...68% of female sex trafficking victims meet the clinical criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder. 1. There is only one shelter in the U.S. designed specifically to meet the needs of trafficking victims, and it currently only houses a total of seven to nine victims. 1. Trafficking victims normally don't get help because they think that they or their families will be hurt by their traffickers, or that they will be deported.) http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-human-trafficking 1. An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year [UNICEF, UK Child Trafficking Information Sheet (January 2003)] 1. In 2006 there were only 5,808 prosecutions and 3,160 convictions throughout the world every 800 people trafficked, only one person was convicted in 200 [US State Department, Trafficking in Persons Report (2007) p.36] 1. Force involves the use of rape, beatings and confinement to control victims. Forceful violence is used especially during the early stages of victimization, known as the ‘seasoning process’, which is used to break victim’s resistance to make them easier to control. Fraud often involves false offers of employment. For example, women and children will reply to advertisements promising jobs as waitresses, maids and dancers in other countries and are then forced into prostitution once they arrive at their destinations. Coercion involves threats of serious harm to, or physical restraint of, victims of trafficking; any scheme, plan...
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...humanity. What is it? Sex trafficking. 20 million women and children are forced into the global sex trade. Just imagine a life constantly used as an object, constantly abused, without a name but only a number.Calling for help, whilst being kept silent. Why is it still happening? One of the root causes of sex trafficking is poverty corruption, which is reflected in the lack of educational and social work opportunities of men and women. Traffickers generally target women because of their societal isonlation, violence in family, access to education, employment and other resources. And because of the desperate economic situation, heavily influences on the availability and opportunities of employment for women. Thus traffickers prey on the women's vulnerability, luring and manipulating them into false promises, visas and work opportunities into subjugation, without women conscious of the work conditions instead to find themselves forced in the internal ring of prostitution. In some cases, families view their daughters as an economic burden, (hence) selling their daughter to a brothel.( Immediate cash will then be sent to the family )and receiving an immediate payoff (delete this part man) insufficiency of laws to obstruct the efforts in trying to fight sex trafficking Even in developed countries e.g. America traffickers manipulate using finesse pimping adolescent girls showering victims with gifts, love and attention. Victims of sex trafficking face ensnare harrowing...
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...mention that they can be raped or even robbed for everything that they worked so hard for. I could only imagine living the lifestyle of a prostitute and getting robbed for everything I ruined my mind, body and soul for. Prostitution should not be allowed because they are putting not only themselves in danger but also others. They could easily give and catch a disease. What’s even worse is catching or giving someone something that you can’t get rid of such as aids or HIV. A prostitute could risk getting pregnant by someone they don’t even know on the count of them sleeping with so many people. The prevalence of HIV infection among IDUs has reached up to 52%. Although the prevalence of HIV is still less than 5% among women selling sex, their sexual behaviors and practices place them at high risk of acquiring and spreading HIV and STIs (UNAIDS, 2008). The National Sexually Transmitted Infections/Reproductive Tract Infections (STI/RTI) study of Pakistan revealed a high burden of STIs among female sexworkers (FSWs) (Family Health International [FHI], 2004). A prostitute is a bad...
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...Professor Stephen Henrichon FYW-101 12/1/11 Sex-Trafficking in Cambodia Many believe that all types of slavery have been banished, but in fact sex trafficking is on the rise especially in areas like Thailand and Cambodia. Sex trafficking is a modern form of slavery in which a sexual act is forced and or the person forced to perform the act is under the age of 18 years old (“Sex Trafficking”). Since there have been advancements in technologies such as the innovation of the Internet, a drastic demand for this trade has increased immensely. Sex trafficking is the slavery of the twenty-first century, but has become one the world’s growing industries (“Kristof”). In fact, sex trafficking is the second most profitable illicit business globally, being a nine to twenty-seven billion dollar industry (“Sex Trafficking”). Since sex trafficking is the second most profitable illicit business globally many people are involved hence why there are over 32 million people enslaved around the world (“Sex Trafficking”). Out of those 32 million people enslaved, eighty percent of the victims are in sexual servitude (“Sex Trafficking”). Sex trafficking is everywhere, but many people are not aware of the issue. People around the world have done little to stem the tide of sex trafficking (“Cambodia”). With the help of people observing signs of sexual activity and donating to organizations that help victims of the sex slave trade, the sex trafficking can hopefully be put to an end, not only in Cambodia...
