...trafficking are normally females, but they can be males as well any can range from all ages including children. Normally, victims are lured into traffickers by false hope either of a job or education, almost all of them get sold by family, husband or boyfriend. Traffickers hold their victims by physical restraint or by threats of endangering them or their love ones. Sex trafficking is the largest business for those involved in human trafficking. Minors under the age of eighteen (18 years) engaging in commercial sex are considered victims of human trafficking. Normally in this specific case it includes women or young females, but in other cases they can involve males. Sex traffickers normally hold their trade or business through different venues and business such as fake massage parlors, motels or hotels,...
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...in the world and find ways to help stop this crime. The article of David R Hodge, focuses mostly on sexual trafficking in the United States; however, he also points out that it is a transnational problem as well. In a report done by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in over 155 countries, sex trafficking constitutes 79% of all cases of human trafficking with women and girls being the primary victims. People need to be more aware of what is going on in the world. He speaks about the crimes the traffickers commit in order to attain these children and women. They will kidnap, drug, and create false agencies in order to continue their pushing business. He mentions “sex trafficking is a significant and growing problem in the United States and the larger global community.” (Sexual Trafficking in the United States: A Domestic Problem with Transnational Dimensions) In the article Global Trafficking in human beings: Assessing the success of the United Nations protocol to prevent trafficking in persons, Potts talks about sex trafficking as a problem and how the United States put together a protocol to help prevent trafficking, protect the victims of human trafficking and prosecute trafficking offenders. Traffickers use the internet to trap their unsuspecting victims. The main reason they get away with it is because the public is largely unaware of the problem. Part of the protocol is to help raise awareness. Another part of it is to create and put in place policies and laws...
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...Are Females The Main Victim of Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery. The difference between human trafficking and slavery is that slavery the slave owners boast and show their slaves, whereas in human trafficking they hide the individuals. Trafficked victims are compelled to sell their inherent freedom and are subject to coercive suppression. . Human trafficking is a structured industry with both demand and supply sides. In Belize, there was a case where “fifty-four year old naturalized Belizean, Narciza Orellana of Santa Elena Town was found guilty on January thirty-first of Attempted Trafficking in Persons. The charge is in relation to an incident on April twenty-sixth, 2010 when Orellana attempted to recruit a female minor with intentions to use her as a commercial sex worker” (News 5, 2012). Females are the main victims of human trafficking. Human trafficking is a global phenomenon that manifests in the form of sex trafficking, force labour, and organ trafficking. Trafficking is a gendered crime because women and children are placed in the sex industries and as domestic servants whereby men and boys are commonly trafficked for various forms of labour. There are several ways how individuals become available to being trafficked such as bounded labour, involuntary servitude, and domestic servitude. At each stage of trafficking women, men, and children encounters psychological, physical, and sexual abuse; forced or coerced use of drugs or alcohol...
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...1. What is the difference between a. and a. On March 12, 2024, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force Officer (TFO) Matthew Cole and TFO Brian Vicchio traveled to Washington County Sheriffs Office, located at 114 W. Jackson Blvd, Jonesborough, TN 37659, to interview Tommy Lester RICHESIN concerning his knowledge of drug trafficking in association with the Michael Neil Hackler case. 2. What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'? At 11:54 A.M., RICHESIN signed DEA form-13, waiver of rights and agreed to speak with TFO Matthew Cole and TFO Brian Vicchio. RICHESIN provided the following information. 3. What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'? RICHESIN said, the reason he wasn't in contact with TFO Vicchio was because he was trying to build up his street credit from where he was previously arrested. No one trusts him...
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...The Mexican Drug War: Is It Their War or Ours? A common news headline in any newspaper or on any news channel these days mentions the “Mexican drug war”. It has become common along the U. S./Mexico border to hear people talking about it at schools, work places and in their own neighborhoods - coworkers, classmates and neighbors whom are involved in some way or know someone that is. Violence is seen and heard of on the U.S. side of the border quite frequently, which raises the questions, is it their war or ours? This war may have started on Mexican soil; however, it is, most definitely, the United States’ war as well. How did this all begin? What does the U.S. have to do with it? “For years, Mexico’s domestic supply of psychoactive...
