Nacole Sex Trafficking

Sex trafficking, particularly that of children, has become a growing concern in the United States over the past several decades (Kotrla, 2010). By definition, child sex trafficking is “when a child (under 18 years of age) is induced to perform a commercial sex act” (U.S., 2013, para. 4), and includes forms such as prostitution and pornography (Kotrla, 2010). Researchers suggest that children are the most vulnerable to becoming victims of prostitution (Kotrla), and it is estimated that there are at least 100,000 victims in the United States (Estes & Weiner, 2001). Sex traffickers, otherwise known as “pimps,” often lure children with promises of food, clothing, love, and shelter, and then the pimps manipulate the children to keep them in prostitution (U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ], 2015). Awareness of the issue has led to the development of organizations, such as Children of the Night, that seek to help victims escape the sex trafficking industry (Children of the Night [COTN], 2016d).

Nothing drives emotions out the window more than hearing about innocent children being used for sex. In Cambodia, sex trafficking has grown into a troublesome issue. Sex trafficking has become one of the fastest growing crimes occurring internationally. It is the third largest crime-business in the world, after drugs and arms trafficking. Women, girls, and even men and boys are victims of the billion-dollar sex trafficking industry. Sex trafficking occurs everywhere, and it is not culturally specific, but a gender specific issue. There are numerous cases of sex trafficking within Cambodia, however child sex trafficking is extremely captivating and distressing to learn about.

“I want my mommy” is a common phrase used by kids who are in emotional distress and want to find comfort. To hear a child utter those words would be enough to evoke empathy in most Americans. Unfortunately, while most Americans look at a child as helpless, emotional, and pure, there is a darker side to the U.S population. This demographic actively chooses to disregard a child's innocence and uses them for their own personal needs: sex trafficking. Sex trafficking is the exploitation of nonconsensual people that occurs throughout the United States and Globally. Oftentimes the victims are subjected to threats, violence, and other forms of coercion to compel their victims to perform commercial sex acts. The reason this is a problem is that sex

"An ounce of cocaine wholesale: $1,200. But you can only sell it once. A woman or child: $50 to $1,000. But you can sell them each day, every day, over and over again. The markup is immeasurable." This quote from the 2005 Lifetime film "Human Trafficking", however chilling and horrifying, is true. Human trafficking is the commercial trade of human beings who are subjected to involuntary acts such as begging, sexual exploitation, or involuntary servitude. Human trafficking is an umbrella term used to describe all forms of modern-day slavery. No longer is this a term from the past, but a horrific reality in our present and, unfortunately, our future. Every 10 minutes, a woman or child is forced into labor (McGill 12). Even though we live in

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

This sex trafficking case can paralyze female and leave them traumatized for the rest of their lives. There’s this lady name Birgit and she was one who escaped her traffickers, but she was then prosecuted. She was brought down to the United States and was locked in a house, cooking, cleaning, and doing things a real mother would do. She was acting like a wife to her trafficker, but still was a sex slave. Birgit became a teenage mother, but she has a lot of confidence, although she will never forget her traumatic childhood. She was 11 when her mother sold her. The man who took her away is currently is in prison and she is free to live the life she wants. She was one of the women who broke the chains of slavery. Only if there could be more women

The issue of child sex trafficking is difficult to compromise with. When looking at the big picture of child sex trafficking it is taken into account that this is, in fact, a crime. With the consequences and effects this crime has on the children involved the opinion held by many is that it should be stopped immediately. There are current anti-trafficking laws in place to protect victims and children at risk. In 2000 the U.S. Congress passed the “Trafficking Victims Protections Act 2000” and is updated and reauthorized every two years, but TVPA only applies to federal cases tried in federal courts (Californians Against Sexual Exploitation, 2012). With these type of laws children are protected from potentially being trafficked. On the NPR website an interview took place between NPR interviewer Arun

I would have never imagined that in my community young men, women, and children are being forced into the trafficking industry. Each and every city in the world has a specific place in which targets are most commonly picked out. Barbara Wheeler, the state representative from Illinois, informed me on the issues of human trafficking in Illinois, Crystal Lake included. She described how massage parlors in Illinois are used as ways to bring in women, to be forced to perform sex acts for the customers (Wheeler). The fact that this is happening so close to my home is very frightening. I cannot fathom how difficult this is for these women to go through and not have a say in what is to be done. One of the biggest questions I had running through my mind at the beginning of this project was why aren’t we (the community) doing anything to stop and help these women?

