Taylor Hackford’s “Proof of Life” (2000) displays the positive outcome westernization and a democratic government modeled after the US can have on a developing Latin America. Hackford provides a glimpse of what he postulates to be the solution for Latin America’s unstable governments and economies. Hackford commends the US’s efforts to intervene in Latin American affairs. With the help of the US, Latin American can modernize with technological innovation and increase their globalization efforts with foreign trade; however, US intrusion in Latin America has only benefited the US. Tony Gilroy was chosen to write the script. Russell Crowe, Meg Ryan and David Morse were selected to star in “Proof of Life”.
William Prochnau is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Before joining Vanity Fair, Prochnau was the Washington-bureau chief for The Seattle Times and a reporter at The Washington Post. “Adventures in the Ransom Trade” portrays Thomas Hargrove’s kidnap and ransom experience with the analysis of the K&R(Kidnap and Ransom) business from William Prochnau’s perception. Prochnau is a Democratic liberal. His information provided in the article is biased of glorifying the US. Prochnau includes statistics of US kidnapping percentages and conviction rates to those of Colombia.
While in the Peace Corps, Taylor Hackford moved to Bolivia for two years. Hackford is a Liberal Democrat who believes in the strength and influence of Democracy. Taylor Hackford’s films entitled “An Officer and a Gentlemen” and “Everybody’s All American” are similar to “Proof of Life” because they exhibit commonalities of his patriotic ideals. Taylor Hackford stated in an interview “When I read the Vanity Fair piece, I was just blown away... It’s a busin...
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Mexican Lives is a rare piece of literature that accounts for the human struggle of an underdeveloped nation, which is kept impoverished in order to create wealth for that of another nation, the United States. The reader is shown that the act of globalization and inclusion in the world’s economies, more directly the United States, is not always beneficial to all parties involved. The data and interviews, which Hellman has put forth for her readers, contain some aspect of negativity that has impacted their lives by their nation’s choice to intertwine their economy with that of the United States. Therefore it can only be concluded that the entering into world markets, that of Mexico into the United States, does not always bring on positive outcomes. Thus, one sees that Mexico has become this wasteland of economic excrement; as a result it has become inherently reliant on the United States.
On February 4, 1974, at the young age of 19 Patricia Hearst was kidnapped. Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) officers came to the door of Patricia Hearst and her then fiancé, Steven Weed. Steven was beat with a wine bottle and Patricia was blind folded, she then heard machine gun fire and screaming. Patricia was held in a closet, blindfolded and sexual molested. Her family received voice recordings, after a while they paid the ransom for Patricia to be set free, they received another voice recording saying, “I have been given the choice of 1) being released in a safe area or 2) join the forces of the Symbionese Liberation Army and fighting for my freedom and the freedom of all oppressed people. I have chosen to stay and fight,” (Williams, 2009).
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Thousands of children are kidnapped each year. However, one of the most famous kidnappings was the Lindbergh Kidnapping in 1932. The kidnapping was called, “The Crime of the Century”. After much hard work, detectives were able to find the kidnapper, Bruno Hauptmann. Evidence of ransom notes, possession of ransom money, and access to tools make Bruno Hauptmann guilty in the Lindbergh Kidnapping.
Human trafficking has been entwined into the structure of governments, arms trade, drug trade, and even spreads as far as terrorism. For many years it has been a fact that the money that has been made by selling other humans to the highest bidder. It is also known that the organized crime operations generate one of the most profitable resources to the organization. These organizations use this money for theirs or other’s crime and end up in the hands of drug lords. Drug lords, in order to promote their own business give money to support terrorist groups and activities. Security after September 11, 2001 has recognized human trafficking as a national and international security risk.
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Human Trafficking is a universal issue that is still currently happening today. It is a major crime that essentially lets someone take illegal custody of another human’s rights and freedoms. The impacts of human trafficking are crucial and nerve-racking. Victims of such crimes most likely suffer from injuries physically and mentally, abusive behavior, rape, death threats, and life taking. Human Trafficking undermines the safety and security of people and their lives (TIP, 2007). People who are desperate for money and would do anything for little amounts of money would either do drug and gun dealing, or human trafficking. Human Trafficking is the fastest growing business in the world. The number of current slaves in America is less than half of what the number of identified humans who are trafficked (HJHP, 2012).
