Human Trafficking Informative Speech

What do you think when you hear the words slavery or human trafficking? Some may envision a young Asian boy working in sweatshops for 12 hours or a young African girl being sold, forced to have sexual relations with God knows how many men. Yes, these are common forms of slavery and trafficking that happen in every country in our world everyday. Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, deception, and the abuse of power or a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, and the purpose of exploitation.
According to the Department of Justice, it is estimated that 14,500-17,00 victims of human trafficking are brought into the United States each year. Human trafficking has been acknowledged as a very complex issue and is a difficult one to resolve. Because of the difficulty and complexity of Human Trafficking, there is a need to educate, engage and advocate for those suffering from trafficking, to help bring an end to this heinous practice.
To fully understand the complexity of Human Trafficking, the history should be taken into consideration. “Rutgers University Campus Coalition Against Trafficking” provides a timeline on the history of Human Trafficking. In 1932, During WWII, Japan set up a horrifying and outrageous system where women all across Asia were forced into sexual slavery. The women were housed in what were known as "comfort stations." The conditions in these stations were horrific, with each woman detained in a small cubicle, and received beatings and other tortures if they were defiant. Because of this, many women ultimately died of disease, malnutrition, exhaustion, suicide, etc. In 1956, India initiated the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, which persecutes the
Many have the assumption that Human Trafficking only occurs in third world and developing countries when in reality it is happening in our own neighborhoods. We must educate our world in order to combat Human Trafficking in our world. A series of training workshops for law enforcement officials, outreach programs, and community sponsored initiatives would be a beginning to educate the public and those who have an opportunity to help victims directly (Mohajerin 5). “There is also a need for greater training to educate law enforcement officials on adequate response to those persons forced into trafficking” emphasizes, Mohajerin. We must also learn the signs, what to expect, and how to take action. With the implementation of education on Human Trafficking we will be able to save the lives of innocent women and children. Education is the key to prevent and ameliorate this global