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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HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE CAUSE OF IT Human trafficking is recruitment‚ transportation‚ transfer or harbouring persons either by the threat or use of kidnapping‚ assault‚ fraud‚ or coercion‚ or the giving or receiving payment of interest or illegal to reach agreement a person having control over others for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labour. Smuggling does not require transnational movement; anyone can become victims of human trafficking such as documented and unauthorized immigrants
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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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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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commercial sex is approximately $27.8 billion per year. Additionally‚ labor trafficking creates estimated profits of $43.40 billion annually worldwide (Ezell 507). These numbers indicate that human trafficking – of which forced sex and forced labor are the major components - is one of the most profitable illegal trades‚ behind only the illegal drug enterprise and illegal arms dealing (Tonge 455). The lucrative nature of human trafficking presents a formidable task in attempting to arrest its perpetuation
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EN 354 Final Paper Human Trafficking: A Neoliberal Problem Requiring a Neoliberal Solution There are many different meanings to the term globalization‚ yet the constant throughout each meaning is the fact that globalization creates interconnectedness among citizens of the world that has not been experienced at such levels previously. Globalization as a theory is often applauded because it allows for a diffusion of knowledge as well as an increase in opportunities for most people. It does indeed
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illegal profit makers in the world. Human trafficking‚ an act defined as “taking someone by force‚ coercion‚ or fraud‚ for purpose of commercial sex or slave labor‚” is an insidious violation of human rights‚ while also being an extreme breach in the law‚ involving abduction‚ rape‚ imprisonment‚ physical violence‚ blackmail‚ and drugs‚ to say the least. It’s an international problem‚ as well as a problem within nations‚ even those considered free. Human trafficking is proof that slavery still exists
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Human Trafficking in Michigan Just imagine‚ a young girl from Mexico being sold off by her mother of six to an older man in the United States‚ just so her mother can have some money to provide for the rest of her family. It is pretty vivid to say the rest that might happen to this girl‚ but once the man is done using the young girl for whatever reason‚ he sells her off to another man and the girl is forever lost into the human trafficking industry. Human trafficking is a problem facing poverty stricken
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current epidemic in America is human trafficking. Human trafficking occurs all across the globe and is a modern-day form of slavery. It is a heinous act that only becomes worse with each passing year. The public needs to be educated on what human trafficking is and what victims of human trafficking endure; therefore‚ not only does the public need educated‚ but local police departments and hospital facilities need to learn how to identify and help victims of human trafficking. Most people in today’s society
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Human Trafficking – What It Is and The Different Types In the United States slavery was abolished in 1865‚ over one-hundred and fifty years ago‚ however‚ slavery is still a problem for most countries‚ including the United States. The modern day term for slavery is human trafficking. Just like slavery these individuals are generally forced or manipulated by their captors. Human trafficking victims vary from the young to the old and usually involve those who are uneducated and poor. The types
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