HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Human Trafficking

Abstract

Human trafficking constitutes a form of modern-day slavery and one of the most severe forms of human rights abuses in the 21st century. It is one of the fastest growing forms of international crime and poses a significant threat to the safety and well-being of individuals throughout the world. Trafficking refers to the transfer, relocation, or transportation of human beings for the purposes of economic gain or other forms of exploitation and through the use of threat, coercion, fraud, abduction, or deception. It is typically done for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced labor and domestic servitude (Kara, 2008). In this paper, we try to research on the Human Trafficking. The paper provides an argumentative essay and incorporates evidence from different sources to support thesis statement and main points of the paper. The paper includes the critical issues regarding to the Human Trafficking. It also provides the, what efforts should be made to Combat Trafficking. Finally, paper concludes with the overall discussion.

Human Trafficking

Introduction

Trafficking is a phenomenon associated with increasing globalization and perpetuated by the ever-present global inequalities of gender, race, and economics. Trafficking victims denied their basic human rights and often kept locked up and isolated, thus restricting their opportunities for escape. Victims who trafficked into sex work are at high risk for violence as well as human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases. According to Farr (2005), the sale of human beings believed to be commerce $ 7 to $ 12 billion and ranks third after the sale of pharmaceutical and weapons, as most businesses lucrative international and illegal (Tailby, 2001).

Thesis statement

Human Trafficking has a relationship with organized crime, and it is also modern day slavery.

Discussion

As with most forms of criminal activity, it is difficult to collect accurate data about human trafficking. However, advocacy organizations and governments alike assert that the overwhelming majority of individuals who trafficked are women and children-including both female and male children-and it estimated that approximately half of all individuals trafficked each year are under the age of 18. Data indicates that internationally between 1 and 2 million individuals newly trafficked each year, while millions more remain captive within the trafficking system.

In addition, tens of thousands of individuals trafficked domestically each year, including from one state to another or from a rural area to an urban one (or vice versa) within the same state. Victims who disobey their captors routinely beaten, tortured, or even killed. Recent years have witnessed increased efforts by governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and media sources to combat trafficking. However, there remain significant challenges not only in respect to raising awareness about this problem but also in prosecuting traffickers and assisting victims.

Trafficking is most often a means of securing individuals for participation in various types of forced labor. It may be carried out by small networks of individuals, with each one responsible for a different aspect of the process of luring or abducting a victim; transporting them, or overseeing them once they arrive at ...