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...Human Sex Trafficking Human sex trafficking is an illegal form of modern day slavery that has turned into a lucrative business. Sex is very big business and there is a tremendous amount of money that can be made. There are people that will use any means necessary to be a part of this industry. Young women and children are used as a commodity, offered a better life and then sold like property to increase the wallets of these criminals. I am against this kind of inhumane treatment and believe that we, as a nation, need to do more to abolish this so called “business” forever. I know that we don’t have laws against human sex trafficking in every state yet, but the ones that we do have are a great start. I believe that with more laws, stronger penalties for breaking those laws, and awareness that this is a very big and rapidly growing problem, it is possible. These girls are not inventory, they are humans. As a nation we need to make this part of our history, what used to be, not what is today. A promise of a better life is one way the victims are captured; they are also obtained through much more sinister ways. They are often sold to the traffickers by their parents, husbands or boyfriends. However, there are some who have been out right kidnapped. These young girls are then forced to become sex slaves for money that they never receive. These victims are subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment. They suffer at the hands of their captors on a daily basis to insure their...
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...The commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age. When I say sex trafficking, what image does your mind conjure? A female from a developing country being snatched off the street, shipped around the world and living in the back of a massage parlor being manipulated into doing sexual favors to eat? Although unfortunately, this story is extremely common, many sex trafficking victims are US-born children. Why do we know more about our president's obnoxious tweets, than children being sold into sex slavery on Polk or O'farrell street? Why can’t the people of The United States and more specifically San Francisco attack sex trafficking the same way...
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...Introduction The topic I chose to write about is Sex Trafficking. I was very interested in finding out what happens to children that are abducted, missing, and runaways. There are many articles and stories about missing people in the media. Having two children of my own, it’s kind of scary to even think about them being missing or abducted. I see children at various age groups walking alone and I wonder, where are their parents? I could never allow my children out alone and unsupervised, knowing that something can happen to them. Just recently, I read an article about an under covered sex trafficking scheme in South Saint Louis, Kansas City, and in Springfield, Illinois. Sex trafficking is really becoming an epidemic and it’s happening...
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...Human Sex Trafficking Alia Abutaa BSHS/302 July 26, 2010 Anie Sklar What can be worse than not knowing what has happened to a loved one that has disappeared? One minute they are beside you and the next they are gone hoping that they will be returned soon unharmed. Waiting for some sort of news is the hardest as unimaginable thoughts race around one’s mind. Unfortunately for many the wait can go on for years and more than likely forever. In many countries human sex trafficking has become today’s version of slavery. Victims include male and female, but mostly wanted are young girls under the age of 18 (Martin, 2007). What can be thought of vacation time when visiting other countries can often times lead to a nightmare and another scenario might be that parents who are in need of money will end up selling their children into sex slavery in exchange for cash. Perpetrators on the hunt know exactly how to approach would be victims with the right things to say on to lure them in without suspicion. As human service professionals try to gain awareness with the predicament, they find that there are some officials who would rather pretend that they care when in reality they benefit from the sex trafficking. There are different scenarios as to how a person becomes a victim. “They are recruited into prostitution, often using tactics involving force, fraud, or coercion (Pakistan Journal, 2009).” Some victims are kidnapped which is better known as smuggling a person from...
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...Within the last decade, the trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation has become a major concern for governments and the media. Government and legislation played a major role in constructing and maintaining sex trafficking as a social problem. Although, the United States has been less visible as a site of transnational and domestic trafficking in women than other countries, this situation is beginning to change. Recent accounts about human and sex trafficking in the United States, mainly appearing in national and local media, indicates that trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation is a national problem; and one that is increasing in scope and magnitude. The U.S. government estimates that 50,000 women and children are trafficked each year into the United States, primarily from other countries. However, little research has been completed on contemporary trafficking in the United States. Women and children have been the target of sex trafficking for thousands of years. This practice, going on throughout the centuries, finally became a political issue in the early 1900s. In 1902, the International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic was drafted. Its purpose was to "prevent the procuration of women and girls for immoral purposes abroad" (www.protectionproject.org). After a few years it was ratified by twelve countries around the world. This eventually led to the United States passing the Mann Act of 1910 which "forbids transporting...