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...Within the last decade, the trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation has become a major concern for governments and the media. Government and legislation played a major role in constructing and maintaining sex trafficking as a social problem. Although, the United States has been less visible as a site of transnational and domestic trafficking in women than other countries, this situation is beginning to change. Recent accounts about human and sex trafficking in the United States, mainly appearing in national and local media, indicates that trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation is a national problem; and one that is increasing in scope and magnitude. The U.S. government estimates that 50,000 women and children are trafficked each year into the United States, primarily from other countries. However, little research has been completed on contemporary trafficking in the United States. Women and children have been the target of sex trafficking for thousands of years. This practice, going on throughout the centuries, finally became a political issue in the early 1900s. In 1902, the International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic was drafted. Its purpose was to "prevent the procuration of women and girls for immoral purposes abroad" (www.protectionproject.org). After a few years it was ratified by twelve countries around the world. This eventually led to the United States passing the Mann Act of 1910 which "forbids transporting...
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...Drug Trafficking It has been said, “The lack of money is the root of all evil”, drug trafficking is no exception. Drug trafficking, the act of selling and distributing substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws, is one of the largest employer in the world. In the recent years, drug trafficking in Vietnam has became more complex. Since Vietnam is located in the “Golden Triangle” region, one of Asia’s two main opium producing areas that overlaps the mountain of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. It is a very convenient location for drug traffickers to distribute drugs to the third country. A few months ago, a Thai woman and a Nigerian man were sentenced to death for transporting drugs into the country, where drug trafficking is on the rise. In the capital city of Vietnam, Hanoi, there has been more than 14,000 reported cases of crime that were brought to light and almost 4,000 cases were related to heroin trafficking. In a total of 98 kilograms of heroin and 600 kilograms of marijuana found, more than 7,000 people were arrested. Vietnam’s drugs law are among the toughest in the world. According to the law, anyone who are captured of trafficking, illegally producing or transporting 100 grams or more of heroin or cocaine can be sentenced to death. Another Asia’s main opium producing region is “The Golden Crescent”. It overlaps Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. Iran is the main consumer and acts as the trans-shipment route for the smuggled opium. It is a country...
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...Human traffickers prey on people with little or no social safety net. They look for those who are vulnerable for various reasons that include economic hardships, violence in the home, natural disasters or even political instability. The traffickers will target places where they can easily find children and women, whereas runaways and throwaways are at an increased risk although any person can become a victim. Gangs and drug traffickers will lure children from schools and put them into sexual exploitation or in trafficking for other purposes. Those involved in human trafficking will use social media, telephone chat-lines, after-school programs, on the streets, at shopping malls, and will use other students to find other young victims. Domestic servitude victims may also be working in legitimate and illegitimate occupations such as restaurants, construction sites, factories, or on farms. A person can be trafficked without leaving their hometown. Human Traffickers' tactics Traffickers will use a variety of tactics in order to trap and enslave unsuspecting people, especially children. Those tactics include threats of violence, the use of violence, and by using psychological coercion. These types of trauma can be so great that many may...
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...from every country. Human Rights How does prostitution violate human rights? “Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law” (“Human Rights,” 2009). Prostitution violates all these rights because women and children are forced to have sexual encounters with strangers, are treated as if they are nothing better than sex, and are robbed of their freedom. Most prostitutes are controlled by pimps or trafficking services. Falling victim of prostitution Many prostitutes are victims of violence by pimps. The following picture shows a pimp choking and verbal abusing a female prostitute. Abuse such as this one is the number one reason female prostitutes believe they are obligated to stay in the business of being a sex slave. We as a nation need to protect women and children from this type of violence. By banning prostitution women and children will not feel like there is no way out. On 10 News a lady by the name of Sarah lived to tell about her horrifying story after experiencing the life of a prostitute. Sarah was on her street corner when a car pulled over, and several men jumped out and forced her into the car. Sarah was taken to a home where she was beaten continuously and sexual...
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...WHO AM I The first social category I can identify myself with is being a woman and the second would be I am of white race. The most controversial would be my social category as a woman. Discrimination of women can start as early as childbirth. According to www.dosomething.org UNICEF reports, “Where there is a clear economic or cultural preference for sons, the misuse of [pregnancy diagnostic tools] can facilitate female feticide.” This means that in certain countries like China families will abort or give their child up for adoption for being a girl. Over 90% of females in Egypt, Sudan and Somalia and, widely spread in Africa are made to have genital cutting done. This process is where the clitoris and labia are cut off young girls as early as the age of four. Certain religions believe that sexual intercourse is not to be used for pleasure but only for child bearing however, this procedure is extremely painful to the girls who receive. Women have been fighting for equality for many years according to www.equalrightsadmendment.org the first visible public demand for equality came in 1848.This took place at the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott who met while working against slavery organized it. These two women convened a two-day meeting consisting of 300 men and women to fight for woman for justice in society. It was not until after the Civil War that women were included by a new amendment in the constitution....
