Human Trafficking - A Global Problem
Outline:1. Introduction
2. Street Prostitution
3. Sexual Exploitation
4. Criminal industry in the world
5. Some facts about trafficking
6. Conclusion
Human trafficking is a growing global problem, yet due to the hidden nature of the crime, most human trafficking activities are undetected or unreported. Human trafficking is a serious violation of human rights. In British Columbia, human trafficking is recognized as a problem that cannot be ignored. Reports claim that Vancouver has about 500 street prostitutes under the age of 17, although it victimizes individuals of all ages. Some reports claim that many more children may be involved in indoor prostitution. In smaller communities, the sexual exploitation of children is even less visible. It occurs in private homes, back alleys and parks, at public docks and truck stops, and on fishing boats. It has been claimed that there are about 10,000 child prostitutes across Canada.
Human trafficking is the largest growing criminal industry in the world.
A human trafficker can earn up to $250,000 per year when he purchases a girl, whereas illegal drugs are purchased and sold once before a new supply needs to be bought. He can sell her body up to 30 times per day for ten years or more, depending on the age she is at the time of purchase and her health (many develop addictions and contract sexual diseases). The average cost of a sex-slave in 2012 Is a few hundred dollars.
Here are some facts:
1. The average cost of a slave around the world is $90.
2. Trafficking primarily involves exploitation which comes in many forms, including:
• Forcing victims into prostitution.
• Subjecting victims to slavery or involuntary servitude.
• Compelling victims to commit sex acts for the purpose of creating pornography.
• Misleading victims into debt bondage.
• According to some estimates, approximately 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation, and 19% involves labour exploitation.
3. It is estimated that there are approximately 27 million slaves around the world.
4. 68% of female sex trafficking victims meet the clinical criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder.
5. Around half of trafficking victims in the world are under the age of 18.
6. More than % of sex trafficked children suffer additional abuse at the hands of their traffickers.
7. Trafficked children are significantly more likely to develop mental health problems, abuse substances, engage in prostitution as adults, and either commit or be victimized by violent crimes later in life.
8. Women who have been trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation experience a significantly higher rate of HIV and other STDs, tuberculosis, and permanent damage to their reproductive systems.
9. There is only one shelter in the U.S. designed specifically to meet the needs of trafficking victims, and it currently only houses a total of seven to nine victims.
10. Trafficking victims normally don't seek help because they think that they or their families will be hurt by their traffickers, they will be deported or they will be charged.
11. Often, when police become involved, the woman is charged with a crime and not viewed as a victim by the justice system.
The western countries has been identified as both a transit and a destination point for human trafficking, and Vancouver has been singled out by the U.S. State Department as a port of major concern.
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