Persuasive Essay On Human Trafficking

Human trafficking if a form of slavery, and comes in several forms; forced labor and/or sexual exploitation. It violates many rights that we have as human being. Most victims of human trafficking happen to be women, and young girls. Over 4.5 million people, happen to be victims of sexual exploitation all over the world.

According to Gustavo, convicted human traffickers in Mexico, says girls are just a source of income, or “merchandise”. He tricked many young girls in to falling in love with him, running away from home, and then later forced them in to prostitution. One of many girls being Karla Jacinto who was 12 years old when she fell in love with Gustavo. For four years, she saw up to 30 men a day, seven days a week. Now let’s do the math that is 210 men a week, around 840 a month, around 10,080 a year, and for four years

Some do it for the enjoyment, but most others do it for money. Buying, selling, and trading a human being as if they are property is a direct violation of their rights. Sex Trafficking uses human being to have sex for money. The main targets are the young and naïve, girls like Karla Jacinto that was only 12 years old when she became a victim. Some may say she was young and dumb, but I say she was just young and easily persuaded, when you’re 12 years old and an older guy tells you you’re pretty, and buys you nice things you impulsively fall for him. Events like that occur everywhere, every day, but there are not enough people to care. People like Jennifer Kempton, the founder of Survivor’s Ink, which pays for survivors with tattoo brandings to get recovery tattoos. Also, places like Wellspring Living, which helps trafficking victims like Rachel McCool. I think if more people actually work together to stop human trafficking it will come to an end, and young girls, women, and young boys can live in peace, and not have to worry about becoming the next victim of human