..."Human Trafficking: The New Era of Slavery" When the word slavery comes to mind in the present day most people think of it as something that has passed, a long and tragic historical event that involved the capture and exportation and exploitation of human beings as forced labor with no freedom of movement or choice. Slavery brings to mind the forcible deportation of Africans into the new world, associated with colonization and empirical money making ventures, like sugar, coffee and cotton. Yet, the reality of the situation is that slavery exists today, and on an even greater scale than it did during the empirical era. Human trafficking is one of today's most egregious human rights violations. Traffickers prey on the most vulnerable members of society: people burdened with poverty, disabilities and discrimination. Trafficking in persons refers to the illegal trade or "sale" of human beings for sexual exploitation or forced labor through abduction, the use or threat of force, deception and fraud. It knows no gender, race, age, or even boundaries (due to globalization). (Perkins) Slavery today is often called by other names, like human trafficking and undocumented immigration as well as many other less savory monikers but it is still slavery and people are still stripped of human dignity, choice and human rights on a grand scale, be they women and children smuggled across national or international borders to forcibly participate in the shady sex trade or men, women and children...
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...Human Trafficking Worldwide The scope of Human Trafficking Human trafficking is modern day slavery. In 2009, The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) gathered information from 155 countries regarding the scope and statistics of human trafficking. The data collected sheds light on a very grim and devastating affliction upon people and their human rights. Human trafficking has three elements. The first is the course of action that comprise “recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons.” The second element is the methods by which the victims are obtained. These include “threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits to a person in control of the victim.” The third element of human trafficking is the intention behind the action which consists of “exploitation, which includes exploiting the prostitution of others, sexual exploitation, forced labour, slavery or similar practices and the removal of organs” (UNODC, 2011). Sexual exploitation is the predominant form of human trafficking. It accounts for 79% of all reported and documented human trafficking. The second most widespread form of human trafficking is forced labour. The reported incidents of forced labour make up 18% of human rights injustices by way of human trafficking. It can be assumed that this is a perversion of numbers as this form of violations is less likely...
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...Topic : Human trafficking General Purpose : To inform Specific Purpose : To inform my audience about three main types of human trafficking. Central Idea : The three main types of human trafficking are organ trafficking, sex trafficking and also labor trafficking. INTRODUCTION I. Imagine that you are going to vacation in a new country at a place even you don’t know the name of the place. A. Suddenly you were kidnapped by some mask wearing group of attackers. B. Even though you are good at martial art, cannot do anything to protect yourself or to escape, you are forced to strip, and have your body was sold with purpose of earning money . You are now an object, not a person. II. Yes. The subject I am speaking about is none other than, human trafficking. III. Human trafficking is simply a “modern day slave trade”. It transports and sells victims across borders, but also trafficking is the crime of carrying someone into slavery by force or fraud. IV. Human trafficking can be divided into three main groups such as organ trafficking, sex trafficking and labor trafficking. V. I have done a lots of online research about human trafficking after watching a Hollywood movie called ‘Trade”. VI. Today I will explain to you about these three different human trafficking. (Transition: First of all, we’ll start by looking at the organ trafficking issue.) BODY: I. Organ trafficking is become high profit...
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...Human Trafficking Human trafficking is a multimillion dollar epidemic that occurs in every country in the world. Essentially, it is modern day slavery. According to the United Nations, human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation or receiving of persons with the intent of exploitation in any form. Victims of human trafficking are recruited by the use of force, fear, promise of a better life, along with many other things to convince an individual to go with the trafficker. Trafficking is done for the exploitation of an individual this includes prostitution, slavery, and forced labour. Since the early 1990’s, the UNODC (United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime) has been working on a prevention plan for human trafficking and The Protocol to Prevent, Supress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons was developed. It states that “In addition to the criminalization of trafficking, the Trafficking in Persons Protocol requires criminalization also of persons whom attempt to commit a trafficking offence, the participation as an accomplice in such an offence, or organizing or directing others to commit trafficking” (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2012). This means that anyone who participates in human trafficking, be it the recruitment of victims or knowingly hiring a victim, will be criminalized for his or her actions. Canada is a destination for human trafficking. The highest percentage of individuals being smuggled into Canada are used for sexual exploitation, prostitution...
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...The Affect of Human Trafficking on the Global Community Emma-introduce the issue of human trafficking as a vulnerable population that affects the global community. Paper will cover population description, social issues, and macro (world-wide) interventions. Population Description Human Trafficking is harboring people without their consent to say so. These people are threaten and taking against their will. Abduction is the main form of human trafficking because they seek out person who are vulnerable to society and does not have enough funds to make ends meet so they are taking advantage of by allowing those to abuse them by receiving payment for their freedom. Women are more vulnerable to trafficking because of the impoverished, uneducated ethnic minority, rural or refugee groups. Most women lack employment because of lack of education. Children are to most vulnerable to trafficking because of the physical, mentally and emotionally they has become by the country. Mothers sit at home wondering if they going to ever see their child again. Because society has made for them to allow their child ages 10-21 to traffic for means of food. “The U.S government estimates that there are approximately 800,000 individuals who are victims of human trafficking worldwide, the majority of whom are females under the age of 18”.(Martin, 2011). These female can be used for many thing, however the targets of large organizations that has business for human trafficking find that women can be sold...
