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The Various Forms Of Human Trafficking And Prostitution

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Human trafficking is an inhuman act and should be immediately stopped because it is destroying millions of lives, creating an underground billion dollar industry, and millions of criminals/traffickers slip through the cracks every year. A way we can stop this issue is to crackdown on the traffickers themselves, watching them for months and months and sending undercover police to get into the business to bring this complex business down.
The extent of the global human trafficking problem is vast. According to U.S. State Department estimates, which are considered conservative, each year somewhere between 600 thousand and 820 thousand men, women, and children are trafficked across international borders. Approximately 70 percent of those trafficked are women and girls and nearly 50 percent are minors(“Global issues” para. 3). Global Human trafficking in its various forms is a huge business. The international labor organization estimates roughly 44.3 billion dollars of profits flows in every year from human trafficking. Most of that profit is coming out of the sex trade. According to the 2009 United Nations …show more content…

According to the National Crime Agency, there are several broad categories of exploitation linked to human trafficking. Sexual exploitation, the most commonly seen form of human trafficking, involves any non-consensual or abusive sexual acts performed without the victim's permission. This includes prostitution, escort work, and pornography. All genders and ages are participants in the sex trade, they are deceived of promises of a better life and then controlled by constant violence and abuse to the victim’s. Forced labour involves the victims being forced to work long, and hard hours just to hand over a large amount if not, all of their wages to the traffickers. The International Labour Organisation [ILO] has identified six elements which individually or collectively can indicate forced labour. These

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