Human Trafficking Conclusion

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This underground world of Human trafficking continuously violates numerous ethical laws through multiple criminal activities - among these are; kidnapping, fraud, and assault. The most obvious breaking of these laws through human trafficking is kidnapping. “Each year, about 17,500 individuals are brought into the United stated and held against their will as victims of Human Trafficking”(Human 1). Victims of human trafficking are kidnapped and held captive, and forced to do the bidding of their “masters”. A second, and much more overlooked atrocity committed by human traffickers is fraud. many factory owners are currently advertising for jobs that sound “too good to be true” with free room and board, as well as paid travel expenses. However, once the workers arrive, they are heavily fined, and given no food or housing. The workers, in turn have no choice but to work in unfair conditions for extended periods of time until they can repay their employer the large debt they have acquired(Mark P. Lagon). A third way in which this [human trafficking] violates the law is through violence. In one grisly account of this violence, a woman claims she witnessed a trafficked friend brutally beaten and raped, drenched in gasoline, lit on fire, and once again savagely beaten again while burned alive - all for the entertainment of gang members(Mark P. Lagon). As you can see, Human Trafficking, the modern day act of slavery, is in violation to many ethical and government laws and must be ended quickly, before it grows so extensively that it is beyond anyone’s
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