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...Human Trafficking SLK 320 Group Assignment T a bl e of c o nt e n t s 1. 2. 3. Understanding of trafficking in persons ............................ 1 Understanding of why it occurs ....................................... 2 Qualitative research to determine the impact of human trafficking .................................................................... 4 4. Holistic understanding of the impact of human trafficking on multiple levels .............................................................. 5 5.Community psychologist intervention .................................. 12 5.1. Implementation of programmes to assist with the effects of human trafficking ............................................. 12 5.2. Addressing communities concerns with regards to human trafficking .......................................................... 13 5.3. Plausible solutions to prevent this event from happening in the community ................................................. 13 7. Bibliography .................................................................. 16 1 . U n d e r s t a ndi n g of t r a f f i c k i ng i n p e r s o ns Human trafficking is a serious crime and a violation of human rights. It occurs in women, children and men. People are trafficked all over the world and are moved in and out of countries for various reasons (UNDOC, 2014). 1 Roxanne Zanato 12096441 Monique Scheepers 12070425 Sean Dickson 10686232 Ryan Cartwright 11001969 Human trafficking has...
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...Human trafficking is known as an illegal trade of human beings for use of sexual exploitation, forced labor, or slavery. The mystery remains regarding when human trafficking originated. Many believe the beginning took place with slave trade and others believe forced labor of children during the 1700s. In more depth human trafficking included the use of drugs and unwanted sex of girls and women. Human trafficking is known to be brutal and thanks to global awareness movements are ongoing and aggressive in setting protocols to prevent Transnational Organized Crime of Human Trafficking. The first movements began in 1807 with the British making a law against Transatlantic Slave Trade. The United States began their movement in 1820 by making slave trade illegal and punishable by death. The focus around on women and children was in 1904, which incorporated an international agreement to prohibit the “white slave trade.” The fight against human trafficking did not end there. One movement included 13 countries consented to illegalizing the form of trafficking to the International Convention for the Suppression of White Slave Trade. The League of Nations made a movement in 1921 to change the white slavery to traffic of women and children. The reason for this movement was to incorporate victims all of races including male children. Studies became an important factor in determining the nature of human trafficking and their victims and how they differ from other countries. Today human...
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...Human Trafficking Human trafficking is a major problem in the world that I am passionate about. Every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit, or destination for victims. Article 3, paragraph (a) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines Trafficking in Persons as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs. First and foremost, I am passionate about human trafficking because it is a serious crime that is a grave violation of human rights. Secondly, as mentioned before, human trafficking happens everywhere—even in seemingly harmless Kansas. Lastly, because a disproportionate number of women are involved in human trafficking, both as the victim and the culprit (as a way to escape their victimisation), it is terrifying to think that I could be targeted at any time. There are many causes of human trafficking, and they...
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...Human Trafficking nowadays is also known as modern-day slavery. It illegally trade of human beings for various purposes such as reproductivity, slavery, sexual exploitation, forced labor. It is one of an illegal and condemnable form that should be banished in most of the countries. However, Human Trafficking or Trafficker acts illegally and mostly anonymously, it’s very difficult to track and seek them. They treat people as a commodity and it is tradable. Human Trafficking or Trafficking in general also knows as a lucrative industry. According to the Economic Roots of Trafficking in the UNECE Region published on December, 2004, it has been identified as the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. It ranked second while drug trafficking was the most profitable illegal industry in the world. To sum up at the end of 2004, total revenue of trafficking were estimated about $5 to 9 billion USD. Crime experts expect in the next 10 years, human trafficking will surpass drug and arms trafficking. As people are vulnerable to exploit, and businesses are seeking for the lowest-cost labor sources in order to maintain the highest profit as they could. I believe human trafficking will generate more profit and a market for human trafficking will be created. Once human trafficking enters the market, they will act as a monopolistically competitive industry. The consumers are the boss of those trafficked labor and the product are those human being. As the high demand of needed labor, human...
