What is Human Trafficking?

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 price in the sex slave industry.
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According to the  United States government as of 2006 “600,000 to 800,000 people were estimated to have been trafficked across international borders each year- approximately two-thirds are ensured in sexual slavery” (Miller71). Miller explains that statistic does not even take in consideration the victims within their own country. Human trafficking alone generates $9.5 billion US dollar in the “underground economy” (Miller 71). Statistics provides an insight into the seriousness of human trafficking. This blog is about one of the most prominent forms of human trafficking – the sex slave industry. All my work and the research I have done throughout the semester in my area of expertise will be demonstrates as I elaborate on what human trafficking is. Topics such as, the ways women become victims and how they are targeted, how technology has facilitated human trafficking among the years, and what are world leaders doing about this issue.

Human trafficking is defined as “as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion) for an improper purpose including forced labor or sexual exploitation” by the National Institute of Justice. This definition is used across the globe to determine whether certain victims fall under this category to persecute their trafficker with human trafficking charges. The definition covers a broad spectrum meaning there is much more human trafficking happening in our daily lives which we as a society do not even notice. This means that anyone who impose any activities that related to the definition provided by the National Institute of justice will be classified as a human trafficker no matter where they are. The traffickers are often referred to as “pimps” and the buyers “Johns” (Shared Hope).

Works Cited: 

"Human Trafficking." National Institute of Justice. Web. 20 July 2015.

"Glossary of Trafficking Terms." Shared Hope International. Web. 23 July 2015. 

Miller, John R. "Slave Trade." Harvard International Review 27.4 (2006): 70-3. ProQuest. Web. 15 July 2015.