individual forcing another to obey their commands. Every year‚ millions of people are forced into this modern-day slavery and are transported
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Types‚ Causes‚ and Effects of Human Trafficking When it comes to human trafficking is impossible not to think about slavery because Trafficking in humans was once called slavery. Human trafficking is the recruitment‚ transportation‚ transfer‚ harboring or receipt of persons‚ by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion‚ of abduction‚ of fraud‚ of deception‚ of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve
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Greed: The Powerhouse Driving the Global Human Trafficking Epidemic The hearts of all people have only dipped into the pool of greed while others have drowned and come out of this pool drenched with a selfish desire. It is this desire for personal gain and profit that drives the human trafficking business. Greed can be defined as a compulsive desire to possess excessive wealth‚ status and power with the intention to keep it for one’s self‚ far beyond the basic needs or comfort of the individual
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highest ranked countries to be transported from and also a destination‚ human trafficking has been reported in all fifty states plus Washington‚ D.C. ‚ and in some U.S. territories. The National Human Hotline receives more calls from Texas than any other state. The United States Trafficking in the United States is still a violation of human rights because it still breaks multiple guaranteed rights from the UN Declaration of Human Rights‚ including Article 3‚5‚ & 24. These rights are violated because
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every single day under the control of a more powerful person or group of people. Although this problem is not predominant‚ or looked at as the biggest problem in our society today‚ no one realizes the dangers it brings to the people affected by human trafficking. People being held captive every day lose hope of becoming free because they have accepted that no one is listening or will push them flee their subduers. “Eighteen thousand foreign nationals are trafficked annually in the United States‚ and
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Protecting the most Vulnerable: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Tatiana Salajan English 1102 - 16 Dr. J. McCarthy November 19‚ 2017 1 Tatiana Salajan Dr. J. McCarthy English 1102-16 November 19‚ 2017 Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery “The clearest way to see through a culture is to attend to its tools for conversation” Neil Postman (8) Modern slavery and human trafficking can and does occur anywhere‚ it does not really happen to appear in a particular
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Human trafficking: is this ancient crime eternal or can it be stopped? Trafficking in persons is modern-day slavery‚ involving victims who are forced‚ defrauded‚ or coerced into labor or sexual exploitation. The International Labor Organization‚ the UN agency charged with addressing labor standards‚ employment‚ and social protection issues‚ estimates that 12.3 million people worldwide are enslaved in forced labor‚ bonded labor‚ forced child labor‚ sexual servitude‚ and involuntary servitude at any
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Modern Day Slavery: Sex Trafficking “I was sold for 3‚500 euros ($4‚400). I was beaten‚ raped‚ forced against my will. They would put out cigarette butts on me and cut me with razors. It was like a horror movie” (Kara 131). This first-hand account comes from Martina‚ a 29-year-old sex trafficking victim from Bulgaria. At the time she was 19 and working as cook. She met a young man who offered her a job at a restaurant in Croatia. Desperate for a better life‚ Martina took the job without a second
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