Christine Caine is a Christian speaker who goes around to many different functions and talks about her Christian faith. I heard her speak for the first time at Motion 15 in Birmingham‚ Alabama. But she isn’t just a speaker; she and her husband found the A 21 Campaign that helps fight human trafficking. “Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings‚ mainly for the purposes of forced labor and sex trafficking. As the world’s fastest growing criminal industry‚ it affects every nation across
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When you ask yourself‚ “What is the reasoning for human trafficking?” what comes to mind? People have linked human trafficking with slavery because of how they treated people‚ typically because of forced labor or sexual exploitation. It’s sad to see that traffickers use force and fraud to bring in their victims and force them to do ungodly acts. There are different elements of human trafficking‚ which we have gone over such as what is done‚ how it is done‚ and why is it done? Consumerism and human
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1.3. Why the Illegal Drugs Industry grew in Colombia The exponential growth of the illegal drugs industry in this country raises several questions: why is Colombia so much involved in this illegal drug market? Why is this country the main importer of cocaine in the United States and in Europe? Why the production is located in Colombia and not in another country? Many analysts tried to answer these questions‚ and the answers cannot be so obvious since the drug can be produced in many other countries
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Personal Perception Of Organized Crime Paper Tatiana Cline CJA/384 December 1‚ 2014 Facilitator Hall Personal Perception Of Organized Crime Paper Statistic show that a majority of crimes committed in the United States are crimes of opportunity‚ passion‚ or convenience. Most crimes committed are for ones own selfish reasoning. These crimes are known as street crimes of unorganized crime‚ crimes like these are considered unpredictable and sporadic. These crimes are hard to solve because
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Human trafficking is a lucrative industry. It is second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable illegal industry in the world. In 2004‚ the total annual revenue for trafficking in persons were estimated to be between $5 billion and $9 billion. Human tracking often involves school aged children - particularly those not living with their parents - who are vulnerable to coerced labor exploitation‚ domestic servitude‚ or commercial sexual exploitation. As opposed to many other forms of
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Kathryn Bolkovac put herself in danger in order to rescue women and children in captivity; moreover she not only puts herself in danger‚ but she also sacrifices her career when she discovers some of her co-workers are culprits. Her sacrifices‚ hardwork‚ and dedication is what made me choose this inspirational person. To begin with‚ Kathryn initiated as a police officer in Lincoln‚Nevada; she took the job with the U.N international police task in order to pay for her children’s education ‚travel
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Over time‚ the amount of people forced into human trafficking have been steadily increasing. Although it is considered a worldwide crisis‚ many people are not aware of the growth in numbers nor take any form of notice or action against this illegal business. There are many factors that contribute to the lack of prevention of this crisis‚ though the fact that it is well-hidden is the main reason of its continuation. The invisibility of modern day slave trade leads to victims being overlooked in the
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It would be pretty hard to imagine that a man who was considered an enemy to multiple national governments‚ still found himself considered a humanitarian and even a saint by some. A man responsible for orchestrating the deaths of many people who opposed him‚ including members of the Colombian police force and notable foreign politicians. Such is the case of Pablo Escobar. At the height of his powers‚ Pablo Escobar was considered one of the richest men in the world and finding himself being the
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The world has yet to eradicate one of the largest criminal rings and 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
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A second form from the seven forms of transnational criminality would be money laundering‚ which is considered dirty cash that is illegally obtained cash that can’t be spent uninhibitedly. While there is confirmation that terrorist weapons have been obtained by direct trade for drugs‚ or for "dirty" cash‚ most consumptions by terrorists are for merchandise or services acquired on the free market‚ which requests clean money. Therefore‚ a great part of the dirty cash must be laundered in an endless
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