Fuller 's Investigation : The Holy Saint ( And Sinner ) Of Sex Trafficking

I will be analyzing the speech of the U.S. Representative for New York’s 12th congressional district Carolyn Maloney to push for a bill to address the growing problem of sex trafficking in America (Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, 2010). Maloney should have used more dramatic variation of volume when she drew in the American audience by emphasizing that this is a local and national problem.

Theresa Flores, a girl from Detroit, was 15 years old when a boy she had a crush on from school offered her a ride home. Instead of taking her home he brought her back to his house where he insisted she come in. Red flags went off in Theresa’s head, but he told her he liked her, and that’s all it took to convince her to come inside. He offered her a soda laced with drugs that made her become dizzy, and then he raped her. The next day at school the boy and his friends informed her of the pictures they had taken of her, and threatened her to “earn the pictures back”, or they would share the pictures with everyone at school, her church, and to her family. From that day on, every night Theresa would receive a call around midnight and the boys would pick her up and bring her to random houses where often several men would be waiting for her. This continued for almost two years till her family relocated (Zukowski, 2015). This is one example of a girl being lured into sex trafficking as a teen and is one out of an estimated 800,000 women and children that are trafficked across international borders every year (Facts on human trafficking and sex slavery, 2012). Sex trafficking is a huge issue today and is only continuing to grow as an industry. In order to put an end to this horrifying issue more action must be taken in order for a difference of significance to be made. However, in order to take action people must understand the essence of what it is,

The author talks about being in brothels, massage parlors, street corners, and apartments across the world. Instead of making the book a narrative the author decided to recount a life-altering journey, one that motivated in a newfound mission to contribute to more successful international efforts to abolish sex trafficking and all other forms of contemporary slavery. The author mentions the slavery still exists may surprise some readers, but the practice of violently coerced labor continues to thrive in every corner of every

Numerous women are incarcerated into prisons daily because of sex trafficking. It is crucial to understand this issue from the perspective of the survivors not only from the media because this will give viewers a well-rounded understanding. Through the scope of the course, we are considering other factors which contribute to the reasons behind those who end up being trafficked. I will discuss how the prison system influences how these women are seen in the main stream media. I will argue how this is not the correct way to deal with these women who are being incarcerated for sex trafficking. The documentary I watched is titled Selling the Girl Next Door by CNN’s Amber Lyon. It was a documentary on how sex trafficking are portrayed especially in relations to the prison system.

Kotrla, K., & Wommack, B. A. (2011). Sex Trafficking of Minors in the U.S.: Implications for Policy, Prevention and Research. Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk: Vol. 2 (Iss. 1), article 5.

Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of Southeast Asia. She suffered unspeakable acts of brutality and witnessed horrors that would haunt her for the rest of her life – until, in her early twenties, she managed to escape. Unable to forget the girls she left behind, Mam became a tenacious and brave leader in the fight against human trafficking, rescuing sex workers – some as young as five and six – offering them

The world is a terrifying place. This harsh reality has been hammered into the malleable minds of children and all of societies. Due to the amount of misdeeds on Earth, ultimately the people who possess the luxury to escape the vices of mankind will tend to be ignorant toward those problems and instead focus on themselves. Because of the segregation, there will eventually going to be a lack of regulation controlling those sins. In Mary Atwood’s future dystopian novel, Oryx and Crake, the author presents how corruption reigns supreme in one of the most controversial human issues, human and sex trafficking.

Out of the thousands of people that have been human trafficking victims each year, only an insignificant amount of them is actually reported. Imagine being in 8th grade. Having all sorts of hopes and dreams. Now flash forward to dreams being taken away by a pimp that lures people into human trafficking. In short, this is true for Holly Austin Smith, a survivor of human trafficking. The punishment for the pimps that ruin the lives of these young girls is not severe. Therefore, there is not much help for the girls after they get rescued from this tragedy. A realization Holly had soon on and explains, “...Although I was soon recognized to be a victim, the specialized aftercare needed for a trafficking victim did not yet exist... Twenty years ago, there were no anti-trafficking laws in place. This pimp, who raped and lured a child into prostitution, served only 365 days in jail” (Smith). This young girl had recovered from this horrible incident all by herself. Many other girls in her position have gone through similar experiences and have been hurt by their pimp. In addition, the pimp will not receive much punishment. A sad story repeated across America and is very prominent in other countries. In America, most of the time victims are the ones that usually serve time in jail since in some cases it’s considered prostitution, even if it was forced by the pimp. In most cases, the pimps stay uncovered and if the victims of trafficking come forward as to who their pimp is, they

