Human Trafficking in the UK

They are only considered to be good estimates determined by the data collected. The prostitution industry is the key driver of sex trafficking because of its money making potential. Due to prostitution, sex trafficking is getting more and more out of hand. To address this subject buying sex should be a considered a criminalized act, and selling sex should be decriminalized. Doing this on a worldwide basis could help drive demand in the sex industry down, and could encourage women and girls in captivity to come forward without fear of persecution.

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The true problems lay in the pimps and the whole sex commerce, not in the prostitutes themselves; prostitutes are merely victims. One of the greatest problems that sex commerce brings in the U.S. is the amount of minors that are sex trafficked into prostitution. Though it is hard to calculate because prostitution is illegal, it is estimated that the average prostitute is 12 years old (McKeel 2010). Children are popular targets for pimps as they are defenseless, innocent and manipulable. U.S. law doesn’t spare child prostitutes.

But those plus the streets are where people are sold most often. There are many reasons and causes for sex trafficking. The factors behind sex traffic... ... middle of paper ... ...ll to hide it. Even though there are laws prohibiting sex trafficking, there are way too many causes to get it to be gone for good. Works Cited "Selling American Girls: The Truth About Domestic Minor Sex-Trafficking."

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These are individuals that have been subject to exploitation and serious human rights violations. Whereas governments tend to be concerned about human trafficking primarily because of links between human trafficking and other forms of organized crime as well as fears of illegal immigration, trafficking is first of all a threat to the individuals – men, women and children – that are trafficked. (Rosenberg) If the signs that human trafficking were occurring were known, then the risk of young, innocent women being kidnapped to be used as sex slaves against their wil... ... middle of paper ... ...thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/15/5-things-to-know-about-human-trafficking/>. "Modern Slavery - Free the Slaves." Free the Slaves, 2007-2013.

Many United States citizens aren’t aware that it is very prevalent in America as well, if not just as common, more. America has a way of keeping it hidden by directing media attention on this topic towards other parts of the world. News stories and broadcast generally direct the attention of sexual exploitation towards other countries, such as CNN specialist Amanda Kloer. “Stories about human trafficking are often set in far-away places, like cities in Cambodia, small towns in Moldova, or rural parts of Brazil.” (Kloer). .Amanda Walker Rodriguez, FBI, says, “The terms human trafficking and sex slavery usually conjure up images of young girls beaten and abused in faraway places, like Eastern Europe, Asia, or Africa.

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Oklahoma is also a location where trafficking occurs. Many Oklahomans have personally experienced the negative and terrible effects of human trafficking. Different things occur to victims of human trafficking. Many victims are forced into prostitution or forced into labor. “A trafficker may offer to smuggle someone into a nation for legitimate work, such as becoming a waitress or a nanny.

Prostitution is one of the oldest professions in history. In this modern age there are several classes of prostitutes with several methods of finding work, but they still face violence in their business. Though prostitutes are frowned upon by society and treated as criminals, under the law they should not be scrutinized by the morals of the people. Prostitutes frequently feel they have no options due to their illegal work, should they be assaulted they cannot turn to the police since many officers refuse to aid them as criminals. Prostitution should be regulated to fight human trafficking, increase quality of life for the women working in the industry, and generate taxes for the government while reducing the cost of dealing with prostitution.