Before exploring the issues of human trafficking in Colombia, a definition must be established in order to keep confusion from happening. The issue here is the various forms that the definitions of human trafficking can that shape. Maggie Lee’s Human Trafficking (2007), attempted to categorize the definition into four separate parts: slavery, prostitution, organized crime, and migration (Maggie Lee et al. 2007). Although the every definition has an aspect of sex trafficking in Colombia, the definitions are cohesive enough to fit the problem. After comparing many definitions, one fit Colombia’s version of human trafficking. The U.S. Department of State developed a definition complex enough to fit the human trafficking and sex trafficking.
Many people are astounded to hear that human trafficking is not just a complication outside of America’s borders and that it is flattering more of an American drawback as intervals go on. Human trafficking has converted into creation's second leading criminal industry, transforming the individual, their dignity and rights as a human being, and humankind. The United States of America is mainly a transfer for trafficking in persons. It is assessed in The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, “that 14,500 to 17,500 people, primarily women and children, are trafficked to the U.S. annually.” This act augments pre-existing illegal disadvantages, offers new defenses and makes accessible certain welfares and aids to victims of trafficking. The Department’s Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices estimated that from at least 127 countries have found to be harnessed in 137 states. In the United States, for instance, more than 15,000 individuals are enforced into the present day counterpart of slavery every year. An estimated one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand Americans are forced into this each year, as predicted by the national police department. But the collision of human trafficking goes beyond individual victims; it undermines the safety and security of all nations it touches. The U.S. has aided states to enact anti-trafficking regulation, educated law enforcement officials, DAs, border guards and judicial officers, and impeaching traffickers, and protecting targets.
The war of the Pacific was ended by two different international agreements which changed the limits among the three countries involved (Map 1.) In October, 1883, Peruvian and Chilean representatives signed the Treaty of Ancon, by which Chile incorporated the Tarapaca province. On the other hand, the final treaty of peace and boundaries with Bolivia was signed in 1904, two decades later. By this treaty Bolivia ratified the Chilean sovereignty over the Atacama desert territory” (Antofagasta province) accepting its condition as a landlocked country.
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“There is 12.3 million victims of human trafficking and forced labor worldwide at any given time according to Hepburn and Simon, 2010, and the highest number is for sexual exploitation (Hepburn & Simon, 2010). The kidnapping of 200 Nigerian girls by the militant Islamic group called Boko Harem in 2014 is a form of human trafficking. Human trafficking disguises itself in different ways to entrap victims. Human traffickers can operate through various businesses that blend into communities and look legitimate but are actually human trafficking hubs. Some of the frequent places are massage parlors and strip clubs. In society today the brothel owners, pornography producers and pimps know the high profit that women and children generate and place these orders for traffickers to fill (Hodges, 2008). They are transported in similar ways guns and drugs are smuggled into the United States. The majority are trafficked through Russia, Germany, France and Canada and in up in the United States where they are threatened, beaten, and forced drugs to cooperate. Also you have those who are runaways, or families might have sold them for money in their country, and then you have some who come by the way of mail order brides (Potts,
The motives of abduction can be divided into two main parts; the first part is expressive. This involves an effort to voice and expose a complaint or express an undoubtedly frustrated emotion. The second one is instrumental, and it involves obtaining a particular outcome such a ransom (Johnston, 2010). It is critical to note that in reality, it is sometimes extremely difficult for a person to recognize any solitary motive and this is predominantly when the event has been terrorist inspired. There have been a lot of instances where the material motives such as ransom have been conveniently masked by religious, moral and political reasons.
This paper analyzes and scrutinizes international kidnapping as a thriving business. The Business of Kidnapping Kidnappings around the world have typically had one of two major goals: publicity for a local political cause or as a form of ‘fund-raising’ for the kidnappers. Recently, kidnappings for political reasons have been on the decline, whereas kidnapping for profit has seen a dramatic increase. A prime example of this trend is in Colombia. According to writer David Williams, Colombia is considered to be the kidnapping capital of the world, with rival guerrilla and paramilitary groups consistently abducting civilians –- including businessmen, tourists and aid workers (2001, para.1).