13 October 2013 Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery: An Annotated Bibliography Batstone‚ David B‚. Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade-- and How We Can Fight It. New York: HarperSanFrancisco‚ 2010. Print. David Batstone is a professor of business and social responsibility at the University of San Francisco. He is also an author and journalist‚ writing regularly for newspapers such as the New York Times‚ the Chicago Tribune‚ and USA Today‚ and the magazines Wired and Spin.
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which included raising money for the victims of human trafficking and also raising awareness of the increasing business of human trafficking. We chose January because it stands as the month for human trafficking awareness. Every day our school would announce one fact about human trafficking. One of the facts that shocked most of the people in our school including myself when I first heard it is that Missouri is the leading state in human trafficking cases throughout the United States. We hosted
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speech given by President Obama on human trafficking was considered a landmark speech to victims worldwide. Obama promised greater resources to fight pimps and johns and to support those who escape the horror of the streets. Many viewed this as a breakthrough‚ because the Obama White House had not previously shown strong leadership on the issue of human trafficking. However‚ the breakthrough to me was when President Obama said “The bitter truth is that trafficking also goes on right here‚ it’s the
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Human Trafficking in Canada In Canada‚ human trafficking often occurs in large urban centers‚ and also in small towns and communities‚ mostly for sexual exploitation. We know that men‚ women‚ and children survive this crime‚ but women represent the majority of victims in Canada. More generally‚ those likely to be at risk include those who are socially or economically disadvantaged‚ such as some Aboriginal women‚ young people and children‚ immigrants and new immigrants‚ children who missed puberty
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has become complacent and desensitized to the plight of sex slavery and human trafficking. Only through more stringent laws regarding trafficking punishments and a greater community awareness can there be hope of curbing this problem Prostitution‚ no matter the legal standpoint or moral outlook‚ is inseparably tied to human trafficking and sex slavery. Some of the countries that have the highest percentage of human trafficking and sex slavery are those that openly allow and legalize prostitution
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Human Trafficking and the Negative Effects of Social Media How can Human traffickers complete this horrific action on innocent young adults through social media without being prosecuted by authority? Human trafficking is the actions of removing victims from one country and taking them to another to be involved in sex trafficking and job labor. Trafficking at one time use to be a physical kidnapping‚ but nowadays social media has impacted the lives of many. Social media was designed to let people
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Human trafficking in the Philippines Human trafficking and the prostitution of children is a significant issue in the Philippines‚ often controlled by organized crime syndicates. Human Trafficking in the Philippines is a crime against humanity. In an effort to deal with the problem‚ the Philippines passed R.A. 9208‚ the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003‚ a penal law against human trafficking‚ sex tourism‚ sex slavery and child prostitution. Enforcement is reported to be inconsistent.
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influence human trafficking in Latin America. This analysis will take a critical‚ neoliberal look at the countries of El Salvador and Guatemala. Evidence of corruption at a state and individual level will support the argument that corruption plays a major role in the continuance of human trafficking in these regions. Human trafficking can be defined as the illegal trade of forced or coerced people for labor or sexual exploitation. Human trafficking is unique‚ especially in comparison to human smuggling
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Human trafficking is similar to a modern day slave trade; however‚ human trafficking is more problematic and encompasses more than just agricultural work. Sara Birkenthal‚ researcher and author of Human Trafficking: A Human Rights Abuse with Global Dimensions‚ defined human trafficking as “…the movement of persons within or across borders by any means (such as force or fraud) into forced labor‚ slavery‚ or servitude” (28). Humans can be trafficked for many different industries‚ such as commercial
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Human Trafficking In Our Wallets By: Kimmie Anderson Honors Forum Kimmie Anderson Dr. West and Ms. Wells Honors Forum 23 April 2015 Human Trafficking In Our Wallets The exploitation and trafficking of women‚ men‚ and children is a humanitarian problem on a global scale in which “worldwide‚ there are between 12 million and 27 million trafficking victims… the International Labor Organization estimates that more than 20 million men‚ women‚ and children are victimized by forced labor and sex
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