Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Let's Go Exploring

Human trafficking is also known as modern-day slavery. Victims are typically forced or coerced into situations of sexual exploitation or labor by means of physical force and impositions of terror. Victims are also lured and ultimately entrapped by artificial promises of marriage or job opportunities. The main targets for human trafficking are women and children, due to their vulnerability to the enormously overwhelming sex trade, being the largest contributor to this human rights violation. Trafficking affects many, if not all, nations and its victims suffer tremendous psychological damage as well as fear of what might be taking place, or what might possibly happen to their families. Trafficking fuels organized crime and demoralizes the sanctioned security of every nation it affects.

Nonstandard sources that may bring a new perspective might include victim interviews and documentaries. I would be very alarmed to find any published posts publicly accepting or enforcing human trafficking, so perspectives pertaining to prevention and awareness as well as my own opinions will need to fuel my research.

What is being done to prevent human trafficking?

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