Bangladesh - Human Trafficking

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Human trafficking is similar to slavery labor and reveals people sexually. There are eight major types of trafficking: forced labor, bonded labor, debt bondage, involuntary domestic labor, forced child labor, child soldiers, sex trafficking, and abuse. It affects every country in the world, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims. Bangladesh is mainly a transit country for human trafficking. Trafficking in persons generates about 32 billion dollars a year. According the the United Nations Human Rights Council, human trafficking not only puts victims in great danger, but it also embodies many facets of human rights abuses (9). Due to a weak surveillance of borders, neighboring countries often serve as destinations for trafficked women and children .Victims of trafficking are frequently lured away by fraud – promise of a better life, often in a different country. They are then controlled physically, emotionally and financially. Escape is difficult for the victims of trafficking because victims are “invisible”. In most cases, victims cannot speak the native language and are afraid to approach authorities out of fear of being deported. Most of the time, victims have no idea where they are or how to get help. Illiteracy, unemployment, poverty, child matrimony, domestic violence and hazardous migration are presumed to be foremost causes for the quick-growing rate of illegal human trafficking (1). The United Nations has previously helped to develop effective law enforcement and criminal justice institutions. Without specialized trafficking laws, victims are subject to greater uncertainty. The General Assembly Resolution 159/54 was passed in which it condemns kidnapping under any circumstances (6). Another 9 resolutions were passed at the General Assembly’s 55th session. The United Nations assists NATO in training police, border guards,

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