Not My Life By Robert Bilheimer: Documentary Analysis

From the documentary titled “Not My Life” by Robert Bilheimer, there is a summary of how slavery and human trafficking are still a major problem today. Many people are forced to work under threat of coercion that involves hard labor without returns. Most of the affected are women and children who are considered easy targets because of their perceived weakness by society (Bilheimer, 2011). Many studies have found it hard to estimate the exact number of people affected since most of these crimes are hidden.
I was surprised most by the fact that many of the human traffickers commit heinous crimes and when caught, they get light sentences and are also sometimes released early. This is surprising because human trafficking is a serious crime considering