Because of the fact that new policies and laws are not decreasing the participation and growth of the sex slave industry, it is up to society to educate themselves on ways to prevent slave trade and signs that it may be occurring near their communities. To prevent human sex trafficking, it is essential to know who is being affected, where it is happening, and how to approach the situation. Roman Shrestha, Pramila Karki, Asha Suwal, Michael Copenhaver state in their article on PLOS, a non-profit science library, “The United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that the official estimates of the number of people who are trafficked each year vary significantly from tens of thousands to millions” (2). As stated previously, there are …show more content…
Because the victims do not know how to help their situation or how to escape, they do not have many objects to call their own. Lack of possessions, identification, little to no money or financial stability, and rarely speaks for themselves (Polaris). Due to the fact of what the Victims endure, they are often too embarrassed to tell the truth about their experience and the true torture that they had to endure. Because of this, many victims may tell multiple versions of their story, have no sense of time, lack of knowledge of their location or where they have been (Polaris). Victims of sex slavery endure months of torture and are given horrible living conditions. They are not given any advantages and often to not have any hope that they will ever get of the industry. It is crucial that we inform people of the stories and experiences that human sex trafficking victims have lived through. By giving society multiple examples of how disgusting and awful the industry is, the topic will raise awareness and hopefully decrease in …show more content…
In May of 2015 journalist, Gerhard Jörén, published an article stating many of the false tragedies that she had endured and untrue stories. Mam was able to tell the world her story by appearing on television, on many different shows. After her television debut, she decided to write a book to educate society about the truth of human sex trafficking. Many of the victims, that Somaly Mam considered to be her friends, began to expose their stories and experiences to the world. Gerhard Jörén states “In 2009, Nicholas Kristof wrote in The New York Times about a girl named Long Pross, who had finally summoned the strength to tell her stunning story of sexual slavery”. Long Pross, similar to Mam, was featured on famous television shows, such as Oprah. Pross was beaten and tortured for years, until she was saved by Somaly Mam. Many found her story very sorrowful and heartbreaking, until there began to be slight complications in her story. Pross stated that she had endured medical surgeries for abortions and an eye wound caused by her pimp (Gerhard Jörén). Jörén states “Dr. Pok Thorn says he performed surgery on Pross when she was 13, after her parents brought her to a hospital with a nonmalignant tumor covering her right
As victim count continues to rise, its difficult to see how such great numbers of men, women and children are bought and sold every year. Trafficking can be found in many forms, including: prostitution, slavery, or forced labor (Harf and Lombardi, 2014). It wasn’t until the 1980’s that international human trafficking became globally noticed. With the lack of government intervention and control in several nations, and the free trade market, slavery once again became a profitable industry (Harf and Lombardi, 2014). As previously mentioned, easier movement across nations borders is one of the outcomes of globalization. It is also what makes human trafficking so easy today. It is estimated that about 20.9 million people are victims across the entire globe (United Nations Publications, 2012); trafficking accounts for 32 billion dollars in generated profit globally (Brewer, n.d). 58 percent of all human trafficking was for the purpose of sexual exploitation, and of this 55-60 percent are women (United Nations Publications,
This study examines the research that initially began on October 28, 2000 and spanned through to October 31, 2009. If a human trafficking case occurred in the US, with the victim being under the age of 18, and at least one arrested, indicted or convicted felon, their case would be filed in the data analysis report. This research resulted in the finding of 115 separate incidents of human trafficking, involving at least 153 victims and 215 felons or perpetrators, 117 (53.4%) of them being convicted of their heinous actions. Each individual case consisted of anywhere between 1 to 9 victims of trafficking. 90% of these victims were females between the ages of 5 to 17 years who were held captive from less than 6 months to 5 years. 25 (16.3%) of these minors were exploited through some type of false promise and 15 (9.8%) were kidnapped. 34 (22.2%) of the victims were abused through com...
Many people are victims of sex trafficking and this horror must be stopped for the sake of the innocent girls and women who are being taken advantage of. Trafficking is a form of modern slavery because people’s bodies are sold for the gain of others against their wills. The steps that must be taken to prevent sex trafficking involve raising political and social awareness, people working together and the prosecution of traffickers.
As soon as they arrive, they are sold into the prostitution industry and sent them to the brothel to do their ‘job’. Many girls, even as young as four are forced to sell their bodies to please men. They are forced to dress revealingly to fulfil the desires of immoral, iniquitous and inhuman men. Their bodies are labelled with a price and treated like a commodity. Every part of them is violated by those men who pay just to own them for 45 minutes and when they refuse, gun would be pointed at their heads. They would be locked up in a room, kicked around vigorously and whipped until they are covered with blood. Therefore, they have no choice but to pull through sexual abuse to pay off their debts bondage to the point where they lose self- worth, the confidence to look in the mirror, and the purpose to live. Shandra Woworuntu, one of the sex trafficking survivor, shared that it was excruciatingly exhausting to last a whole day with only plain rice soup and prickles as their source of energy. The mental and physical struggle that they have to go through is utterly
These issues must be brought to light so that more efforts can be made to put an end to this terrible trade. Works Cited Kara, Siddharth. A.P.S. & C.P.S. Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery. New York: Columbia UP, 2009. 5.
Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar illegal commerce that enslaves millions of people. Astonishingly, third world countries are not the only victims to this modern-day slavery, but all countries, including the United States, are home to traffickers and slaves. Few people in the United States know that slavery still exists today and that there are more slaves today than at any other point in history. Consequently, the ignorance countries have on the perilous situation leads to millions of people living in slavery. School children should be aware that slavery still exists, they should know the signs of people being trafficked, and they should know how to avoid being enslaved.
When many of you hear about individuals being trafficked, the first thing that comes to your mind is sex trafficking or even slavery way back in the day, but many don’t really the laborers are being trafficking everyday all over the world. What is human labor trafficking? According to the UNODC, human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation (UNODC.org, n.p.). It is estimated that
According to Van Wormer & Bartollas (2014), sex trafficking, “encompasses the organized movement of people, usually women, between countries and within countries for sex work” (p. 289). Sex trafficking is also a very lucrative business, it is estimated to make $31. 6 billion annually. This amount is estimated from the 2.5 million people who a trafficked each year. The exact number of people who are victims of the sex industry cannot be predicted accurately for all over the world. In the United States alone there is about 14,500-17,500 people trafficked each year. Human trafficking it the third biggest organized crime after drug and arms trafficking (Hodge, 2014). Young men make up about 44% of people being trafficked, while women and girls
An estimated 20.9 million people are currently being trafficked worldwide (The Polaris Project, 2014). According to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA, reauthorized in 2013), sex trafficking is defined as, “A commercial sex act induced by force, fraud, or coercion, and/or in which the person induced to...
Summary: We see that there are many different aspects and types of human trafficking that everyone should be made aware of. As a whole human trafficking is a lucrative industry raking in $150 BILLION globally. The impact that this industry has on its victims is
In order to understand how sex trafficking affects its victims, one must first know the severity of sex trafficking and what it is. The issue of sex trafficking affects 2.5 million people at any given time (Abas et al., 2013). The form of sex slavery affects many women and children across the world. Even though both males and females are sexually trafficked and exploited, there is a deep emphasis on the sexual exploitation of women and children. This is due to gender discrimination (Miller, 2006). This is because women and children are more vulnerable and appeal to the larger populations of brothels and the so-called “clients” since the majority are men. Ecclestone (2013) stated that children as young as age three are trafficked. Sex trafficking has changed over time; “Today, the business of human sex trafficking is much more organized and violent. These women and young girls are sold to traffickers, locked up in rooms or brothels for weeks or months, drugged, terrorized, and raped repeatedly” (Walker-Rodriguez & Hill, 2011). It is found that many of the victims of sex trafficking are abducted, recruited, transported and forced into involuntary “sex work”. These sexual acts include prostitution, exotic dancing, pornography, and sexual escort services (McClain & Garrity, 2011). What happens to these sex trafficking victims is extremely traumatizing.
... not stopped will shake the foundation of our future. This 'market' has forced men, women and children from all around the world into sexual exploitation as well as physical exploitation. Although certain countries and international organizations are putting in effort, for public awareness and are trying to stop human trafficking from progressing, a lot more can and needs to be done. Strict international laws and tougher sentences for these offences need to be put in place, with harsher punishments for individuals and groups who violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. According to estimates, human trafficking is the fastest-growing area of organized crime (United Nations, 2002). It continues to be overlooked by international authorities to this date and international organizations need to step up and handle this issue before it continues to rapidly grow.
Sex trafficking is a world wide epidemic. It targets unknowing victims such as women and children enslaving them and exploiting their innocence. Human trafficking is becoming one of the biggest money making organized crimes in the world. The sex trade is one of the most profitable of all current slave trades. Through the age, gender, class, and race many are trapped in a never-ending cycle of coercion and abuse in order to survive in the corrupt society around them. In order to stop this monstrosity in the world, we need to start at the root of the problem. We must bridge the barriers between gender, class, and race in order to respect one another and live in harmony
Women all around the world are being bought, abused, then sold again for their body. In the United States doctors: Donna H. Hughes, Carol J. Gomez, and Janice G. Raymond have launched a program to try and put an end to sex trafficking. Annually, almost 50,000 women and children are imported to or from Asia, Latin America, and the Soviet Union for sexual purposes (Alvarez, Larry). Women are forced into being sexually active for money that they do not keep themselves. They are not even seen as women, they are thought of property that can be played with. Sex trafficking is a growing industry and is a disgrace to all women involved.
Human trafficking, or the selling and buying of people, is a well-hidden yet prominent issue within today’s society. It is both an immoral and horrific topic that needs brought to attention and dealt with. When human beings are manipulated into work, sexual servitude, or economic hardship, human trafficking is occurring. In the year of 2006, only one individual is convicted of human trafficking per 800 victims (UNGIFT). By looking at straight statistics, reasons human trafficking happens, and the toll it has on people, it is very clear that this is a major issue that is happening in our world.