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...Until recently, in the US, the thought of Human Sex Trafficking never occurred to Americans. Human sex trafficking is an illegal activity. This involves selling, buying and trading of people. They are transported away from their families and communities and are forced to work against their own will. People are trafficked both between countries and within the borders of a state. It is also known as modern slavery and a form of sexual exploitation; where women’s, girls and children’s are forced to enter in the world of prostitution. People do this to make money, for some people it’s a business a way to make profit. 27 million people all over the world are currently being forced into human sex trafficking, 1 million children will be exploited by the commercial sex trade each year (Buzzle). The purpose of this paper is to inform the audience about the crime of human sex trafficking. What is the background on human sex trafficking? What is the current situation in India with human sex trafficking? What will happen in the future with the issues of human sex trafficking? Human Trafficking is defined in the Trafficking Protocol as "the recruitment, transport, transfer, harboring or receipt of a person by such means as threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud or deception for the purpose of exploitation." Human sex trafficking is the modern equivalent of slavery. It’s an incredibly profitably crime, bringing quick, high profits...
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...perception that having sex with virgins or ladies that are young in age will cure their chance of contracting a sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The Impact of Sex Trafficking Trafficking has a traumatic effect on the psychological, emotional and physical welfare of females and teenagers entangled in this growing web. Outside the physical abuse, transferred women grieve life-threatening emotional anxiety, including embarrassment, misery, fear, disbelief and unhappy thoughts, and suicidal attempts. Victims often experience post-traumatic stress disorder, and insomnia. Many victims turn to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain and often suffer from life logs sufferings such as deadly diseases that they are not able to get proper treatment for. Sex...
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...In her editorial “Why Do We Lock Up Survivors of Sex Trafficking,”Andrea Powell proclaims that victims of sex trafficking are being treated as criminals and do not receive the help that they are entitled too. Powell supports her claim by using hypophora, hypotyposis, and distinctio. The author’s purpose is to reveal the truth about sex trafficking and how victims are treated. The author writes in a critical, yet formal tone to inform socially conscious Americans about the fact that there is a problem in the judicial system regarding sex trafficking. Powell uses hypophora, or the statement of an opponent's probable but as yet unstated objection, to emphasize the deeper meaning of her editorial. Throughout the editorial, Powell attempts to...
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...The Reality of Sex Trafficking Sex trafficking is a very serious issue not only here in the United States, but in every other country in the world. There is more that goes on behind the scenes that the human eye does not normally see because it is not everyday issue that one would see on the news. Just because we do not hear about it does not mean it is not there. What is sex trafficking one might ask? It is a form of human trafficking that involves forced prostitution among women. Although men may apart of it as well, it is normally pressed upon children, starting as young as twelve. Lakshmi was one of these victims. In the movie Sold it is very evident that sex trafficking is a major issue. The amount of girls that were able to fit...
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...Human-Sex Trafficking In China; Human Rights Being a male is more significant than being a female in Chinese culture. Needless to say, women are less valued than men; therefore, human trafficking, where Chinese women get sold to become sex slaves, is very common. China has become the sex and labor trafficking capital of the world, according to U.S. Representative Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican. This is a highly controversial topic because it’s not brought up often, that’s why people are not that familiar with this appalling situation. Thus, this paper’s main purpose is to inform about human trafficking in China and how it operates: China’s human rights and law policies, who are the audiences involved, how they get picked, women’s education regarding diseases, where and why it happens, the dangers that are involved, how money plays a big issue in bribery, and lastly, what’s being done by Chinese government about it. Bringing about the adoption of the One Child Policy law, and the preference for having male babies led the impact of having more men than women in China by tens of million. The consequences of this matter have created men in China not able to seek women to marry. This ordeal has not led to an increase in the human trafficking of women, but also to an increase in the number of prostitutes and the amount of men who seek them out for their services (Quan, I.) On the basis of who gets picked, predominately, these sex workers are girls that are internal migrants...
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...Separating victims from family and friends, make them helpless and weak in their resolve to fight back. The traffickers use threats such as debt bondage, claiming that their victims can repay them in exchange for forced sex. Traffickers will withhold their victim’s money for “safekeeping” making it impossible for victims to be on their own. They also use shaming by threatening exposure to victims’ families, particularly if the victim has been forced to engage in sex work (McLaughlin, 2015). In a National Geographic documentary called Sex Trafficking In The United States, thirteen year old Selena, a victim of sex trafficking, explains how she got into the business. One day she was walking home and an attractive guy offered her a ride home. At first, he was nice, and manipulated her into liking him, but as time progressed the relationship took a turn for the worse, and she became an object rather than a person (National Geographic). He ended up becoming her pimp, and...
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