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...Bangladesh is a source and transit country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution. A significant share of Bangladesh’s trafficking victims are men recruited for work overseas with fraudulent employment offers who are subsequently exploited under conditions of forced labor or debt bondage. Children – both boys and girls – are trafficked within Bangladesh for commercial sexual exploitation, bonded labor, and forced labor. Some children are sold into bondage by their parents, while others are induced into labor or commercial sexual exploitation through fraud and physical coercion. Women and children from Bangladesh are also trafficked to India for commercial sexual exploitation.Human Trafficking In Bangladesh Bangladeshi men and women migrate willingly to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Iraq, Lebanon, Malaysia, Liberia, and other countries for work, often under legal and contractual terms. Most Bangladeshis who seek overseas employment through legal channels rely on the 724 recruiting agencies belonging to the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA). These agencies are legally permitted to charge workers up to $1,235 and place workers in low-skilled jobs typically paying between $100 and $150 per month. According to NGOs, however, many workers are charged upwards of $6,000 for these services. A recent Amnesty International report on Malaysia...
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...By: Crystal Busscher 5th hour Sex Slaves The Burmese government has committed serious abuses and blocked humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of displaced civilians since June 2011, in fighting in Burma's northern Kachin State, Human Rights Watch said. Some 75,000 ethnic Kachin displaced persons and refugees are in desperate need of food, medicine, and shelter, Human Rights Watch said. In Burma, the Burmese army have been attacking villages, razed homes, pillaged properties, and forcing the displacement of tens of thousands of people. The soldiers have threatened and also tortured civilians during interrogations and raped women. They also are forcing people even children as young as 14 years old to work in the mines. The Kachin civilians say that they are also forcing them to work on the front lines for the Burmese army, enduring torture, and being fired upon by the soldier. Human Rights Watch traces the women and girls' cross-border transport and their confinement in illegal brothels throughout Thailand where they are forced to work off their debt, often with 100 percent interest, through what amounts to sexual servitude. In addition to debt bondage, the women and girls face a wide range of abuses, including illegal confinement; forced labor; rape; physical abuse; exposure to HIV/AIDS; and, in some cases, murder. The Burmese women and girls work ten to eighteen hours a day, twenty-five days a month with anywhere from 5-15 clients a day. Health care and birth control...
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...1). However, the conclusion can be made that females experience the majority of the abuse that is associated with the crime of trafficking which is motivated by the constant perception of women as inferior and insignificant individuals deserving of mistreatment. Despite the advance of women’s right in North America, there are still many countries reluctant to change their values and give girls...
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...Toy In our world today, we see and hear about an abundance of crime and human dysfunction. We see cases of illegal trade of weapons and drugs. Yes, this causes distress throughout the county and our world, but these are just “things.” Beyond the drugs and weapons, there is an even worse kind of illegal trade. Humans. Besides the illegal trade of weapons and drugs, human trafficking is the third largest illegal money-maker (Farr 2). Human trafficking is the purchase, sale, recruitment, harboring, transportation, transfer, or receipt of a person for the purpose of commercial sex (Gerdes 19). This being the world’s third largest illegal industry, it is rarely heard of and expressed. Human Trafficking is an enormous global problem. Of the estimated four million people who are trafficked around the world each year, over one million are trafficked into the sex industry. The volume keeps increasing. Researchers believe that the “actual” numbers are much higher than these estimates because many instances of trafficking go undetected (Farr 3). Researchers have concluded that sex trafficking is one of the most, if not the most, rapidly growing form of human trafficking (Farr 5). This industry is expanding at an ever accelerating rate, operating in marketplaces where supply and demand are high and risks to the traffickers are low, making it a highly profitable and enduring business (Farr 3). , The fastest-growing source region is the former Soviet States now...
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...and family one day then the next day you’re forced to have intercourse with a stranger not knowing where you are, overdosed on drugs not remembering taking and even confused on who are. Not seeing your friends or family for days, weeks, even months forced to do things you would have never done but not having a choice. More than millions of people men, women, even little kids are trafficked all around the world from being slaves in factories, to being forced to have intercourse with strangers they find on the street, and even extracting organs from one person and sending them off for someone else to use that really “needs” them. Human trafficking has been one of the biggest and most rapidly growing crimes in the United States today. One of the most commonly and well known trafficking is sexual exploitation of women and young women is the sexual abuse of the people through exchange of sex or sexual acts for drugs, food, shelter, protection and/or money. It also includes creating pornography and sexual websites. Sometimes it’s the people doing the prostitution or selling themselves for money making their own decision. They feel like there’s no other way to get money or get through life so they sell themselves in order to get their basic needs but other times there’s a third person involved making them have intercourse with other people to gain money or drugs. In either/or situation it is still illegal. Another type of trafficking is commercial sexual exploitation of children to...
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