Sex trafficking is essentially systemic rape for profit. Force, fraud and coercion are used to control the victim’s behavior which may secure the appearance of consent to please the buyer (or john). Behind every transaction is violence or the threat of violence (Axtell par. 4). Just a decade ago, only a third of the countries studied by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime had legislation against human trafficking. (Darker Side, par.1) Women, children, and even men are taken from their homes, and off of the streets and are brought into a life that is almost impossible to get out of. This life is not one of choice, it is in most times by force. UNODC estimates that the total international human trafficking is a

The history of trafficking goes back much further than one would think. Donna Hughes explains in her article Combating Sex trafficking a history that trafficking really started in England as early as 1875. Even though this article suggests that human trafficking started as early as 1875, we have learned in class from the Sugar changed the world: a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science that it goes way further back than that. This movement in 1875 only affected women at the time. This is where the term prostitute was initially coined. Before World War I, the act of trafficking white slaves saw its first law called the international convention for suppression of the white slave traffic. It wasn’t until after World War II that

The global slave trade encapsulates many different types of slavery, a major one being sexual trafficking. Nadia’s story and Padre Cesare’s rescue missions portrayed in Not For Sale help to show some of the horrendous aspects of sexual exploitation. One main problem presented by David Batstone is the corruption of law enforcement, especially in regards to human trafficking. Batstone claims that police officers “[open] border crossings for traffickers, [shield] them from arrest at the hands of their more conscientious colleagues, [issue] licenses so that the traffickers can operate as a legitimate business, and [capture] girls who escape and [return] them to their ‘owners’” (Batstone 168). Because the police officers in charge of stopping the human trafficking are sometimes involved in the scheme, human trafficking networks are thriving without facing consequences intended to stop them. Police officers are also “apt to be active participants” in the human trafficking business, treating the victims as if they deserve their abuse (Batstone 169). Even police officers who don’t physically assist in human trafficking schemes still “tip off the traffickers when raids are scheduled,” helping to further the trafficking cause (Batstone 169). Although not all police officers are purposefully aiding the trafficking business, the lack of support given by most of the other officers allow the trafficking to continue.

The Coalition of Catholic Organizations against Human Trafficking is an organization consisting of national and international Catholic Agencies working to combat human trafficking. More than twenty Catholic organization form the coalition. In the Philippines, the AMRSP, CBCP, together with IACAT-DOJ, PIMAHT, and Visayan Forum work in active partnership with CCNAHT/CCOAHT in a commitment against human trafficking. Each organization working to combat trafficking, engage in formulating plans to combat trafficking whilst serving its victims, promote development of services for trafficking victims and approaches to empowerment of the victims, engage with government officials as well as involved agencies of this issue, and devising strategies for

Siri’s story illustrates the complicated dynamics of sex trafficking. Prostitution and sex work in general has become part of the global economy (Truong 1996). Some women choose to go into the sex industry while others are deceived or forced into it. Human trafficking networks usually use deception, coercion, or force to push women into sexual slavery. Some women migrate with the knowledge that they wil l be doing sex

There are many organisations and charities in which the Catholic Church has found its expression to help those who have been apart of the illegal, typically for the purposes of forced labour or commercial sexual. Not only this, but they also help educate people, so that society are aware of the treatment of some people in the world through human trafficking. This is how the Catholic church expresses the belief of “everyone has a God-given human dignity”. These charities include, U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops Anti-Trafficking Program, Red Cross, Renate and Project Respect, just to name a few. Therefore, the Catholic Church not only teaches the Bible of respecting one another within mass but also through organisations that help people become conscious of people being trafficked and the message that the church expresses.

Have you ever thought where people go when you see them missing on your grocery bags? Globally 59% of women and 10% of men are victims of sex trafficking. In the book caged brings you on the perspective of sex trafficking victims.