What Is Human Trafficking Around The World
In the present day and age, modern day slavery in the form of human trafficking is one of the major problems of the 21st century. It has become increasingly common to hear of such cases in the world today. Children of various ages as well as adults around the world are being taken captive for either hard labour and/or sex work. This system of selling and buying people is mainly influenced by the increase in poverty around the world.
There are a lot of people that come from poverty stricken backgrounds and families. They are desperate to make a better life for themselves in any way they can and for this reason they are easily fooled by people promising to give them the life they want. That is how a lot of women have ended up as illegal sex workers. However, it is not just and individual act anymore but has also become an act committed by families across the world that are desperate for money and are willing to sell their children. …show more content…
The country has a high index of organised crime and unemployment which both contribute to the likelihood of human trafficking. I feel that a country such as Russia which is supposedly ‘first world’ should be better equipped to fight such atrocities at least within their country. In Cambodia, trafficking of women and children has increased gradually because of foreign investors and a large market. The people that fund such crimes cannot justify them because for me poverty is never an excuse to put someone else’s lives at risk for your own satisfaction. The Cambodian government indicated in 2009 that more than 90% of the trafficked girls were actually sold by their families for the familiar reason of poverty and financial
There are a lot of people that come from poverty stricken backgrounds and families. They are desperate to make a better life for themselves in any way they can and for this reason they are easily fooled by people promising to give them the life they want. That is how a lot of women have ended up as illegal sex workers. However, it is not just and individual act anymore but has also become an act committed by families across the world that are desperate for money and are willing to sell their children. …show more content…
The country has a high index of organised crime and unemployment which both contribute to the likelihood of human trafficking. I feel that a country such as Russia which is supposedly ‘first world’ should be better equipped to fight such atrocities at least within their country. In Cambodia, trafficking of women and children has increased gradually because of foreign investors and a large market. The people that fund such crimes cannot justify them because for me poverty is never an excuse to put someone else’s lives at risk for your own satisfaction. The Cambodian government indicated in 2009 that more than 90% of the trafficked girls were actually sold by their families for the familiar reason of poverty and financial