first time I heard the topic of human trafficking I thought this simply cannot be happening‚ and if it did‚ how come no one including myself knew about it. It happened when my family and I were stationed at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany back in 2010. as a parent of three boys and a girl I wanted to know more about it to educate my self‚ and become more aware of what human trafficking was. I did not want to just look away as many of my friends did. Human trafficking is not smuggling‚ or volunteer
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exposed to is human trafficking. The lack of mention that human trafficking gets in the media is often ignored as people continue to pretend that it doesn’t exist. Stories of people disappearing and getting abducted are in an abundance‚ yet when the survivors of human trafficking report their story‚ nobody is willing to listen. In the void of news media reports‚ non-profit government organisations have released videos and articles‚ bringing light to the subject of human trafficking. One of the more
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and I am here to talk to you about Human trafficking. I am part of the organisation Red Light Anti Human Trafficking which aims to fight the scourge of Human Trafficking. Did you know that 600‚000 to 800‚000 women‚ children and men are bought and sold across international borders and exploited for forced labor or commercial sex every year‚ and 80% of those being women and children. It generates about $32 billion a year. What is Human Trafficking? Human Trafficking is defined as the illegal movement
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1. Human sex trafficking is a world issue‚ but sometimes the issues can be found rampantly in certain areas. What is human sex trafficking? Human sex trafficking can be defined as “a form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform commercial sex through the use of force‚ fraud‚ or coercion” according to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center‚ or in other words‚ prostitution. Not only adults are affected by the practice‚ but minors‚ those who are under the age of 18‚ are as well. Those
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fights against human trafficking. Human trafficking is the illegal movement of people from one country to another‚ people that have been lied too and taken for the use of forced labour or commercial sex exploitations. Human trafficking is caused by the push factor like the natural disaster or conflict that has occurred in one country and people seeking for a better life and a pull factor like social and economic opportunities. Poverty is the main reason cause for human trafficking and many members
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the most prominent issues in society today‚ human trafficking‚ also known as modern slavery‚ has seen a 55% increase in the United Kingdom (UK) since 2014‚ with a total of 2‚340 people‚ including 671 children identified as victims‚ 300 of these being British. The exploitation of these victims is labeled under four categories: domestic servitude‚ labour exploitation‚ organ harvesting‚ and sexual exploitation. Apart from hurting our citizens‚ human trafficking has a large impact on economics‚ as it removes
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during the slave trade of the last century. Many people still do not know about the cruelty and modern structures of slavery. Human trafficking comes in second place in terms of global profits after the profits of drug trafficking and arms trade‚ but the financial resources to fight them very little. Trafficking in human beings takes place in various forms‚ including sex trafficking‚ which produces relatively high profits‚ compared with low investment requirements. The modern slavery is prevalent all over
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What Describes Human Trafficking Human Trafficking is today’s modern slavery. It is identified as transporting‚ harboring or abducting someone without consent; while used as forced labor‚ sexual exploitation‚ or supply of body parts (FBI.gov). In 2014‚ the U.S. Department of State estimated 600‚000 to 800‚000 adults and kids being trafficked across international borders every year. An average of 90% of victims are female while more than half are specifically intended for sexual exploitation (Davy
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The facts and statistics relating to human trafficking is shocking and eye opening. Not only is there still a form of slavery in this world but we have more slaves now than ever before in history. Some may get the concept of human smuggling and trafficking confused. Human smuggling is the entry of people into a country through the deliberate evasion of immigration laws. This includes bringing illegal aliens into a country‚ as well as the unlawful transportation and harboring of aliens already in
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different forms. The general term for modern day slavery is human trafficking. Human trafficking is a form of slavery in which people profit from exploiting others whether for domestic or sexual labor. It affects every country around the world‚ regardless of historical or political status. According to Polaris Project’s article “Human trafficking‚” “The International Labor Organization estimates that there are 20.9 million victims of human trafficking globally‚ including 5.5 million children. 55% are women
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