Human Trafficking

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Slavery began in the mid-1400s when the columbian exchange began. The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas and thats how slavery began. Todays Human Trafficking has evolved from slavery. In slavery, the owners used the slaves for forced labor, and occasionally for sexual pleasure. According to Rocket swag.com, white slavery had also began in the 1800s and targeted women and children to be sold to rich owners. They used them for sex, and eventually made them work. In 1863, the Americas tried to end slavery.
No one truly knows when Human Trafficking began. Rocket swag also provides history in the 1700s when children were forced to work. There is no exact year when Human Trafficking emerged from being slavery, but with slavery, i feel it gave people an idea to develop Human Trafficking. Human Trafficking is the modern day slavery.
On the website ijm.org, i noticed that Human Trafficking is the second largest industry of crimes in the world today. The trade in rape profits have thrived within the time Human Trafficking began. In some countries, if the women, children or men were to try to escape from their owner or brothel, depending on how wealthy the owner is, they have security so the people new to Human Trafficking won’t escape. Then if they were to escape, some of the law enforcement work for the owners. Law Enforcement is at times bribed to bring the women and children back to the brothels. Once some people are in prostitution, its hard for them to get out unless they no longer want the prostitute.
In Cambodia, the main causes and reasons of why Human Trafficking is so big is because of the how poor the country is. According to humantrafficking.org, the causes of Human Trafficking are: poverty, soc...

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... is trying to prevent Human Trafficking by raising awareness, and have talked to more than twenty thousand students to keep them safe. Human Trafficking has been around for decades, and won’t end anytime soon. Over time, I feel if everyone were to be aware of this terrible crime, not a lot of women and children would be vulnerable to Human Trafficking.

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Buth Reakksmey Kongkea,”Brides-to-berescued from ‘trafficked’” havoscope.com
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“What happens to victims of Human Trafficking”? Rocketswag.com/ legal/criminal-lawyer/ trafficking. 2012. web 6 Feb 2014

“Fact Sheet”, ijm.org/sites/default/files/resources/ fact sheet- sex trafficking. pdf, 2012
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