About 80% of all human trafficking is for the sex trade. It is estimated that 27 million adults and 13 million children are victims of sex trafficking. The sex traffickers often "train" the girls themselves, through repeated rape and sexual acts. The
According to David R. Hodge in the article “Sexual Trafficking in the United States: A Domestic Problem With Transnational Dimensions,” 600,000 to 800,000 people being trafficked across nations with about 14,500 to 16,500 people being trafficked into the United States annually. With numbers this high, awareness in the nation should be more prominent when it comes to dealing with trafficking. Many young women, like Maria, are sold into the sex trade at young ages and are forced to perform sexual acts. The women’s “sponsors” brainwash the women into thinking multiple reasons that make forced commercial sex seem acceptable. It is the duty of government to enforce laws that will help protect women and children from becoming victims.
As a social worker, I must take control of the surrounding community and help them to understand the dangers and effects of child trafficking. Whether they are being sold for sex, working hard and long hours for little to no pay or being forced to kill, no child should have to suffer being trafficked. There should be more organizations that can talk to communities and teach them how to spot out victims and teach their children or young family members how to spot out and stay away from the
The Polaris Project website also has a page dedicated to information on sex trafficking which states, “There are more than 5,000 brothels disguised as massage businesses nationwide” (The Polaris Project). These kinds of “businesses” cannot be considered acceptable. The same website also states a standard day for a woman working in one of these establishments works a 10 AM – 3 AM day and has sex with about 6-10 men everyday (The Polaris Project). People think they have had a hard day at work when they work a 9 hour day job. These women work 17 hours a day, are forced to have sex with multiple strange men a day, and are most likely being forcibly held in their workplace.
Human trafficking is considered one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world. Poverty, gender-based discrimination and a history of sexual and physical violence are all factors that can make women and children vulnerable to traffickers. Some are abducted and sold, some are deceived into consenting by the promise of a better life or a better job, and some feel that entrusting themselves to traffickers is the only economically viable option. Once trapped, they are held and exploited in slavery-like conditions. Traffickers use several means to prevent victims from escaping.
This law is design to fight trafficking and to address this problem internationally. In the United States, people have founded immigrates in vehicles who have died because of starvation, dehydration, and heat stokes. When these criminals get caught they are going to get punished for these activities, and this will prevent human trafficking. When illegal immigration comes to US they bring their children with them. Their children need to be in school while in the US.
Olga Kontarovich Dr. Nado English 1001 11/22/10 Unit Four Essay It has been reported that over 2.5 million people are abducted each year and trafficked across borders and forced into labor or sexual exploitation (Costa 6). Specifically, in Ecuador, trafficking has evolved into a major problem, endangering both citizens and foreigners across the world. Mike Ceaser, author of “A Dark Window on Human Trafficking,” summarizes the journey of Tracy O’Dowd and Sergio Velarde, two educated social workers, who embark on a journey to end the exploitation of young girls in a local club, La Luna (Ceaser 170). The author analyzes the situation in Ecuador through cultural and ethical elements in order to create an impact amongst his audience. Evidently, human trafficking is more condensed in areas with low economies; however, even in America, many noncitizens are compelled to suffer.
In 2008 a phone call was made by a young girl saying that girls were being physically and sexually abused at the YFZ Ranch. On April 3, 2008 law enforcement and child protective services went to the ranch and removed 416 children. The courts ruled that CPS was to give the children back to their parents and several of the older men at the ranch were sentenced to 10-30 years in prison for having sexual relations with under aged
"In the summer of 2014, we saw a wave of mothers and children arrive to the U.S. to escape extreme violence in Central America. These mothers fled because of gangs murdering their husbands, targeting their sons for recruitment, and threatening their daughters with sexual violence. More than 80 percent of these migrant women detained were found to have a credible threat to their safety if they were returned home. Yet, nearly 80 percent of these cases are ending with DHS [Department of Homeland Security] ordering these same families deported back to the very dangerous conditions they fled. Disturbingly, it has been reported that as many as 83 Central
2) What problem was that policy originally designed to address? The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA 2000) was created to protect victims of trafficking and to ensure just and effective punishment of the traffickers. In the year 2000, congress found that each year, over 700,000 women and children were trafficked across the world and at least 50,000 of those were trafficked into the United States (Desyllas, 2000). The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States” (U.S. Constitution, Amendment 13). The fundamental principle of abolishing slavery that was underlined in the U.S. Constitution was considered the foundational concept of establishing the U.S. Human Trafficking policy (Roby, Turley, & Cloward, 2008).