Human trafficking is big business for the criminals who make their living off of it. According to international agencies, the black market in human trafficking is around $32 billion. The traffickers make their money by kidnapping women and children and then selling them for profit. It is just like the slave trade.
The money inovled in this activity exists because men continue to pay brothels, pimps and massage parlors money to have sex with women. Even though they know that the women are forced to have sex with them, the men who visit these types of prostitution do not care. They just want the sex.
Many feel that education is necessary so that men will understand that the women they are paying to have sex with are doing so against their will, but I don't think that it will make much difference to them. I'm pretty sure that all the men who visit these types of establishment know deep down that no women would want to have sex with 10 different guys every day. The women have no choice in the matter. They can't turn down customers, or say that they insist on using safe practices. They are forced to do whatever the men want because they paid for it.
It is a terrible economic system and it must stop.
Human Trafficking Statistics
Human trafficking is slavery
I thin that human trafficking is slavery. People are being forced to do stuff that they don't want to do, and they are not paid for it. To me, that is slavery.
For example, let's take prostitution. A lot of the women working as prostitutes are forced to have sex with men because of human trafficking. The person in charge of the woman, the "pimp", forces her to work on the street and have sex with men. That man pays the woman, but she has to give all of the money to the pimp. To me, that is slavery.
Yesterday, Fox News had a story about human trafficking and slaves. The author wrote:
For example, let's take prostitution. A lot of the women working as prostitutes are forced to have sex with men because of human trafficking. The person in charge of the woman, the "pimp", forces her to work on the street and have sex with men. That man pays the woman, but she has to give all of the money to the pimp. To me, that is slavery.
Yesterday, Fox News had a story about human trafficking and slaves. The author wrote:
Currently, more slaves exist than during the time of slave trade abolitionist William Wilberforce. But unlike in Wilberforce’s day, 80 percent of today’s slaves are women and girls; 50 percent are children.The author of the story then said that "It is time for slavery to finally live where it belongs: in the history books." I completely agree. We live in the year 2011. It is sad that we still have slaves today. We must all work together to make sure that our children will only know about slaves from the history books.
Human trafficking report
The 2011 Trafficking in Person report was released by the United States Department of State in June. The report is released every year and serves as a report card on human trafficking activities around the world.
According to CNN, the report covers the policies of 184 governments as the attempt to fight trafficking in their country.
The State department says that 27 million people are human trafficking victims each year. 100,000 are in the United States black market, according to the report.
Many women who end up in the sex trade are victims of human trafficking. Prostitution finds a lot of new workers by having women forced into the work. They end up being tricked by their boyfriends, or forced to take drugs, or taken to foreign countries where their passports are taken away.
The State department says that more countries have to do more to get rid of slavery.
According to CNN, the report covers the policies of 184 governments as the attempt to fight trafficking in their country.
The State department says that 27 million people are human trafficking victims each year. 100,000 are in the United States black market, according to the report.
Many women who end up in the sex trade are victims of human trafficking. Prostitution finds a lot of new workers by having women forced into the work. They end up being tricked by their boyfriends, or forced to take drugs, or taken to foreign countries where their passports are taken away.
The State department says that more countries have to do more to get rid of slavery.
Organ trafficking
One aspect of human trafficking is organ trafficking. This is where the organs and kidneys of people are taken from their bodies and sold to other people. It is common for poor people to want to sell their organs for money. The people who buy organs are patients who are waiting for a transplant. Because there are so many people in need, rich people are able to skip their place in line and buy a kidney on the black market.
A Chinese boy sold his kidney in 2011 to make money. The boy sold his kidney for $3000. He then used his money to buy an iPad 2 in China. He did not tell his parents about his operation.
Later on, maybe next week or so, we will talk about the issue of prostitution on the black market.
A Chinese boy sold his kidney in 2011 to make money. The boy sold his kidney for $3000. He then used his money to buy an iPad 2 in China. He did not tell his parents about his operation.
Later on, maybe next week or so, we will talk about the issue of prostitution on the black market.
Statistics on Human Trafficking
Statistics on human trafficking from around the world:
$32 billion is spent on human trafficking.
Wikipedia says that "nearly 2.5 million people from 127 different countries are being trafficked into 137 countries around the world."
The U.S. State department releases a report every year about the black market in humans called The Trafficking in Persons report. The report has statistics on human trafficking in countries around the world.
Human trafficking is:
(a) [...] the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.
$32 billion is spent on human trafficking.
Wikipedia says that "nearly 2.5 million people from 127 different countries are being trafficked into 137 countries around the world."
The U.S. State department releases a report every year about the black market in humans called The Trafficking in Persons report. The report has statistics on human trafficking in countries around the world.
Human trafficking is:
(a) [...] the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.
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