Sex Trafficking
Human Trafficking and Slavery
English 101, Semester 1
November 19, 2012
One of the least recognized, yet largest world-wide crime, is human trafficking. It is the act of exchanging people for money, through the use of illegal networks that the annual cost of human trafficking is $32 billion U.S. Dollars (Connolly para. 7). With such a high amount of money being brought in, every year, it is surprising to believe that this is an underground business. What would you do if you saw a 9-year-old child walking the streets selling themselves for money? Could you walk away and pretend it was nothing? People refuse to accept the fact that this is going on in our society, but we need to face the fact that there are little kids that are forced to sell their bodies. This is a 9 million dollar industry, which makes the trafficking industry in the top three of criminal activity. Child Sex Trafficking is the modern day slavery. It is the holding of people against their will. It is mainly used with children under the age of 16. It is usually an ignored crime and victims rarely escape or seek for help. They are dependent on others to help them because they are scared. These victims that are caught by the authorities are usually just looked at as prostitutes and get arrested. There are not enough programs out there to help these victims.
The sex industry is one of the oldest jobs out there. Brothels are even still used today. Sex trafficking victims are usually the people who employ these brothels. But the only people who go to them are the reason that this industry is booming. It is disgusting to know that a grown individual will willing buy a nine year old to have sex with. That is one of the most repulsive things I’ve ever heard of. You may think that this is just an immigration problem. No twenty-five percent of the victims are United States citizens. More than 50 percent of the victims are children. More than 32 percent of the victims are
English 101, Semester 1
November 19, 2012
One of the least recognized, yet largest world-wide crime, is human trafficking. It is the act of exchanging people for money, through the use of illegal networks that the annual cost of human trafficking is $32 billion U.S. Dollars (Connolly para. 7). With such a high amount of money being brought in, every year, it is surprising to believe that this is an underground business. What would you do if you saw a 9-year-old child walking the streets selling themselves for money? Could you walk away and pretend it was nothing? People refuse to accept the fact that this is going on in our society, but we need to face the fact that there are little kids that are forced to sell their bodies. This is a 9 million dollar industry, which makes the trafficking industry in the top three of criminal activity. Child Sex Trafficking is the modern day slavery. It is the holding of people against their will. It is mainly used with children under the age of 16. It is usually an ignored crime and victims rarely escape or seek for help. They are dependent on others to help them because they are scared. These victims that are caught by the authorities are usually just looked at as prostitutes and get arrested. There are not enough programs out there to help these victims.
The sex industry is one of the oldest jobs out there. Brothels are even still used today. Sex trafficking victims are usually the people who employ these brothels. But the only people who go to them are the reason that this industry is booming. It is disgusting to know that a grown individual will willing buy a nine year old to have sex with. That is one of the most repulsive things I’ve ever heard of. You may think that this is just an immigration problem. No twenty-five percent of the victims are United States citizens. More than 50 percent of the victims are children. More than 32 percent of the victims are
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