Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking

Introduction

Human Trafficking is one of the biggest crimes against the whole of mankind. It includes actions relating to or of transporting, recruiting, receiving and harboring person or persons by using any means of coercion or force for the ultimate purpose of exploitation. On a yearly basis thousands upon thousands of people including children and especially women are thereby abused by the human traffickers either in their home countries or in foreign countries. Unfortunately there is no country in the whole which is free of this disease. The UN has UNODC Department, which is trying to prevent human trafficking worldwide; similarly, America as well has many policies in place for stopping human trafficking.

Thesis Statement

“The USA is enforcing a halt on human trafficking and towards that end, it has enforced policies that define and deal with the traffickers.”

Discussion

Human Trafficking

According to the 3rd Article, Para. (a), trafficking in people defined as the transportation, recruitment, receipt, harboring or transfer of person or persons by the use of threats, coercion, force or other methods of fraud, abduction, abuse of power, deception over a vulnerable individual; or receiving or giving benefits and or payment for the right of maintaining a control over a person or persons, for the end goal of exploitation.

The term exploitation includes at least, exploiting people for prostitution or other sexual exploitation purpose, forced services or labor, slavery or similar practices, servitude or last but not the least, organ removal.

Human Trafficking Elements

Working according to the definition that is provided above, one can easily identify three constituents in people trafficking

The Action 

Trafficking in people defined as the transportation, recruitment, receipt, harboring or transfer of person or persons

The How 

persons by the use of threats, coercion, force or other methods of fraud, abduction, abuse of power, deception over a vulnerable individual; or receiving or giving benefits and or payment.

The Why 

for the right of maintaining a control over a person or persons, for the end goal of exploitation which includes at least, exploiting people for prostitution or other sexual exploitation purpose, forced services or labor, slavery or similar practices, servitude or last but not the least, organ removal.

The U.S and Human Trafficking

The past has shown the U.S to be one of the chief markets as destination or transit point for the people dealing in human trafficking. According to the estimates, around 17,500 to 14,500 people, chiefly, children and women are trafficked to the States on a yearly basis.

America's Government is very strongly opposed to this heinous practice and is taking strong measure to end human trafficking both at home and in foreign countries.

The Department of State of the U.S started to monitor the trafficking of the people from 1994, when the problem became highlighted by the Department's Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Initially it was highlighted because of the trafficking of girls and women for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The contents of the reports have widened over time and the embassies all over the world now ...