WHY DOES HUMAN TRAFFICKING EXIST? BY PAMELA AMINE Why does human trafficking exist? 1 Abstract The purpose of this research is to explore the issue of human trafficking. Human trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings for the purposes of slavery‚ commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Trafficking of human beings is a major problem in today ’s universal society. It has been identified as the fastest growing illegal commerce on the planet. The reason why I chose this topic
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Human Trafficking in the United States Nicole Singleton American Intercontinental University Online November 12‚ 2012 Until recently‚ in the US‚ the thought never occurred that Americans were trafficking Americans. The purpose of this paper is to inform the audience about the crime of human trafficking that is happening in the US and also to persuade them to take a stand and help do something to combat this crime. Thesis: Human trafficking in the United States seems to be overlooked and
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What is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is the recruitment‚ harboring‚ transporting‚ or procurement of a person for labor or services for the purpose of involuntary servitude‚ slavery‚ or forced commercial sex acts. It is a form of modern day slavery. Human Trafficking includes all aspects of forcing an individual to perform labor or other services. Traffickers use debt bondage‚ psychological manipulation‚ threats‚ and physical violence to control victims. This labor can include sexual services
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This paper presents a comprehensive review of current literature on human trafficking into and within the United States. This review of the literature is part of a larger study funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)‚ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation‚ to examine how HHS programs are currently addressing the needs of victims of human trafficking‚ including domestic victims‚ with a priority focus on domestic youth. This study is also structured
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Human Trafficking in the United States In the world today there are about twenty to thirty million slaves in Human Trafficking. Human Trafficking is a form of modern day slavery that people profit from the control and exploitation of others. Human Trafficking is the third largest international crime today. 80% of human trafficking is sexual exploitation and or abuse and the other 20% is labor. 70%of human slaves are female or children. Shyima Hall was forced into that 70%‚ but was lucky enough
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Project One Human trafficking is a cold‚ devastating and disturbing crime against human kind. It is unbelievable how an individual can be cold hearted against their own kind‚ such as exploiting‚ selling‚ abusing and even slaving them involuntary damaging them physically and emotionally. Victims range from children‚ to women and even men from different places all over the world. This horrible crime has been around for a couple of years destroying the victims and their families. Many people have
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Human Trafficking is one of the fastest growing crime industries in the world. Human trafficking is a phrase that is used to describe the various ways in which a person “obtains or holds another person in compelled service” (U.S. Department of State‚ 2011‚ p. 9). There are several categories of human trafficking‚ such as forced labor‚ sex trafficking‚ and bond or debt labor. Human trafficking can affect adults and children‚ with the trafficking in children for sex being particularly bad. Human trafficking
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Human Trafficking No nation is immune from the curse of human trafficking. The most powerful nation to the simplest of nations are not immune from modern day slavery. Some nations do not even know the true definition of what human trafficking is. The main contributors to human trafficking are governmental corruption‚ economic and social crisis within each nation’s borders. Now most nations are coming together to learn more about the slavery and how to battle it internally and abroad. What is
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Human Trafficking Human trafficking is a big problem in the world. In1865‚ President Abraham Lincoln and the United States Congress ratified the 13th Amendment of the Constitution which states neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States.1 Over the past decade‚ trafficking in human beings has reached epidemic proportions. No country is immune‚ including the United States. Traffickers operate in our own country‚ stalking our own citizens‚ especially our children
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Rigdon November 16‚ 2014 Human Trafficking and its Dire Effects. Human Trafficking in the United States is something not a lot of people discuss. Most think it is only something that happens in third world countries‚ but in fact could be happening in their hometown. According to Protocol to Prevent‚ Subdue and Punish Trafficking in Persons‚ human trafficking in the modern world entails transfer of persons by use of applied force. Other methods used to enforce the trafficking include use of deception
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