Political Solution- Drug Trafficking: Not only is drug trafficking a major concern for Panama internally, but it is also a large issue externally, mainly in regards to their border disputes with its neighboring countries. As mentioned earlier in “Panama’s Three Major Issues,” according to CIA World Factbook, “Organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia operate within the remote border region with Panama”, and historically Panama has been “...the destination of choice for smurfed money orders…” (Andelman). In order to make a dent in the drug trafficking issue, Panama needs to cohesively work with neighboring countries. This can be done by making major improvements in the government and military. One suggestion presented by President …show more content…
For Panama, the government and people can work together to reduced to poverty rates, and make society a better place. The World Bank estimated that as of 2013, nearly 25 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. A suggestion that was presented in a United Nations report, suggested that by setting up cooperative businesses, it can create a sustainable civil society and can help the poverty situation. Cynthia Giagnocavo introduced this suggestion, saying that “Cooperative business enterprises are a powerful and useful tool by which to build civil society capacity and to help people out of poverty...” (Giagnocavo, 10). Therefore, by setting up more businesses, the country and people will benefit; there will be more jobs available for the unemployed, and the government will be able to grow. Another suggestion that can help to eradicate poverty, is by helping the environmental movements. Luis Rodriguez notes, “It is now recognised that environmental degradation is a major barrier for poverty reduction; at the same time, reaching environmental conservation goals requires progress in the eradication of poverty.” Therefore, Rodriguez concludes that to eradicate poverty, we should at the same time take into consideration the environmental initiatives, and work on them together. By having the citizens and government work together, Panama can make large advancements towards putting an end to …show more content…
In order to help the millions of men, women, and children who are victims of trafficking, Panama has many suggestions available to them. As mentioned in the “Panama’s Three Major Issues,” The U.S. Department of State reports: “No [Panamanian] law expressly prohibits forced labor of adults or children, although the government stated that forced labor could be prosecuted under provisions of constitutional law and other civil and criminal statutes.” Economically, many businesses thrive off of human trafficking as a way to increase production by holding down the price of goods, mainly since the workers are being paid less. Therefore, the Panamanian government first should start by setting strict laws prohibiting labor trafficking. Although this will hurt the economy, millions of human rights violations occur every year, which is the important matter. The Panamanian government can make up for this in other ways. Also, Panama can help the situation by working with the United Nations. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) works to help root out human trafficking, and the UNODC “...offers practical help to States, not only helping to draft laws and create comprehensive national anti-trafficking strategies but also assisting with resources to implement them.” Therefore, Panama should closely work with the UNODC to help put an end to this
Throughout the larger Caribbean region, the conversation of trafficking on a national platform, is virtually nonexistent. The Dominican Republic is the only country to have any sort of agenda for it. Through non-governmental organizations, trafficking survivors have access to orientation, assistance, protection, and health services, all of which are not available anywhere else in the region, which leaves survivors at greater risk of being re-trafficked. Throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, many countries have varying degrees of support for victims and the organization that shows the most promise for actually being successful in that
Every Year millions of immigrants get deported back to their countries.They try to come to the US to have a better life and have a great job.We can't judge other people.
Over the past several years, human trafficking has become a sizable world-wide problem. Human Trafficking has had a considerable affect on the World and United States. To combat this, several laws and initiatives have been enacted. While this allows for some headway in combating this problem, there are still several things that we can do to help. This review of literature on Human Trafficking focuses on these areas and provides the information on the steps that can help combat this epidemic.
International drug trafficking cause a MULTITUDE of problems for many people. When a person overdoses from drugs, it doesn't just stop there, this person might have been a dad for example. This child could find themselves in foster care, run away and start drugs themselves, causing the whole problem with their father to start again on them. Drug trafficking can also force harder measures for immigrants; with all of the trafficking going on, more suspicion is brought back. It make it that much harder for immigrants to get into the country that they desire, like the U.S., and they might truly need the help. It is so difficult for authorities to try to dismantle drug trafficking because every where you go, drugs seem to pop up. Anyone can have
Every year approximately 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders, and yet no one really knows how many people are affected by trafficking. Mostly because it is a severly covert and very underground issue. Being the second largest crime in the world oday secind only to drug trafficking. Usually when people are trafficked, they become forced to wor and sometimes sell their bodies enduring countess hours of mental physical and sexual abuse with no food or pay to keep them going.
