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                                                                                                                                               Informative: newspaper article

                                                                                                                                                                               2 March 2012

Human Trafficking

                Human trafficking is a huge problem all over the world. Human trafficking can be defined as simple as the buying and selling of humans. There is a wide verity of human trafficking such as sex trafficking this is where teenagers or young adults are being forced to have sexual relations with a “customer”. They are often times young girls being forced into this category but not always in some cases young boys have had this happen as well. Their boss is usually referred to as a pimp. By the time these girls get out if they ever do the pimp if often times gone and police cannot track them down. It is a serious crime in many different countries as well as the United States. There has been a hotline and a task force set up to help young girls that have been taken to sex trafficking or sex slavery. Like sex trafficking domestic servitude trafficking is a serious criminal offence. Domestic servitude trafficking is where a child often times is taped doing sexual things. There is a big demand for this among rich people in Asia and the Persian Gulf. Another type of trafficking is child labor trafficking. This is the worst type of child trafficking; the children are being targeted and taken across the globe. Child labor is really hazardous to children’s health. Some children can be taken by a kidnapping, threatening them, or by bribery. The conditions people in the trafficking sale don’t live in very good conditions, they are usually in one room, with many people. They don’t get to eat on a normal schedule. There are many different way traffickers get the women and children to obey them. The trafficker wants to be in control so they will take away their passport, their birth certificate and identification card. They might also threaten to hurt other family members in that person’s family. In some cases the trafficker has forced the women to marry him; this puts in control of their lives. The trafficker can be anybody, from a group of people or a single person. The trafficker could be male or female, a family person or even a trusted community person. Many of the people brought into human trafficking are never seen or found again, and they lucky ones who escape are never the same. They could have diseases, sociological damage, and many are scared of everyday noises. For more information visit http://humantrafficking.org

Author Batstone,David(2009). Not for sale Batstone, David February 22,2012, from  http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/about/

Author  Catholic relief service(2012)Slavery and Human trafficking Catholic relief service, fromhttp://crs.org/slavery-human-trafficking/?gclid=CK7OrNrdyK4CFSQCQAod1lJqCg

Cecilia Flores-Oebanda(December 16, 2007 )Human trafficking Cecilia Flores-Oebanda febuary 22,2012 fromhttp://humantrafficking.org/