Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery

Nearly 185 years later after the 13th amendment was ratified, slavery is still rampant in America. In today’s society it comes in 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 and girls (humantraffickingpara5).” After being raped, beaten, dehumanized and sold numerous times to complete
High cost meaning the money people make from trafficking. “Traffickers generate billions of dollars in profits (humantraffickingpara3),” therefore traffickers are pushed into sex trafficking for the monetary gain. Poverty is another thing that fuels sex trafficking. According to Rita Chi-Yung Chungs’ “Global Study Review” article, “potential trafficking victims are “pushed” into the situation by poverty and the lack of employment opportunities (Chungpara5).”In short, people who live in poverty are pulled into trafficking because they want to survive.to survive one needs money.so they will do what they have to do at all cost to make money, even if they do not know the full extent of the jobs. “Victims’ Stories” emphasizes the severity of how poverty pushes people into sex trafficking with Maria Elena’s
Customers often want unlimited access to a variety of women who are ethnically and culturally diverse. This constant demand for new and different women is one of the primary drives behind the international trade in women (page18).” To clarify, Prostitution fuels sex trafficking because it makes women into a commodity. And with commodities there are consumers, consumers want a specific type of item and in this case the consumers want a specific type of person, specific body type, hair color, and skin color. And traffickers know they will profit more if they have the right item, female, male, child per