Social Responsibility Of Human Trafficking In The United States

It has been centuries after the 13th Amendment ensured the abolishment of owning a person as property in the United States, but slavery today and 200 years ago share the same notion. Throughout this essay, the classic term human trafficking will refer specifically to an individual that is obtained or held by force, fraud, or coercion for compelled services. Slavery happens more today than ever in human history. Human beings are largely traded for labor, sexual exploitation or similar practices. The exploitation and trade of human beings is a highly profitable criminal business and is the modern day equivalent of slavery.

It is estimated that over 4 million people fall prey to trafficking every year. Nearly 5,000 cases were reported to

The majority of the children are abducted or lured by traffickers. The average victims are young girls between the ages of 12 and 14 are sold for sex or forced into prostitution by human traffickers. Over 50% of victims are children (add source). Havocscope, an online report of the Global Black Market, provides the amount of money victims are sold for in the human trafficking industry. The amounts vary depending on the age of the victim and the country or origin. The list includes a virgin girl in Cambodia cost between $500 - $800, a virgin girl in Colombia starts at an auction price of $2,600, and children in the United Kingdom cost $25,000. The list also includes babies sold in China for $7,800 and women purchased from Vietnam to China to be a wives cost $11,800. This industry generates $32 billion in profits each year, making this criminal enterprise second largest in the world, after drug smuggling and arms dealing (add source). Many of the biggest trafficking consumers from developed countries. Many of the men are married and have children, and in some cases, as was reported in a The New York Times article, men have sex with trafficked girls in lieu of abusing their own young

At least 12.3 million people are victims of forced labor worldwide. Of these, 26% are children (add resource). Runaway and homeless youth that lack strong supportive environment are particularly at risk of trafficking. Traffickers target victims on the internet, at the mall or after-school programs. They are often approached by traffickers using affection and manipulation. Children are more profitable less to provide for therefore the demand is cheaper in trafficking