Undeniably, Human trafficking is the most lucrative, second largest and fastest growing industry in the world. However, the effects that directly follow it on our communities are detrimental rather than good.

First of all, the ethical issue is placed upon all else when talking about trafficking people. According to Madina , Representative and Coordinator for Combating Human Trafficking, “Ethics are the source from which humanity began to define what is fair and moral in human activity and more importantly, how we should treat each other”. Undoubtedly, human trafficking has violated this moral value of our society. The fact that young girls and boys are kidnapped, beaten, exploited and abused is beyond imagination. Victims are being treated no more than just a tool for making money, they are ripped off their freedom, their rights, their need to live and their future. …show more content…
Human resource is an important factor in the development of every nations. A good example of this is the East Asian Miracle, which states that physical and human capital played a pivotal role in the remarkably high and sustainable economic growth of eight high-performing East Asian countries (World Bank, The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy). Imagining more than half of the people being trafficked could be potential workforce, their labour, knowledge and experience could have been a contribution to a greater good, but instead they are being used as cheap labour, exploited beyond their capabilites. Besides bearing the loss of its own labour force, the host country will continue to suffer when the victims of human trafficking return. Due to physical and psychological damage, many of them would be unable to work and may rely on social support, those who could not overcome the fear is likely to be come a burden for the family and the