The Pros And Cons Of Human Trafficking

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. Human trafficking is a worldwide epidemic that seduces men,

Others hide the knowledge from the children with the intentions of guarding them from a difficult truth. Parents wish to protect their children from the knowledge of dour realities of life. They endeavor to keep their children 's naive lives free of immoral thoughts that human trafficking awareness may create. Some people may feel the same way about human trafficking awareness as they do about sex education, thinking it is too early for them to learn about such things. According to one source sex education " 'rapes children of their innocence, '" this reaction may be similar to how parents may feel about letting their children know that human trafficking exists (Parents, schools). We normal think victims of sex trafficking are young adults however, "studies demonstrate that pimps prey on victims as young as 12" (HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN). The desire to give their children a worry free childhood is understandable; however, many parents could have kept their children from being trafficked had they and their children been aware of human

They bate them with offers of well-paying jobs, modeling opportunities, boyfriends, or making new online friends. School children of all ages in the United States are easily snared by traffickers one source states that "[s]ex traffickers target children because of their vulnerability and gullibility, as well as the market demand for young victims" (HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN). Traffickers target children not only in places they frequent but also websites, "telephone chat-lines, clubs, on the street, through friends, and at malls," the source continues to say that some girls assist in luring fellow peers (HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN). Girls often become trafficked by their boyfriends, who use them for financial gain, or men who give them gifts in exchange for sex. As noted by FBI experts some girls and boys are "sold to traffickers, locked up in rooms or brothels for weeks or months, drugged, terrorized, and raped repeatedly" (Walker-Rodriguez and Hill). Others may still be living with their families while the trafficker or pimp blackmails them into prostitution, then takes the money they made. Because of the vast number of young children being trafficked in the United States, education on the subject should be offered to all school children to prevent them from being