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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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...culture today. On the other end, it is a form of empowerment. And in between is the common person with his or her own take on prostitution as either abuse, a profession, or something a little of both. Alongside this culture of moral, cultural and legal uncertainty and to confound the problem is prostitution’s purported connection to international human trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. Therefore, on the one hand, prostitution’s reason for being illegal due to immorality may be obsolete, but should it remain somewhat illegal or banned altogether because it is linked to another crime that transcends borders and cultures? The following is a discussion on the same, and in the end, it is hoped that some clarity may be revealed from a puddle of obscurity. First, a brief introduction will be given about prostitution and human trafficking. Second, the laws of the United Kingdom and international law will be reviewed and analyzed. Third, a comparative review of current legal systems and how they address prostitution and the effects of each of them. Introduction: The Problem of Prostitution and Human Trafficking Over centuries of British history, attitudes and perceptions of prostitutes and prostitution have changed. These changes were in sync with the morals of the times. Today, prostitution is more readily accepted with the combination of more liberal views and part of...
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...| Human Trafficking | Business Law II | Dr. Annette Whitby | | | | Amanda Ransdell 4/25/2013 Outline Introduction: Human trafficking is the fastest increasing criminal industry in today’s world, coming in second after illegal drug-trade. This type of slavery has been traced back to the ancient Mesopotamian and Mediterranean civilization and has continued to grow. What is human trafficking? Commonly referred to as "modern-day slavery" is the illegal trade of human beings in return for labor or for exploitation (Sex Trafficking in the U.S., 2013). “Trafficking in persons” means the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of other or other forms of sexual exploitation, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.” [ (Human Trafficking Full Definition, 2012) ]. A. Definition “trafficking in persons” B. Women and children succeptible C. Health related problems D. Statistics/Government I. Government Acts A. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) B. Mann Act...
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...Name: Patrick Amara Essay #4: Research Paper Pro. Murray March 28, 2013 Human Trafficking INTRODUCTION The social issue of human trafficking has garnered the attention of the United Nations, as a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. A global problem exists reaching every developed, developing, and undeveloped country on the planet. The first ever global forum to fight human trafficking was held February 13-15, 2008 in Vienna. One of the major issues addressed was the lack of information and varied responses from countries and their agencies formed to combat the growing crime. In attendance were delegates from more than 100 countries, law enforcement teams, business leaders, legislators, and recognized experts on human trafficking (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, n.d). The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Antonio Maria Costa, described the problem as "a monster whose shape, size and ferocity we can only guess" (UNODC, n.d). Throughout this paper the researchers will examine the nature of the population and social issues confronting them and explore the macro practice interventions. First, look at human trafficking and what defines it. DEFINITION Human Trafficking is the modern day practice of slavery, according to the Polaris Project (Polaris Project, n.d.). Human trafficking has a basis of the recruitment, harboring, and transportation of people solely for the purpose of exploitation...
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...Abstract Every human being is born with the rights of their own life and the pursuit of happiness. Through this crucial practice these people are deprived of these rights, they can no longer exercise what is granted to them as human rights. Human trafficking is the control and exploitation of others against their own free will. After illegal drugs and arms trafficking human trafficking is the next most profitable criminal activity. This paper will give the insight of human trafficking and how it effects human’s life as a whole. This paper will also discuss the moral and legal considerations of human trafficking, the Impact of human trafficking on the global communities, the Impact of human trafficking on US foreign policy and laws, and the Impact of human trafficking on me as an individual, as well as the pro and cons. Human trafficking Introduction Amongst the multiple crimes against humanity, human trafficking is one of the most common (UNODC, 2011). From Human trafficker leader, (2011), human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery. This is characteristic from the fact that humans are bought, sold and smuggled in the form of slaves into foreign countries. Mostly, the humans from poor nations fall victims in deceit that they will be granted new and good jobs in the foreign lands and the only thing is for them to pay a little fee and get ready to get to the greener pastures in their lives. This is in accordance to the UNODC (2011) which clearly states that humans are...
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...On Human trafficking Course: Composition & Communication English (102) Submitted to: Muhammad zakaria Submitted by: # Kh.Hasan Al Mehedy Id: 2012-1-10-219 # Imtiaz Ahmed Id: 2012-1-10-201 # Syed Ahmed Sohom Id: 2012-1-10-193 Letter of Authorization Letter of Authorization 12 November 12 Student of Composition & Communication Skill Fall 2012 East West University Plot: A/2, Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar Dhaka-1212 Dear Student, As a part of your Composition & Communication Skill course, you are hereby assigned a group report based on human trafficking in your eng-102 course. Assigned report must follow the standard system and methodology and should contain accurate data. This is a group task. You should form a group consisting of at least 3 but no more than 5 people. The university will appreciate any additional benefit that can be obtained from your report. You are required to submit the report on or before December 18, 2012. I wish you best of luck. Sincerely ………………….. Muhammad Zakaria (Lecturer) Department of English East West University Letter of Transmittal 20 November 2012 Muhammad Zakaria Lecturer Department of English East West University Plot: A/2, Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar Dhaka-1212 Subject: Submission of term paper on Human Trafficking. Dear Sir, We are the students of ENG-102 of your section 16. You permitted us to conduct a group report based on Human Trafficking in your ENG-102...
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