The purpose of this paper will be to examine the current policies of the Organization of American States (OAS) in regards to human trafficking. This examination will be crucial in answering my research question, which is: How could the current policies of the OAS be strengthened to lessen the propensity
Governmental actors such as elected legislator and executives should implement strict policies on human trafficking. Traffickers should be held accountable for their actions and should receive tough punishment. The approaches we examined in class that I believe is the most appropriate is the Trafficking Victim Protection Act. It’s the first legislation to defined human trafficking and greatly enhanced criminal sanction. Through the Trafficking Victim Protection Act, a T-Visa is award to victims who have been transported to the U.S. illegally. It allows victims to remain in the U.S. to assist in the prosecution of their perpetrator. In addition, I recommend another way to address this matter is through unity. I believe together the world must
Children start out playing games with fake money and little trinkets, as people get older the little trinkets become more valuable and the money becomes more important. Objects like electronics or houses come into play and all of the sudden it is no longer fun and games. That is why crime rates and drug trafficking in Colombia went up in the 1990’s and the U.S. stepped in to aid the country. Plan Colombia was created in 2000 under the Clinton administration as a way to stop drug trafficking and the 40 year old armed conflict between the FARC and the Colombian government. Plan Colombia was a smart plan on behalf of the Clinton administration in light of the fact that it met all of it’s objectives such as ending the civil war that broke lose
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes, or the UNODC, drug trafficking in Mexico is a business worth $50 billion per year. Many people believe this money is only for the traffickers and their organizations, but what they do not know is that some of that money actually serves a good cause like helping the poor. To those who follow drug traffickers one would come to the assumption that they are not as bad as people think. They use their money to help their hometown and surrounding towns such as Badiraguato and Mazatlan. Pablo Escobar and Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman are two well-known drug traffickers, not just because of the way they run their business, but because they help the needy. Pablo Escobar and Joaquin Guzman are known
inhabitants. A key U.S. ally in the region, Colombia has endured an internal armed conflict for
Foreign governments are making efforts in combating the growing issue of human trafficking in their perspective country, however, Guatemala only reaches the minimal standard requirements that complies with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). In fact, when establishing the location Guatemala plays on human trafficking, it serves as a source, transit, and destination country (U.S. Department of the State, 2016). The country’s standpoint on continuing efforts in combating trafficking affects all countries where any victim has been trafficked from, trafficked through, or forced to work in. The purpose of this essay is to analyze the Guatemalan governments’ current and past efforts in eliminating human trafficking and debating the Trafficking
Prior to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States Border Patrol’s concentration of security was primarily concentrated on the international borders. Afterwards, with the consistent influx of illegal immigrants attempting to cross the border and the possibility that some of those can be potential terrorists, border security was significantly increased and concentrated on the safety of the country.
Human trafficking is a crime that without the proper direction will cost the human being the right to have freedom. Every person has the right to choose and not fall into being victimized by someone who is in the pursuit of indentured servitude. This billion-dollar industry is aiding the criminal acts such as drug trafficking and production, sexual assault, sexual rape (male or female), and most of all abuse and neglect of all the victims involved. Most people want to believe that human trafficking is non-existent and only happens to victims who are participating in any illegal enterprise. The ugly truth is that most people who have been trafficked did not know the ramifications
The CIA wanted to stop drug trafficking, and out an end to it, when there was money involved it was a different story, the Cia thought to keep this on the low would be a good idea, they ended up thinking wrong, it’s a conspiracy gone wrong, they believed that by selling drugs, they can make a lot more money, they knew it was a bad thing to do, but business is business, they had to do what had to be done, this conspiracy that they did backfired on them dramatically, it cost them innocent lives all because of the CIA’s plan to make money, it eventually hurt them in the long run.
Colombia is considered a 3rd world country because of the abundant poverty. People living in poverty have no running water, electricity or any food and water. Some of the families in this situation are involved in drug trafficking and violence because its their last resource. Drug trade is a way for someone to get a large amount of cash all at one time and they lean on this to make money to live off of. They don't have a home or much shelter to live in so these families are having to build structures on other people's property. Families living in poverty don't have access to healthcare, pension benefits, and education making it even harder to break out of the cycle of poverty.