Sex Trafficking Issues

Given the many problems in the world’s largest countries, poverty and famine are merely a portion of these major issues. Alongside the world’s increasing population and demand for technology, a more contemporary issue, known as sex trafficking, has begun to spread. Because these societal complications have remained untouched, this phenomenon continues to exist because of victims’ circumstances, as needing a source of income, searching for the basic necessities, and debt bondage. Although sex trafficking is a sub-category of modern slavery, it is a human rights violation that activists have been pushing to eliminate. Sex trafficking can be mitigated, and ultimately eliminated, by educating the general population, raising international awareness,
There is an uncomfortable atmosphere around sex trafficking because many individuals associate sex trafficking with taboo, and because the issue has not been publicly discussed enough. This education can begin with trafficking awareness classes being held in schools, and with the ever changing media attention that the world provides, raising awareness and educating in the community can help those searching for open opportunities abroad and introduce them to the issues that provide an opening for sex trafficking. Also, because sex traffickers “prey on the vulnerability of their victims and gain from their invisible suffering,” education could inform parents and adults about the sex trafficking cases occurring in their own communities, and do more in advance to protect women and children from being lured into the business (Anderson and Villa). Parents can be proactive in protecting the next generation by strengthening local security and monitoring their children closely. Knowledge is the most powerful tool that individuals can offer, and this education can help defeat perpetrators one by one. Because it is said that “without a strong support network to help victims, many are unable to survive freedom,” abolishing ignorance and supplementing the public with knowledge is the best method of prevention, and this
Because this issue is widely popular within many third-world countries, circumstantial issues definitely contribute to this problem. Sheriff Chris Nocco discusses how “organized crime groups, including gangs, recognize the immense profitability in sex trafficking,” which leads these groups to engage in sex trafficking and make it more commercial (Nocco). If illegal activity cannot be prevented or shut down, this leaves perpetrators continuously funding this industry, and continuing the addiction of exploiting women and children. Nocco even addresses that “this atrocity takes place right here in our own country - even right in our own communities,” and victims may not realize the desperation that they are in, and this leaves them vulnerable to attacks by crime groups (Nocco). In order to solve this issue, a thoughtful solution would be to provide funding for specific charities that help with specific issues of poverty, hunger, and abuse support, in order to quicken the process of erasing all societal problems. Once these issues are shut down, victims will not be targeted and they can continue to live their lives as they help their own country develop into one that is modern and