Where does your mind wander when someone talks about child trafficking? Do you think of children from third world countries being kidnapped or sold into the black market of human trafficking? Most of us probably think of human trafficking as being an issue that poor countries just have but, that isn’t the case. Human trafficking is alive and sadly thriving in the United States. According to Trafficking Source Center, 5,544 cases of human trafficking were reported in the United States in 2015. With human trafficking being around for so long, nations have to find ways to create tougher laws, find a way to focus on the issue, and create better safe havens for the victims of the crime.

Are cyber-attacks on national institutions a threat to our country? Yes, While I believe it is important, it does not even begin to register on the same scale as cyber-crime directed against individuals. Human trafficking is modern day slavery, and all too often directed toward luring children who will later be sold for sex. These children are our family; nieces and nephews, sons and daughters, the people we hold near and dear to our hearts. Protecting specifically the innocence of children should be of the utmost concern of our country, and the United States is not doing enough in the fight against cyber-crimes.

Seven men have been charged with sex trafficking in the U.S and in Mexico. The men age ranged from 20-40 years old. They had been exploiting adult women and underage girls for more than a decade. Officials say it is described as a family business that has been going on since 2000s. The victims had to give all their earnings to traffickers or the traffickers family. The men could be facing life in prison with attempting to commit sex trafficking. The victims were isolated from their families often minors were sexually abused, beaten and enslaved. The men typically worked in Mexico City when they weren’t in the United States and the victims were forced to see as many as twenty to forty customers a day. Travelling back and forth from Mexico to

Sex trafficking is a huge problem within the world today. According to Equality Now, which is an organization that helps to advocate for trafficking, estimates about 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide (Global Sex Trafficking). One particular country where this is a problem is Cambodia. Cambodia native Somaly Mam founded Agir Pour les Femmes en Situation Precaire (AFESIP) and cofounded the Somaly Mam Foundation. AFESIP helps sex trafficking victims escape trafficking and emotionally and economically heal while the Somaly Mam Foundation works on a three-step approach: action, advocacy, and awareness (Finley). Together with these two organizations Somaly Mam was able to fight back sex trafficking and help thousands

Child Trafficking is a form of human trafficking. It is defined as the recruitment, transfer and harbouring of children, for purposes of exploitation (Child Trafficking, www.dictionary.com). The trafficking of children is the third largest global consumer market, especially in areas of Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, with an estimated 1.2 million children being trafficked annually. (UN.GIFT). Since poverty has been in existence, so has child trafficking. “In the nineteenth century, the moral challenge was slavery.” (Nicholas D. Kristof, Half The Sky). The practice of child-trafficking is a very close relative to slavery. The gap between the

This aim of this study is to explore the trafficking of women and children in Europe for the purpose of commercial sex exploitation(CSE).Women and Children have been victims of trafficking for the sole purpose of commercial sex and other forms of exploitation all over the world and in EU in particular, these has made them vulnerable and also has become a potential threat to them (UNODC, 2010)Human trafficking involves trading human beings for various forms of exploitation of with sex is one of the predominate form of children are found all over EU working as prostitute for money. In some EU countries it has been noticed that some men do consent for their wife and children to be exploited for commercial sex and other forms of exploitation. Women and children that falls victims to human trafficking for the purpose of commercial sex exploitation are regarded as commodity and are used roughly by the person that has paid for their service. There are so many forms of exploitation that comes with human trafficking like forced labour, begging and smuggling. It’s not only undeveloped nations that are involved in human trafficking for exploitation for various forms; some of developed nations are also involved. Human Trafficking have been recorded and witness in almost all the countries of the world. (UNODC, 2010).

The trafficking of women and girls for the purpose of prostitution is big business. It has been and still is one of the biggest industries worldwide. These unfortunate women and girls do not lead normal lives, but rather they are bought and sold as commodities. They also usually have no control over their lives and live in conditions of extreme poverty and abuse. Trafficking, debt bondage, forced labor, and other abuse is suffered by women all over the world and it is a violation of human rights. The problem is one of international proportion. United States feminists as well as many nongovernmental organizations acknowledge that this is a huge problem that needs to be tackled with greater proportions. We