Category: Human Trafficking

The problem of trafficking of humans is widespread and it is estimated that annually, approximately 14,500 and 17,500 individuals are victims of trafficking into the United States. This is a hidden population involving factories, restaurant businesses, agriculture, the commercial sex industry, agriculture, domestic workers, some adoption firms and marriage brokers. 80% of individuals who are…

Introduction Every year millions of people are trafficked worldwide, including in Pakistan. Trafficking can happen with people regardless of age, gender, nationality or ethnicity. Traffickers may use force, manipulation, false promises or even romantic relationships to lure their victims in. Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons (the…

Although it is unheard of, human trafficking is rising and has become a global crisis. This phenomenal has been an ongoing practice for a million of years and has not been stopped. Human trafficking can be defined as the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex from…

With respect to the individual, it has been argued that migration causes many social, psychological and socio-cultural problems on individual migrants. Different studies have showed that migrant returnees report that they seek psychiatric treatments for their mental illness as a result of social isolation and abuses of any kind (Girum 2013). Migrants also return with…

There are many issues around the globe that affect the modern world. The society today is changing rapidly, which means there are more problems that range from being economical to social, political and environmental. One of the issues that this society is dealing with is the social issue, human trafficking. Human trafficking is the trade…

Introduction This article considers the reasons that, despite efforts, human trafficking persists around the world. The factors that enable human trafficking to occur vary and are interdependent and interconnected (Stop Violence Against Women (SVAW), 2008:1; Truong, 2001:34-35; Van Impe, 2000:p117-118). Human trafficking is a fastest growing forms of widespread transnational business (Shelley 2010, Rosy,2013) and…

Introduction to the Global Crisis of Human Trafficking Worldwide trafficking projections range from 350,000 to 1.5 million victims, with, again, the vast majority being women and children…In addition, as many as 50% of all trafficking victims are said to be children or adolescents, both girls and boys (Schauer and Wheaton). Human trafficking can be traced…

Introduction When the topic human trafficking comes to mind, what are some thoughts that pop into peoples heads? Initially when hearing this, people may think or say statements similar to Human traffickers are sick people, or I dont see how someone has the nerve to do that, but has anyone ever thought about asking the…

International lands typically conjure up when one’s mind comes to the thoughts of human sex trafficking. That kind of horrible conduct is not unique in the United States of America. America is the land of the free and yet something as horrific as human sex trafficking takes place every day in our own backyard. According…

Human trafficking today is considered modern-day slavery. Victims of human trafficking are coerced, assaulted, and lied to have commercial sex. This year, I have noticed that human trafficking has become more prevalent in the media but Ive also noticed that not much has been done about it. In Spears essay, she discusses how much human…