Priceless Commodity: An Essay on Child Trafficking Child Trafficking is a form of human trafficking. It is defined as the recruitment‚ transfer and harbouring of children‚ for purposes of exploitation (Child Trafficking‚ www.dictionary.com). The trafficking of children is the third largest global consumer market‚ especially in areas of Asia‚ Latin America‚ the Caribbean‚ the Middle East and North Africa‚ with an estimated 1.2 million children being trafficked annually. (UN.GIFT). Since poverty
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The Trafficking of Women The trafficking of women and girls for the purpose of prostitution is big business. It has been and still is one of the biggest industries worldwide. These unfortunate women and girls do not lead normal lives‚ but rather they are bought and sold as commodities. They also usually have no control over their lives and live in conditions of extreme poverty and abuse. Trafficking‚ debt bondage‚ forced labor‚ and other abuse is suffered by women all over the world and it is
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a Tier 1 source‚ transit‚ and destination country. Men‚ women‚ and children are trafficked into forced labor and sexual exploitation. Organized crime groups such as the Albanians and Romanians are involved with all aspects of crime including human trafficking. Nigerian women and girls are trafficked into Italy through coercive methods such as debt bondage and even voodoo rituals to gain compliance. An estimated 3‚000 children are active in street prostitution. Men from Africa‚ Asia‚ and Eastern Europe
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Child Trafficking UNDOC defines human trafficking as acquisition of people by illegal means such as force‚ fraud‚ deception‚ abduction or coercion for the purpose of exploiting them. According to one statistics of US state department‚ human trafficking victims are mostly women and girls (approximately 80%) and up to 50% are minors or children. It is well known fact that in each and every step of subsistence prevention is better than cure. Nowadays when crime and injustice become inevitable misery
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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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Human trafficking and drug trafficking are familiar global issues fueled by criminals‚ the black market‚ and illegal businesses. Though most people are familiar with these illicit trades‚ organ trafficking is just as much of a problem but not as commonly advertised. Organ trafficking is the illegal commercial sale of inner organs for transplants‚ and a worldwide issue with majority of these black market sales occurring in‚ but not limited to‚ countries struggling with poverty. There are multiple
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Sex Trafficking Sex trafficking is a problem around the world. The United States State Department estimates that roughly 700‚000 to 2 million women and girls are smuggled across borders every year. Eastern Europe is where much of the initial selling occurs. This black market ’s sales are comparable to the slave trade in United States history‚ and is equivalent to the sale of cattle. Sex trafficking refers to the movement of women and children for purposes of prostitution or some other form of
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: (TAN DJONI) Child Trafficking as a Threat to Future Generations Over Easter weekend in April 2001 a story flashed around the world about a ‘slave ship’‚ the Etireno‚ off the coast of Nigeria in West Africa. Journalists reported that several hundred slave children were on board. The reality turned out to be different and was a classic case of trafficking in West Africa‚ where young children are routinely employed far from home as domestic
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Maria Gurung Dianne Jhonson 26th Sep 2012 Girl Trafficking in Nepal Specific Purpose To inform my audience about the trafficking of innocent girls from rural area of Nepal to India for prostitution. Central Idea Girl trafficking is a major social issue and a major crime but is a profitable business in Nepal. Innocent girls from rural area of Nepal are lured by traffickers and sold into brothels of India.This problem must be solved as a result we must be aware of the causes‚ the situation
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Policy Analysis I Paper Jarel Thomas CJA/464 12/1/2014 Paul Brouilletti Human trafficking is a criminal act of abducting vulnerable people like children and even adults in demand for money or other huge prizes from the families of the victims. Some mechanisms and strategies have been put in place to reduce and curb this act that is endangering children and also some adults in the UK. According to the research conducted‚ most of the children who are abducted are the talkative ones who like making
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