The Consequences Of Human Trafficking In The Modern World

Abstracted There are more than 40 million victims of modern slavery living in our present world, one out of every four is a child. This figure is much higher than the number of slaves trafficked during the slave trade of the last century. Many people still do not know about the cruelty and modern structures of slavery. Human trafficking comes in second place in terms of global profits after the profits of drug trafficking and arms trade, but the financial resources to fight them very little. Trafficking in human beings takes place in various forms, including sex trafficking, which produces relatively high profits, compared with low investment requirements. The modern slavery is prevalent all over the world, but it can be noticed with a large percentage in Africa followed by Asia and the Pacific. Introduction
Human trafficking is the process by which individuals are kidnapped and kept in an exploitative mode for economic gain. Trafficking can occur within a country or across borders. Both sexes are trafficked at all stages of age and from all social classes for a range of purposes, including forced labour, exploitation in factories, farms, forced labour in private households, sexual exploitation, forced recruitment and forced marriage.
There are no specific conditions for selecting the victim's of trafficking, where they come from diverse backgrounds in terms of age, race, colour, gender, nationality, disability, religion, social and economic status and level of education, but they share one characteristic is some forms of vulnerability. Traffickers take advantage of some gaps of the vulnerability to reach victims, which may be caused by factors such as sexual or physical abuse, poverty, addiction or homeless youth, where traffickers promise them a good job or a more stable